Diamonds make faster phones
Research led by the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory could lead to nanoscale diamonds being used in mobile phones to allow them to operate at a much higher frequency.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />.
Research led by the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory could lead to nanoscale diamonds being used in mobile phones to allow them to operate at a much higher frequency.
The $1,400,000, 12-month, DARPA Phase II research and development programme is to develop a new technology based on Ultrananocrystalline DiamondTM (UNCDTM). The material, developed at Argonne, will enable diamond resonators and oscillators to be directly integrated with microelectronic chips for next-generation telecommunication devices.
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