The last three decades have seen an explosive growth in silicon-based microelectronics. In search of flexible and low-cost substrates, organic semiconductorbased integrated circuits (ICs) have been suggested as an alternate to silicon ICs. The discovery that the electrical conductivity of some polymers can be increased from insulator to semiconductor range or metallic range by doping, has been ...

Large-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs) in Indium Phosphide represent a significant technology innovation that simplifies optical system design, reduces space and power consumption, and improves reliability. In addition, by lowering the cost of optical-to-electrical-to-optical (OEO) conversion in optical networks, they provide a transformational opportunity to embrace the use of electro...

A new generation of high-frequency integrated circuits is presented, which is called substrate integrated circuits (SICs). Current state-of-the-art of circuit design and implementation platforms based on this new concept are reviewed and discussed in detail. Different possibilities and numerous advantages of the SICs are shown for microwave, millimeter-wave and optoelectronics applications. Pra...