Radiant Technologies invites you to explore one of the oldest technologies in the world, one known to the ancient Greeks and yet one so new that few in the world today are even aware of its existence. It is a technology where special materials convert heat or force to electricity and vice versa. We at Radiant have created a new class of electronic components that capture these properties. We collectively call them ferroelectric devices, or Ferrodevices for short.

Using our ferrodevices, you can add force or temperature sensing to your robot, alarm system, computer circuit, smart-house controller, automobile, industrial motor, refrigerator, remote sensor, aircraft, or any number of other systems. Designing your own circuits, you can make the sensors see a hot coffee cup, the slightest touch of the finger, your own heartbeat, or the squeal of a bad bearing. Two key factors to make this possible. First, we make sub-micron thick ferroelectric films using the same integrated circuit manufacturing techniques with which your computer is constructed. The devices are inexpensive, uniform, and exquisitely sensitive. The second factor is that the components are packaged with useful geometries. We package the microscopic-scale devices in traditional transistor headers for easy integration with an electronic circuit. Some of our capacitors are only 1/10th the width of one strand of your hair! Larger devices are not packaged at all and can be soldered directly onto circuit boards. Many of you have never worked with these types of devices or materials before so we have created the infrastructure to support your self-education. This web site is divided into the sections below to aid your exploration of our ferrodevices.

Learn-by-doing is our motto so we created the Radiant EDU educational tester. It is an inexpensive but high quality tester for ferroelectric materials that works with packaged ferroelectric capacitors we designed specifically for the unit. Tutorials on the theory of materials and self-paced laboratories that explore the properties of ferroelectrics are included with the documentation for the EDU.

Getting started with your first circuits is the biggest step after the EDU. For that purpose, we created a small sensor board that plugs into the EDU. The sensor is exquisitely sensitive to changes in force or temperature and you can modify its properties by changing component values. The sensor board is fully documented and its functions explained so you can use it as a starting point for your own projects. Also offered are blank project boards that connect to the EDU and special sensor die mounting boards that allow you to plug the larger sensor components directly into sockets or PC boards.

The ferrodevices and their datasheets are located here.

As time passes, we will add more applications notes, more lessons, more instruments, and more components. We have some exciting new ideas and a few surprises coming your way so visit us often.

Good Luck! Do not hesitate to contact Radiant with questions, recommendations, or to simply show off your latest gadget. Surprise us!

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