Hackaday

Retro Semiconductors: The Silicon Controlled Rectifier

Over on YouTube [Lockdown Electronics] reviews an old bit of kit known as the Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR). Invented in the 1950s the SCR is a type of thyristor and they were popular back in ...
Morningstar

Li-ion Battery Cathode and Anode Ten-Year Material Outlook, by IDTechEx

Cathodes play a dominant role in defining cell energy density, and also make up a significant proportion of cell costs, due to the use of high-cost metals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium. Standard ...
IEEE

Impact of a Moderately Doped Contact Layer on Breakdown Voltage in AlGaN/GaN Gated-Anode Diodes for Microwave Rectification

Abstract: We fabricated a gated-anode diode employing an AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) to serve as a rectification device in a 5.8-GHz band microwave wireless power transmission ...
IEEE

Device Characteristics of Top-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Depending on Anode Materials for CMOS-Based OLED Microdisplays

Abstract: We investigated the optical reflectance, surface roughness, and sheet resistance of aluminum (Al)/titanium nitride (TiN), titanium (Ti), and tungsten (W) layers on Si substrates, which are ...