Integrated optoelectronic devices for control of silicon T centres. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). Physicists in Canada have achieved a major step forward in the race to build practical quantum ...

A pioneering team of scientists at Simon Fraser University have created a new type of silicon-based quantum device controlled both optically and electrically. A pioneering team of scientists at Simon ...

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. announced a new silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) power controller for precision control of lamp-based heating applications. Delivering unprecedented speed and ...

Silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs), also called thyristors, are semiconductor power devices with a four-layer three-way junction framework (PNPN). Because its intro in the 1950s, SCRs have been ...

Abstract: This paper investigates three Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) devices employing different shunting methods to enhance the holding voltage and prevent latch-up. The operating principles of ...

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Laser Processing and Modification, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. In 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone and launched the handheld ...

The tech community, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI, has funded programs that give people unconditional cash. Some say it’s time to scale up. The tech community, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI, has funded ...