Silicon-gate technology

Silicon-gate technology provides an advantageous approach for implementing large-scale integrated arrays of field-effect transistors. Its advantages¿principally resulting from the low threshold voltage and the self-aligned gate structure buried under an insulator¿ease the problem of interfacing these circuits to bipolar integrated circuits and increase both their performance and functional density, making MOS integrated circuits easier and more economical to use. This article reviews recent progress with this technology and shows its application to the construction of complex digital functions as illustrated by a memory circuit.