• DocumentCode
    3439294
  • Title

    Small Slope Micro/Nano-Electronic Switches

  • Author

    Ionescu, Adrian M. ; Boucart, Kathy ; Moselund, Kirsten E. ; Pott, Vincent ; Tsamados, Dimitrios

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Micro/Nano-Electron. Devices, Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    Oct. 15 2007-Sept. 17 2007
  • Firstpage
    397
  • Lastpage
    402
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses three categories of small slope electronic switches: the tunnel FET, the IMOS and the NEM-FET, which are expected to bring added value compared to CMOS by presenting an abrupt subthreshold slope, smaller than the physical limit, 60mV/decade, of the solid-state MOS transistor at room temperature. Recent results and future promises are reported.
  • Keywords
    field effect transistors; impact ionisation; microswitches; nanoelectronics; IMOS; NEM-FET; impact ionization MOS; micro-nano switches; nano- electro-mechanical FET; small slope electronic switches; tunnel FET; Computer architecture; Energy consumption; FETs; High-K gate dielectrics; MOSFETs; Nanoscale devices; Silicon; Switches; Temperature; Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Conference, 2007. CAS 2007. International
  • Conference_Location
    Sinaia
  • ISSN
    1545-827X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0847-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SMICND.2007.4519743
  • Filename
    4519743