Sign up for our newsletter!
Your data will be handled in compliance with our privacy policy.
Smoltek goes beyond Silicon
At the virtual IEEE NANO 2020 conference in Montreal, Canada Smoltek presented that the CNF-MIM capacitor concept isn't restrained to only silicon substrates.
August 19, 2020
“At this conference we showed for the first time in public that our CNF-MIM can be fabricated on other substrates than Silicon. Demonstrating CNF-MIM on glass and alumina substrates clearly widens the potential implementation and applications of our capacitors,” says Vincent Desmaris, CTO at Smoltek.
This was presented in a new technical paper by Smoltek’s R&D‑engineer Elisa Passalacqua in the virtual presentations at the IEEE Nano 2020, held in Montreal, Canada July 29–31.
Image: Vincent Desmaris, CTO at Smoltek
Sign up for our newsletter!
Your data will be handled in compliance with our privacy policy.
Related news and insights
Deep Trench Capacitors (DTC) is a dead end – CNF-MIM is the way forward
Modern electronics demand increasingly compact and powerful capacitors, and the race for miniaturization has reached a critical juncture. While both Deep Trench Capacitors (DTC) and Carbon Nanofiber Metal-Insulator-Metal (CNF-MIM) capacitors are being developed for advanced applications requiring smaller size and higher capacitance density than conventional surface-mounted capacitors, DTC pushes the boundaries of what’s achievable with subtractive manufacturing, but is hitting fundamental physical limits. In contrast, Smoltek’s innovative CNF-MIM technology offers a revolutionary path forward, unrestricted by these constraints.
Future direction of Smoltek
Did you miss the webinar with Smoltek’s CEO, Håkan Persson, where he talked about Smoltek’s future direction? No worries! We have your back covered. This summarizes the highlights of Håkan’s presentation.
The shocking history of capacitors
During the festive season, there is time for longreads. We, therefore, want to offer a text that goes beyond what we usually write here on the blog but is not entirely unrelated to what Smoltek does. This is the story of the origin of the capacitor. Happy reading!
Carbon nanofibers in the semiconductor industry
With our carbon nanofibers (CNFs) fabrication technology, we develop advanced packing solutions and ultra-miniaturized capacitors for use in the semiconductor industry.
Miniaturized capacitors with carbon nanofibers
Smoltek has developed the world’s thinnest discrete capacitor. You have to stack ten of them on top of each other to reach the same height as today’s industry-standard when it comes to surface-mounted capacitors. The most amazing thing about this microscopic capacitor is its performance. One square millimeter has a capacitance of a whopping 650 nanofarads (650 nF/mm2). Read on for more details.
Smoltek—from carbon nanofibers to mind-controlled robotic prostheses
Smoltek holds unique world patents for technologies that make material engineering on an atomic level possible. Smoltek has solutions that allow continued miniaturization and increased performance of semiconductors, contribute to carbon-free steel production and renewable energy storage, and enable mind control of robotic prostheses. This is a story of how Smoltek came to be.