Nanoelectronics: challenges and opportunities

Author

De Micheli, Giovanni

Author_Institution

Ecole Polytech Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne

fYear

2007

fDate

25-27 April 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. The scaling of CMOS technology is coming soon to an end, and yet it is unclear whether CMOS devices in the 10-20 nanometer range will find a useful place in semiconductor products. At the same time, new silicon-based technologies (e.g., silicon nanowires) and non-silicon based (e.g., carbon nanotubes) show the promise of replacing traditional transistors. In this scenario, there are multiple challenges to face, like the production of nanoscale CMOS with reasonable yield and reliability, the creation of newer circuit structures with novel materials as well as the mixing and matching of older and newer technologies in search of a good balance of costs and benefits.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; nanoelectronics; CMOS devices; CMOS technology; nanoelectronics; nanoscale CMOS; semiconductor products; silicon-based technologies; size 10 nm to 20 nm; CMOS technology; Carbon nanotubes; Circuits; Materials reliability; Nanoelectronics; Nanoscale devices; Nanowires; Production; Silicon; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Design, Automation and Test, 2007. VLSI-DAT 2007. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hsinchu

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0583-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0583-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VDAT.2007.373195

Filename

4239387