Frozen Cells and Bits: Cryoelectronics Advances Biopreservation

With few exceptions, electronic components are rated by their manufacturers to -40 °C (sometimes -55 °C). The operation of electronic components, circuits, and systems at much lower temperatures is called cold electronics, cryogenic electronics, low-temperature electronics, or cryoelectronics. Although not all electronics components are usable at low temperatures, electronic devices and circuits have been operated all the way down to a few degrees above absolute zero (0 K, -273 °C).