Innovations in FPGA-based Storage, Smart Antennas, Nanophotonics, Neuristor Circuits, and Optoelectronics

This Microelectronics TOE profiles developments in FPGA-based storage, smart antennas, nanophotonics, neuristor circuits, and optoelectronics. Innovations include FPGA-based composable storage infrastructure for cloud, an antenna with self-correcting functionality, a nanophotonics-based transparent display that aids marketing, a neuristor circuit that eliminates the need for electroforming and lithium niobate optoelectronic modulator that enables low power communication.

The Microelectronics TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global electronics-related innovations and developments on a weekly basis. Developments are centered on electronics attributed by low power and cost, smaller size, better viewing, display and interface facilities, wireless connectivity, higher memory capacity, flexibility, and wearables. Research focus themes include small footprint lightweight devices (CNTs, graphene), smart monitoring and control (touch and haptics), energy efficiency (LEDs, OLEDs, power and thermal management, energy harvesting), and high speed and improved conductivity devices (SiC, GaN, GaAs).

Miniaturization, a move toward lower power consumption, and the need for enhanced features are driving innovations in the electronics sector. Technology focus areas include semiconductor manufacturing and design, flexible electronics, 3D integration/IC, MEMS and NEMS, solid-state lighting, advanced displays, nanoelectronics, wearable electronics, brain-computer interface, advanced displays, near field communication, and next-generation data storage or memory.

Keywords: FPGA, field programmable gate array, storage, smart antenna, nanophotonics, neuristor, optoelectronics, cloud storage, transparent display, lithium niobate