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Lead-based optoelectronics move toward silicon chip integration
Original: Lead-based optoelectronics move toward monolithic integration with silicon chips
Researchers are reported to be making progress in integrating lead-based optoelectronic devices directly onto silicon chips, a step toward monolithic integration that would combine light-based components with conventional electronics on a single platform. The advance could matter for semiconductors, where combining optical and electronic functions on one chip is a long-sought engineering goal, though details of the work remain limited.
Why now: Reports of progress toward monolithic integration of optoelectronics with silicon are drawing attention in the semiconductor industry.
silicon chipslead-based optoelectronicssemiconductor industry
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