Description

This Microelectronics TOE profiles profiles developments in wearables, holographic displays, flexible electronics, GaN electronics, and solid state drives. Innovations include a fabric-like supercapacitor that supports wearables, an interactive holographic table for multiple users, brain controlled virtual reality gaming, an efficient GaN power switch module, and a high-performance plateau posted by solid state drives.

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: Wearables, supercapacitors, holographic displays, gaming, virtual reality, gallium nitride, GaN, solid state drive