New Technology Arrives To Ensure Longer Battery Life In Devices

New Technology Arrives To Ensure Longer Battery Life In Devices

The new technology could help in reducing energy consumption in different devices involving, smartphones, tablets and computers, by tapping into the power of a single electron to control energy consumption inside transistors.    Saturday, October 04, 2014:  A new technology has been introduced which will support long hours of battery life for smartphones despite heavy usage and even more interesting are the gen-next wearable computers with self contained power sources. The new technology will allow reducing energy consumption by mobile devices and computers, all by controlling the energy consumption inside transistor by tapping into the power of a single electron. Experts found that by adding some specific atomic thin film layer to a transistor will allow filtering the energy that passes through it at room temperature. Tapping in to the unique behavior of single electron is the most-energy efficient way to transmit signals into devices. As compared to the traditional devices, the new technology will allow devices to transmit signals, six to seven times steeper. Steep devices are believed to have a strong signal on usage of less voltage. As per NDTV, Dr Jiyoung Kim, professor of materials science said, “The whole semiconductor industry is looking for steep devices because they are key to having small, powerful, mobile devices with many functions that operate quickly without spending a lot of battery power.” As the signal is way too small, it can even be diluted at the room temperature by thermal noises. To view this quantum signal, scientists use external cooling techniques while compensating for the thermal energy in the electron environment. This develops filter by the user, thereby creating one route for filtering thermal noise. As per Dr Kyeongjae "KJ" Cho, professor of materials science and engineering and physics and an author of the paper, they have used a technique to cool the electrons internally to allow reduction in operating voltage, thereby allowing them to create even smaller, more power efficient devices. Reducing the operating voltage would result into longer shelf lives of smartphone or a tablet and other products. To execute the technology, researchers used chromium oxide thin film into the devices. The layer at the room temperature allows filtering the cooler, stabilise the electrons and thereby provides longer battery life to the device. The study was published in the journal, Nature Communications.