The incredible shrinking transistor.

The incredible shrinking transistor.

The steady down-scaling of CMOS device dimensions has been the main stimulus to the growth of microelectronics and the computer industry over the past two decades. The more an IC is scaled, the higher becomes its packing density, the higher its circuit speed, and the lower its power dissipation. Tod...

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Publicado en:IEEE spectrum 36, 7 (1999).
Autor Principal: Taur, Y.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Subjects:
0.1 to 0.13 mum.
CMOS device dimensions.
CMOS scaling.
CMOS transistor.
IC scaling.
MOSFET.
Atomic dimensions.
Circuit speed.
Computer industry.
Gate current.
Gate oxide thickness control.
Microelectronics.
Multiple threshold voltages.
Near atomic level control.
Off-state leakage.
Off-state leakage current per transistor.
Optimum two-dimensional nonuniform doping.
Packing density.
Parasitic components.
Power dissipation.
Quantum mechanics.
Short channels.
Source-drain profile control.
Thermal energy.
Thermodynamics.
Transistor design.