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Even as we enter the nanotechnology era, we are now encountering the 50th anniversary of the invention of the IC. Will silicon continue to be the pre-eminent material and will MooreTM’s Law continue unabated, albeit in a broader economic venue, in the nanotechnology era? This monograph addresses these issues by a re-examination of the scientific and technological foundations of the micro-electronics era. By better assessing and understanding the past five decades of this era, it is proposed that a firmer foundation can be laid for the research that will ensue and possibly provide a glimpse of what is next to come in the nanotechnology era.

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Author:   Howard Huff
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2009 ed.
Volume:   106
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.729kg
ISBN:  

9783540745587

ISBN 10:   3540745580
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   01 October 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Historical Background.- Silicon: Child and Progenitor of Revolution.- The Economic Implications of Moore’s Law.- State-of-the-Art.- Using Silicon to Understand Silicon.- Theory of Defects in Si: Past, Present, and Challenges.- Structural, Elemental, and Chemical Complex Defects in Silicon and Their Impact on Silicon Devices.- Surface and Interface Chemistry for Gate Stacks on Silicon.- Enhanced Carrier Mobility for Improved CMOS Performance.- Transistor Scaling to the Limit.- Future Directions.- Beyond CMOS Electronics: Self-Assembled Nanostructures.- Hybrid CMOS/Molecular Integrated Circuits.- Sublithographic Architecture: Shifting the Responsibility for Perfection.- Quantum Computing.- Afterwords.- Nano-Whatever: Do We Really Know Where We Are Heading?.- Silicon Forever! Really?.

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