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​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.



Table of 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 & Developments that Enabled Scaling.- Process Flow with Histories of Scaling at Key Steps.

How Transistor Area Shrank by 1 Million Fold

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      Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
      Published 16 July 2020
      ISBN-13 9783030400200
      978-3030400200
      ISBN-10 3030400204
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      Computing Computer architecture and logic design Applied physics Electronics: circuits and components

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ​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.



      Table of 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 & Developments that Enabled Scaling.- Process Flow with Histories of Scaling at Key Steps.

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