Japan R&D brings powerful diamond semiconductors closer to reality

Synthetic crystal can handle 50,000 times as much electricity as silicon devices

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A team from Japan's Saga University developed the world's first power circuit incorporating diamond semiconductors. (Saga University)

TAKEHIRO HASEGAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Diamond power semiconductors offering performance an order of magnitude beyond current materials are drawing closer to commercial viability thanks to advances originating from Japan.

Such semiconductors are made from synthetic diamond, which has been called the ultimate semiconductor material due to its thermal conductivity and other properties.

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