Advancements in Smart Antennas, Millimeter Wave Antennas, Nitride Semiconductors, UVC-LEDs, and OLET Technology

This Microelectronics TOE profiles developments in smart antennas, millimeter wave antennas, nitride semiconductors, UVC-LEDs, and OLET technology. Innovations include liquid crystal-enabled smart antenna for high-speed broadband, hybrid device integrating millimeter wave antennas and electronics, high-performance copper nitride semiconductor that can generate solar energy, UVC LEDs with transparent epitaxial structure for providing high efficiency, and CN-VOLET pixel architecture-based OLET technology for large displays.

The Microelectronics TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global electronics-related innovations and developments on a weekly basis. Developments are centred 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: Smart antenna, millimeter wave, antenna, nitride semiconductor, UVC, LED, light-emitting diode, OLET, organic transistor, copper nitride, display