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Method for Reducing Process Variation-Induced Threshold Voltage Mismatch in FD-SOI Transistors (Case No. 2025-271)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a transistor-level method that dynamically tunes device characteristics to eliminate mismatch, achieving higher stability and precision without added area or power costs. Background: Transistors are the fundamental semiconductor building blocks for amplification,...

Published: 10/23/2025 | Inventor(s): Subramanian Iyer, Siyun Qiao, Jacklyn Zhu, Samuel Wang

Keywords(s): device stability, Electronics & Semiconductors, frequency modulation, Integrated Circuit, Integrated Circuit Via (Electronics), Microelectronics Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Semiconductors, Signal Processing, Silicon, Transistor, transistors

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Instrumentation, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Communication & Networking

Doping of Thorium-229 Into High Bandgap Metal Sulfate Material (Case No. 2025-99Y)

Summary: A UCLA researcher in the Department of Physics has developed a novel method for creating high-bandgap materials doped with thorium-229, enabling the development of advanced nuclear clocks. Background: Thorium-229 is the only known isotope with a nuclear transition low enough to be measured using conventional optical techniques. The combination...

Published: 10/9/2025 | Inventor(s): Eric Hudson

Keywords(s): Clock Signal, high-powered laser systems, Laser, laser alignment, Laser Diode, lasers

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Lasers, Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Instrumentation, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Thermal, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Semiconducting Materials

A Radix-3 Network Architecture for Boundary-Less Hierarchical Interconnects (Case No. 2013-162)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a method for designing and implementing boundary-less hierarchical interconnect networks — switching architectures that reduce path length and routing complexity by transforming conventional hierarchical switch networks into “boundary-less” (or more flexible radix) topologies, enabling improved...

Published: 9/23/2025 | Inventor(s): Dejan Markovic, Chengcheng Wang

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Category(s): Optics & Photonics, Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Signal Processing

Fine-Grained Power-Gating Circuitry in FPGA Interconnects (Case No. 2013-181)

Summary UCLA researchers have invented a method and circuit architecture for fine-grained power gating within FPGA (field-programmable gate array) interconnects. By selectively disabling (power gating) unused multiplexers and routing segments at a fine granularity, the approach reduces leakage power in FPGA interconnects while preserving performance...

Published: 9/23/2025 | Inventor(s): Chengcheng Wang, Dejan Markovic

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Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Computing Hardware, Materials, Materials > Semiconducting Materials

Nanocomposite Scintillators (Case No. 2024-203)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a nanocomposite scintillator material combining high-atomic-number (high-Z) nanoparticles embedded in a plastic (polymer) matrix, with tunable nanoparticle loading, that delivers higher light output and ultrafast emission (nanosecond-scale) while maintaining low background radiation and environmental stability,...

Published: 9/15/2025 | Inventor(s): Qibing Pei, Ziqing Han, Isabelle Winardi

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Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Functional Materials, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Spectroscopy

Multimeter-Wave Acoustic Resonators (Case No. 2025-167)

Summary Researchers at the University of Texas System have developed multimeter-wave acoustic resonators using thin-film piezoelectric materials such as lithium niobate / lithium tantalate or aluminum nitride / scandium aluminum nitride, in combination with intermediate buffer layers. These resonators support higher-order antisymmetric bulk acoustic...

Published: 10/31/2025 | Inventor(s): Mark Goorsky, Ruochen Lu, Jack Kramer, Sinwoo Cho, Omar Barrera

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Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Signal Processing, Optics & Photonics

Phonon Bridge Layers for Enhanced Thermal Boundary Conductance (Case No. 2024-033)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a semiconductor device that incorporates a phonon bridge layer between the semiconductor layers and the gate electrode, topped with a diamond layer, aimed at enhancing thermal performance and device stability. In this architecture, the gate electrode is embedded in the phonon bridge layer and contacts the underlying...

Published: 9/11/2025 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Optics & Photonics, Electrical, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors

Super-Resolution Image Display Using Diffractive Decoders (Case No. 2022-302)

Summary UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a super-resolution (SR) image display framework that increases the effective number of useful pixels by 16-fold. This framework combines deep learning-based digital encoding with all-optical decoding to achieve ultra-fast, energy-efficient image super-resolution...

Published: 9/11/2025 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Cagatay Isil, Deniz Mengu

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Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors

Cascadable All-Optical Nand Gates Using Diffractive Networks (Case No. 2022-107)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed cascadable, all-optical NAND gates built from passive diffractive neural networks, enabling logic operations (e.g. NAND, AND, OR, half-adder) via light propagation and diffraction rather than electronics, potentially lowering latency and power consumption. Background Traditional optical logic gates often rely...

Published: 9/11/2025 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Yi Luo

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Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors

Programmable Micro-Mirrors for Real-Time Emissivity Control and Switching (Case No. 2025-254)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a fast-switching, MEMS-based thermal metasurface that enables real-time infrared emissivity modulation via high-contrast, broadband radiative control. Background: Dynamic emissive thermal devices offer active control over infrared (IR) radiation....

Published: 8/20/2025 | Inventor(s): Artur Davoyan, Mozakkar Hossain, Pavel Shafirin, Hanseong Jo, Tom Joly-Jehenne

Keywords(s): advanced thermal control materials, compact IR shielding, Dynamic thermal emissivity, EV battery cooling, Fluid Dynamics, heat control, heat controlling devices, Heat Transfer, infrared modulation, infrared signature suppression, IR camouflage, MEMS, MEMS metasurface, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), rapid emissivity modulation, real-time thermal management, stealth, thermal circuit, thermal conductance, thermal control, thermal control materials, Thermal Energy Storage, thermal metamaterials, thermal stability, thermal transistor, tunable radiative properties

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors

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