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Silicon Carbide Oscillators for Extreme Environments (2018)
Book Chapter
Brennan, D., Chan, H., Wright, N., & Horsfall, A. (2018). Silicon Carbide Oscillators for Extreme Environments. In S. Walia, & K. Iniewski (Eds.), Low power semiconductor devices and processes for emerging applications in communications, computing, and sensing (225-252). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429503634-10

This chapter provides an overview of a range of oscillator circuit topologies that are compatible with analog circuits designs and hence existing silicon carbide technology, before focusing on the realization of a high-temperature Colpitts oscillator... Read More about Silicon Carbide Oscillators for Extreme Environments.

Surface Functionalisation of Silicon Carbide Quantum Dots (2018)
Book Chapter
Rashid, M., Horrocks, B., Healy, N., Goss, J., Chan, H., & Horsfall, A. (2018). Surface Functionalisation of Silicon Carbide Quantum Dots. In S. Walia, & K. Iniewski (Eds.), Low Power Semiconductor Devices and Processes for Emerging Applications in Communications, Computing and Sensing (181-199). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429503634-8

Silicon carbide (SiC) nanostructures are appealing as non-toxic, water-stable and oxidation-resistant nanomaterials. Owing to these unique properties, three-dimensionally confined SiC nanostructures, namely SiC quantum dots (QDs), have found applicat... Read More about Surface Functionalisation of Silicon Carbide Quantum Dots.

Self-Oscillatory DC-DC Converter Circuits for Energy Harvesting in Extreme Environments (2018)
Book Chapter
Weng, M., Brennan, D., Wright, N., & Horsfall, A. (2018). Self-Oscillatory DC-DC Converter Circuits for Energy Harvesting in Extreme Environments. In M. Niu (Ed.), Advanced electronic circuits (3-20). IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72718

A novel self-starting converter circuit technology is described for energy harvesting and powering wireless sensor nodes, constructed from silicon carbide devices and proprietary high temperature passives for deployment in hostile environments. After... Read More about Self-Oscillatory DC-DC Converter Circuits for Energy Harvesting in Extreme Environments.