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Low-power Organic Field Effect Transistor with a single polymer dielectric...

m11-075 - This technology is an Organic Field Effect Transistor (FET) that utilizes an electroresistive polymer dielectric, in place of the typical Silicon Dioxide gate dielectric. This single polymer...

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DC power inductor for highly efficient integrated circuits

m11-104 - This technology, a highly efficient and compact magnetic toroidal power inductor, provides a robust solution to the challenges of embedding compact DC power inductors onto integrated circuits...

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Fabrication of highly uniform, large-crystal polycrystalline silicon thin...

cu14157 - Polycrystalline silicon thin films are used in a wide array of electronic applications such as integrated circuits, displays, and solar cells. Such films are typically manufactured by heating...

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SoleSound - a gait analysis device with tactile and auditory feedback

cu14306 - A person’s pattern of walking, i.e. gait, is regulated by a combination of the body’s muscular and nervous system. Neurodegenerative pathologies such as Parkinson’s disease can disrupt normal...

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Field-programmable low noise amplifier with interferer reflecting loop for...

cu14321 - Handheld wireless devices, such as cellphones and GPS systems, require high signal to noise ratio (SNR) for effective low-error wireless communication. To amplify the desired signal while...

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Effective noise cancellation in radio devices for cellular and wireless...

cu14230 - Integration of radio devices for cellular and wireless communication leads to improved products by reducing cost and size while increasing speed. However, increasing the number of devices in...

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Large grain silicon thin films produced by excimer laser annealing

cu14160 - Polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors used in active matrix liquid crystal display devices are produced by melting and recrystallization of amorphous silicon. However, the boundaries...

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Electrical usage monitoring device that can be easily integrated into...

cu14243 - Monitoring electrical energy usage is a critical component of developing sustainable, cleaner energy systems. This technology is a plug-in device that uses flexible circuits to monitor...

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Single molecule junction diode for nanoscale integrated circuits

cu14278 - There are continuous efforts to downsize integrated circuits used to build electronics with faster performance, lower power consumption, and more compact geometries. While molecular-scale...

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Compact high-power transmitter for long-range high-speed millimeter-wave...

cu15078 - The technology is a digital polar phased array transmitter architecture for wireless communication in the millimeter-wave spectrum (30-300 GHz). Using multiple stacked digital-to-analog...

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Organic semiconductor materials for improving solar cell performance

cu14323 - Organic solar cells are photovoltaic devices made from carbon-based polymers and are great potential sources of renewable energy. While they currently do not reach the same efficiency as...

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Compact on-chip sensor for accurate monitoring of circuit temperatures with...

cu15295 - Very-large-scale integration (VLSI) circuit densities and clock-speeds are continually increasing. This enables the system to be more powerful, but it also can cause localized thermal...

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Wideband spectrum sensing for interferer detection

cu15061 - This technology is an analog-to-information converter that rapidly scans for available frequency bands to reduce wireless data traffic. The increasing amount of wireless data traffic due to...

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An interference-vigilant adaptive filter

m05-099 - Lab Director: Yannis Tsividis, Ph.D. Reduced power consumption during signal blocking in wireless receivers: Wireless receivers listen on multiple channels. The presence of multiple-channel...

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