Electronics and Sensors

This Sensor TOE highlights developments and advancements in commercial drones including drones for logistics, surveying, fixed wing drones; and sensors used in drones for enhanced navigation and collision avoidance. Sensor TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global sensor-related innovations and developments on a weekly basis. Innovation...

This issue of Microelectronics TOE covers developments in wireless connected smart bulbs and provides insights on growth factors, key applications, IP, adoption barriers, and market landscape. Innovations profiled include Cree's connected bulb, bluetooth enabled Avea bulb by Elgato Systems, C by GE range of connected lights, and BeOn's smart lighti...

This Sensor Tech TOE profiles developments in optical or light-based sensing, including optical microphones. Sensor TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global sensor-related innovations and developments on a weekly basis. Innovations are directed toward developing smart and intelligent sensors with functionalities beyond sensing. Researc...

Banking is fast becoming an emerging application for biometric technologies. Banks are increasingly focused on offering solutions that offer security coupled with convenience. In this research, market trends are analyzed and the impact they will have on the market over time. With Internet of Things (IoT) gaining prominence, biometrics in banking is...

Graphene has been employed for a variety of applications in the flexible electronics industry mainly because of its unique structure and properties. It has conductivity of 25000 S/m and is competitive in terms of other metallic nano-inks specially silver. Many new materials such as giant graphene oxide and nanopletelets are being tried for conducti...

This issue of Microelectronics TOE profiles recent advancements in system-on-chip (SoC) technology and provides strategic insights on IP, growth factors, challenges, and application scope. Innovations profiled include Mediatek's 10 nm fabricated SoC, NVIDIA's SoCs for autonomous vehicles, a semiconductor IP platform for performance enhancement by U...

This Sensor Tech TOE reveals key innovations, applications and opportunities in nanosensors in healthcare, including identification of multiple analytes, smart threads for diagnostics, magnetic sensors for marijuana detection, detection of food pathogens. Sensor TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures global sensor-related innovations and de...

Low-power electronics, also known as low-power electronic design, refers to the designing and manufacturing of electronic devices that consume less power. Over the years, the number of transistors on integrated chips has grown exponentially, enabling the production of complex electronic devices that are portable and mobile. However, the existing se...

This issue of Microelectronics TOE covers developments in near field communication (NFC) technology and provides insights on growth drivers, application lanscape, IP, and adoption barriers. Innovations profiled include an integrated connected screen with NFC payment by Think&Go NFC and Ingenico, programmable NFC tags by Tagstand, NFC-enabled SIM ca...