Physical limits of silicon transistors and circuits
- 19 September 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Reports on Progress in Physics
- Vol. 68 (12) , 2701-2746
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/68/12/r01
Abstract
A discussion on transistors and electronic computing including some history introduces semiconductor devices and the motivation for miniaturization of transistors. The changing physics of field-effect transistors and ways to mitigate the deterioration in performance caused by the changes follows. The limits of transistors are tied to the requirements of the chips that carry them and the difficulties of fabricating very small structures. Some concluding remarks about transistors and limits are presented.Keywords
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