BACKGROUND Noninvasive prenatal detection of common fetal aneuploidies with cell-free DNA from maternal plasma has been achieved with high-throughput next-generation sequencing platforms. Turnaround times for previously tested platforms are still unsatisfactory for clinical applications, however, because of the time spent on sequencing. The development of semiconductor sequencing technology has...

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22033, Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, School of Physics, Astronomy, and Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22033, Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards an...

A new approach to the formation of a 1D planar periodicity on the front of a plasmonic photodetector based on Schottky barrier is proposed. It allows forming a 1D planar periodicity with corrugation at the "metal/environment" interface by laser interference lithography using embedded chalcogenide wires, whereas the "metal/semiconductor" interface is flat that leads to reducing of surface recomb...

Oscillating heat pipe is a new type of heat transfer. It not only has simple structure, non-pollution and low maintenance cost, but also has high heat transfer efficiency. Semiconductor thermoelectric generation technology is also an environmental technology. This article combines these two kinds of technology. By means of this generate electricity way, we make a set of system and the related e...

As GaN power device technology matures and gains acceptance in the market place, suppliers who provide products using this promising technology must prove its reliability. This paper will provide an overview of the testing approaches used to establish failure rates and will provide a comparison of DC and RF based HTOL methods. The primary focus of this paper will be the high power RF HTOL test ...

The curtain has been raised on new century. Prior to discussing the present status and trends of power semiconductor devices, allow us to briefly review Fuji Electric’s history with power devices. The semiconductor device was invented and developed in the latter half of the 20th century. When Shockley, Brattain, and Bardeen invented a transistor in 1948, they did not think that this transistor ...

T he excitement and challenges of computer design lie in meeting multiple design goals and constraints while riding the dual horses of fast-improving technology and changing application domains. The target market, available technology, and target applications impose the design goals and constraints. The architect attempts to build a machine that leverages particular technology and performs well...

Power supply technology is a basic technology that supports all types of electronic equipment. Switching power supplies, in particular, are characterized by small size, light weight and high efficiency and are the mainstream technology used in power supplies at present. In recent years, with the advent of an advanced information and communications-oriented society, trends toward personalization...

The quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is considered as an alternative tocomplementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology based on physicalphenomena like Coulomb interaction to overcome the physical limitations of thistechnology. The decoder is one of the important components in digital circuits, whichcan be used in more comprehensive circuits such as full adde...