Electronic Design

Ultra-Low Power Timers Cut Effects of Leakage Currents

Semiconductor leakage paths can cause excessive quiescent current (also called ground current) in remote sensing applications. These leakage paths shorten battery life and become more critical because ...
EDN

100-V GaN transistors meet automotive standard

Infineon’s CoolGaN 100-V G1 family of GaN-based transistors are qualified to the AEC-Q101 automotive standard.
EDN

Reverse bias techniques for high-end automotive microcontrollers & low leakage

Modern MCUs’ computational cores usually employ digital gates with different flavors of threshold voltages Vt (e.g., high Vt, standard Vt, and low Vt), and libraries with different gate channel ...
Physics World

Vertical graphene transistor avoids leakage

Physicists in the UK have found a way to overcome a major barrier blocking the use of graphene in electronic devices – how to prevent current leaking through a device when it is switched off. Graphene ...