Title :
The case for cryoelectronics
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Vermont Univ., Burlington, VT, USA
Abstract :
Operation of semiconductor electronic systems at low temperatures has advantages compared to room temperature operation. These include higher frequency of operation and increased switching speed resulting from increased carrier mobility and reduced resistances, greater reliability due to the reduced thermally activated degradation rate and higher packing density resulting from an increased heat removal rate, reduced feature size and device spacing and the use of smaller supply voltages. Operating temperature can be used with geometric device scaling for performance optimization
Keywords :
cryogenic electronics; semiconductor devices; carrier mobility; cryoelectronics; device spacing; feature size; geometric device scaling; heat removal; low temperature operation; operating frequency; packing density; performance optimization; reliability; resistance; semiconductor electronic systems; supply voltage; switching speed; thermally activated degradation; Charge carrier processes; Computer aided software engineering; Contact resistance; Electric resistance; Frequency; Integrated circuit interconnections; Photonic band gap; Semiconductor devices; Temperature; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Devices, Circuits and Systems, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 First IEEE International Caracas Conference on
Conference_Location :
Caracas
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2672-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICCDCS.1995.499107
