Visible Messages / Designing for Silicon

Synopsis: Band 1: Deals with optoelectronics - how light, beamed down glass fibres is used to transmit digital information. Shows the properties required in the glass for optimum efficiency in light transmisison, the most efficient light sources including semi-conductor lasers, and a discussion of the implications for the communications industry.
Band 2: Filmed at Texas Instruments in Bedford, looks at the way modern silicon chips are designed using powerful computers. The methodologies of design demonstrated here are common throughout the electronics industry.
Series: Electronic Materials and Devices, Course T393
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55 min.
Year of production: 1986
Availability: Sale; 1995 sale: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Engineering
Keywords: computer industries; electrical and electronic engineering; electronics; fibre optics; microelectronic devices; optoelectronics; silicon chips

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