How Transistor Area Shrank by 1 Million Fold / by Howard Tigelaar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tigelaar, Howard, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Physics and Astronomy (SpringerNature-11651)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics.

Electronic circuits.

Logic design.

Applied and Technical Physics.

Circuits and Systems.

Logic Design.

Local Subjects:

Applied and Technical Physics.

Circuits and Systems.

Logic Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXIV, 319 pages) : 263 illustrations, 202 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2020.

Contained In:

Springer Nature eBook

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book explains in layman's terms how CMOS transistors work. The author explains step-by-step how CMOS transistors are built, along with an explanation of the purpose of each process step. He describes for readers the key inventions and developments in science and engineering that overcame huge obstacles, enabling engineers to shrink transistor area by over 1 million fold and build billions of transistor switches that switch over a billion times a second, all on a piece of silicon smaller than a thumbnail. Written from a process integration point of view, in language accessible to a wide variety of readers; Provides readers with an understanding of how transistors work, how they are built, and the equipment used to build them; Describes the incredible science and engineering that was developed to keep transistor scaling on a Moore's Law trajectory - (transistor area reduced by half every 2 to 3 years); Enables readers to understand the engineering choices and compromises made while scaling transistors ever smaller, with the constraints that they switch ever faster and use less and less power.

Contents:

Introduction

Overview

Semiconductors and Insulators

Diodes, MOS Transistors, Bipolar Transistors, Inverters

Building High Performance MOS Transistors

Parasitic MOS and Bipolar Transistors

Design Rules and Photo Patterns

CMOS Inverter Process Flow

Key Inventions and Developments that Enabled Scaling

Process Flow with Histories of Scaling at Key Steps.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-40021-7

9783030400217

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.