Future trends in microelectronics : the nano, the giga, and the ultra / edited by Serge Luryi, Jimmy Xu, Alex Zaslavsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luryi, Serge.

Xu, Jimmy.

Zaslavsky, Alex, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nanotechnology--Congresses.

Nanotechnology.

Microelectronics--Congresses.

Microelectronics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 408 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, [2004]

Summary:

Future Trends in Microelectronics: The Nano, the Giga, and the Ultra offers a revealing look at the future of the microelectronics industry as envisioned by today's top experts in the field. A brainchild of the Fourth International FTM Workshop, an elite forum for the informal exchange of microelectronics research and ideas, the book brings together the collective expertise of professionals from the fields of industry, academia, and government. Engineering professionals, researchers, and policymakers alike will benefit from this insightful and forthright assessment of the future of microelectronics. Timely identification of the plausible scenarios for tomorrow presents a tremendous opportunity for constructive action today.

Contents:

1 Silicon in the Nano Age 1

Nanoelectronic Technology: In Search of the Ultimate Device Structure / H. C. Lin, S. M. Sze 4

Limits and Alternatives to Optical Lithography / J. P. H. Benschop 15

The Future of CMOS Downscaling / H. Iwai 23

Future Trends in Memory Developments: Challenges and Perspective / K. Kim, G. Koh 34

Future Challenges and Needs for Nano-Electronics From a Manufacturing Viewpoint / Y. Nishi 46

Wireless Sensor Networks and the Sensor Revolution / T. P. Smith III 57

The Physical Layer of Ambient Intelligence / H. van Houten 69

Modeling of Near-Field Effects in Sub-Wavelength Deep Ultraviolet Lithography / J. Tirapu Azpiroz, E. Yablonovitch 80

Extreme Future CMOS Devices Using SOI Technology / T. Hiramoto 94

Double Gate Coupling and Quantum Tunneling in Ultrathin SOI MOSFETs / C. Aydin, A. Zaslavsky, A. Ohata, J. Pretet, S. Cristoloveanu, S. Luryi, D. Mariolle, D. Fraboulet, S. Deleonibus 101

Space-Radiation Effects in Advanced SOI Devices and Alternative Gate Dielectrics / C. R. Cirba, J. A. Felix, K. F. Galloway, R. D. Schrimpf, D. M. Fleetwood, S. Cristoloveanu 115

Modeling of Mobility in Ultra-Thin SOI MOSFETs: Physical Understanding and Analytical Models for Device Simulators / D. Esseni, C. Fiegna, E. Sangiorgi 127

2 Nanomaterialism, Quanta, Spins, and Molecules 145

Electrodynamics of Left-Handed Media / A. L. Efros, A. L. Pokrovsky 148

Spintronics? / M. I. Dyakonov 157

Understanding Molecular Transistors / P. M. Solomon, C. R. Kagan 168

Molecular Electronics: Experiments, Device Concepts and Architectures / N. B. Zhitenev 181

Molecular Electronics: A Proposed Roadmap for Commercialization / H. Goronkin, R. K. Tsui 194

Self-Assembly Motifs for Molecular Electronic Test Structures / J. E. Klare, Q. Miao, G. S. Tulevski, C. Nuckolls 202

On the Road Towards Superconductor Computers: Twenty Years Later / M. Dorojevets, D. Strukov, A. Silver, A. Kleinsasser, F. Bedard, P. Bunyk, Q. Herr, G. Kerber, L. Abelson 214

Self-Organized Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of AlGaN/GaN Nanostructures on Si(111) Substrates for Optoelectronic Applications / J. Ristic, M. A. Sanchez-Garcia, E. Calleja, A. Trampert, K. H. Ploog, J. Sanchez-Paramo, J. M. Calleja 226

Free-Standing Si/SiGe Micro- and Nanotubes for Microelectronics / D. Grutzmacher, O. Kirfel, E. Deckhardt, L. Zhang, S. Golod, V. Prinz, P. Wagli 235

Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI): A Path for Integration of Silicon Light Emitters into Future Microelectronic Chips? / M. A. Green 243

Organic Microelectronics Based on Polymer Nanostructures / A. Aleshin 253

Quantum Devices: Microscopic Theory and Simulation / R. C. Iotti, F. Rossi 260

Critical Current and Magnetic Properties of Nb-Cu-Ni-Cu-Nb Junctions / Y. Blum, M. Karpovski, V. Shelukhin, A. Palevski, A. Tsukernik 270

Tunneling Mechanism of 1/f Noise in GaN-Based HFETs / M. E. Levinshtein, S. L. Rumyantsev, M. S. Shur 276

3 Quantum Cascade Terahertz Lasers and Other Laser Novelties 283

Quantum Cascade Lasers: Old Hats and New Tricks / J. Faist, L. Ajili, G. Scalari, M. Giovaninni, M. Beck, L. Diehl, H. Beere, G. Davies, E. Linfield, D. Ritchie 286

Quantum Cascade Lasers and Applications, Opportunities and Limitations / C. Gmachl 301

Quantum Cascade Laser: The Source of Choice for THz Photonics? / A. Tredicucci 309

Phonon-Depopulated THz Quantum Cascade Lasers / Qing Hu, B. S. Williams, S. Kumar, H. Callebaut, J. L. Reno 319

The Generation and Applications of Ultra-Broadband Terahertz Radiation / E. H. Linfield, Y. C. Shen, P. C. Upadhya, A. G. Davies 330

Avoiding Light Holes on the Path to a Si/SiGe Quantum Cascade Laser / U. Gennser, I. Sagnes, L. Diehl, A. Borak, C. V. Falub, H. Sigg, D. Grutzmacher, J. Faist, D. K. Maude, Y. Campidelli, O. Kermarrec, D. Bensahel 341

Design and Continuous-Wave Room Temperature Performance of GaInAsSb/AlGaAsSb Type-I Electrically Pumped Lasers / G. L. Belenky, L. Shterengas, J. G. Kim, R. U. Martinelli, L. E. Vorobiev 349

Semiconductor Lasers Beyond Quantum Dots / N. N. Ledentsov 358

Phonon or Polaron Lasers? / H. C. Liu 385.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471484059

OCLC:

55797716

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