{"id":180816,"date":"2024-01-18T20:26:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T02:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/revolutionary-lego-like-photonic-chip-paves-way-for-semiconductor-breakthroughs"},"modified":"2024-01-18T20:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T02:26:48","slug":"revolutionary-lego-like-photonic-chip-paves-way-for-semiconductor-breakthroughs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/revolutionary-lego-like-photonic-chip-paves-way-for-semiconductor-breakthroughs","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary \u201cLEGO-Like\u201d Photonic Chip Paves Way for Semiconductor Breakthroughs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/revolutionary-lego-like-photonic-chip-paves-way-for-semiconductor-breakthroughs2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/university-of-sydney\/\">University of Sydney Nano Institute<\/a> have developed a small silicon semiconductor chip that combines electronic and photonic (light-based) elements. This innovation greatly enhances radio-frequency (RF) bandwidth and the ability to accurately control information flowing through the unit.<\/p>\n<p>Expanded bandwidth means more information can flow through the chip and the inclusion of photonics allows for advanced filter controls, creating a versatile new semiconductor device.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers expect the chip will have applications in advanced radar, satellite systems, wireless networks, and the roll-out of 6G and 7G telecommunications and also open the door to advanced sovereign manufacturing. It could also assist in the creation of high-tech value-add factories at places like Western Sydney\u2019s Aerotropolis precinct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the University of Sydney Nano Institute have developed a small silicon semiconductor chip that combines electronic and photonic (light-based) elements. This innovation greatly enhances radio-frequency (RF) bandwidth and the ability to accurately control information flowing through the unit. Expanded bandwidth means more information can flow through the chip and the inclusion of photonics [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,418],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}