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Carlos Paz De Araújo
Carlos A. Paz de Araújo (born in Natal, Brazil, Natal) is a Brazilian American scientist and inventor with nearly 600 patents registered in his name. Most of them are associated with nanotechnology, particularly a ferroelectric memory chip (FeRAM) Career and inventions As a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Paz de Araujo's work led to the development of integrated circuit-embedded FeRAMs used in smart cards, electronic money and other products. As a founder of Ramtron, RAMTRON and chairman and founder of Symetrix Corporation, both in Colorado Springs, Colorado, he identified SrBi2Ta203 (SBT), the ferroelectric material used in the most advanced FeRAMs. This material resolves the fatigue problem and fabrication difficulties in memory chips and ensures that stored information is retained. Paz de Araujo and his colleagues were the first to use ferroelectric thin-films as a high-k capacitor for cellular phones, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natal, Brazil
Natal ( ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, located in northeastern Brazil. According to IBGE's 2021 estimate, the city had a total population o896,708 making it the 19th largest city in the country. Natal is a major tourist destination and an exporting hub of crustaceans, carnauba wax and fruits, mostly melon, sugar apple, cashew and papaya. It is the country's closest city to Africa and Europe, with its Greater Natal International Airport connecting Natal with many Brazilian cities and also operating some international flights. The city was one of the host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. History The Brazilian coast has long been home to indigenous peoples, generally members of the Tupi language family. While written records do not exist, archeological evidence suggests that pre-European inhabitants moved from the Amazon to the coasts approximately 2,900 years ago. Near the Rio Grande de Norte, the Potiguara people were the most numer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
