All currently existing electronic devices based on various semiconductor materials, which are finite, and sooner or later manufacturers have reached the “threshold” after which to increase capacity has not come out. Scientists have long wondered about the development of alternative solutions for creating electronic devices, and recently a group of researchers from the University of California San Diego created the first of its kind microchip, the architecture of which no semiconductor materials.
Scientists in their development of semiconductors replaced by free electrons moving in space. The basis of the technology is a device that emits free electrons with special gold netpowersoft. This netpowersoft consists of alternating bands of gold, having the form of a “mushroom”. The design is on the platform, covered with silica.
When all this construction is applied a voltage of 10 Volts and a beam of light infrared laser, setpowermode arise region with high electric field strength. Under the influence of these forces the electrons begin to emerge into the surrounding space that causes an increase in electrical conductivity. According to the Professor of the University of California Dan Sievenpiper,
“This device, without a doubt, you will not be able to replace semiconductor devices all currently available types. But based on it today, it will be possible to create an alternative to semiconductors used in power electronics or high frequency technique. Now we have to find out how we can improve the parameters of such devices and how large can be the values of their characteristics.”
Californian scientists have created a device that could open a new page in microelectronics, because experimenting with setpowermode of various types, it is possible to create analogues of almost all existing poluprovodnikovyh of structures with considerably higher speed.
Created the first device without the use of semiconductor materials
Vladimir Kuznetsov