Researchers at the university of Wisconsin-Madison in the US has just developed an IC which is said to be the fastest and stretchable wearable IC (integrated circuit). Experts says that this IC could revolutionise the field of IoT(Internet of Things).
This team of research engineers was led by Zhenqiang ‘Jack’ Ma which developed the IC by using the concepts from the twisted-pair telephone cables.
Like these cable, this serpentine-shaped IC is made up of two layers which give this IC an ability to perform better without affecting the performance.
On top of it, two layers also help in shielding the lines from the outside interference. Also, at the same time, this shielding works in confining the EM waves flowing through them.
This IC operates at radio frequency levels of around 40GHz i.e. much higher compared to the other ICs. Also, these ICs are thinner in dimension when compared to the other stretchable ICs which have transmission lines. The width of the transmission lines is just 25 micrometres whereas the widths in other ICs can go up to 640 micrometres.
Future of wearable looks great with these fast ICs. Soon what you wear could be your next computer with much power you need.
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