Technology Of Integrated Circuits

This is the first book to provide guidance on the development and application of metal silicide technology as it emerges from the scientific to the prototype and manufacturing stages. Other key topics covered are fundamentals, present and future silicide technology for Si-based devices, and characterisation methods. Suitable for engineers and students in microelectronics.

This is the first book to comprehensively record the authors’ authoritative knowledge and practical experience of IC manufacturing, including the tremendous developments of recent years. With its strong application orientation, this is a must-have book for professionals in semiconductor industries.

This book is the first to give an authoritative and comprehensive account of the invention of Integrated Circuits (ICs) from an insider who had participated and contributed from the beginning of their invention and advancement to the Ultra Large Scale ICs (ULSICs) of today. It reads like a mystery novel to engross the reader, but it is not based on fiction; it gives documented facts of the invention of ICs, analyzes the patents, and highlights additional details and clarifications of their history.

The striking feature of this book is its coverage of the upper GHz domain. However, the latest technologies, applications and broad range of circuits are discussed. Design examples are provided including cookbook-like optimization strategies. This state-of-the-art book is valuable for researchers as well as for engineers in industry. Furthermore, the book serves as fruitful basis for lectures in the area of IC design.

Strongly involved with SIEMENS Corp. in the tremendous recent developments of process technologies for IC fabrication the authors comprehensively record their authoritative knowledge and practical experience. New materials , modern planar technology, process designs for CMOS, Bipolar, BICMOS and smart-power technologies, self-adjusting doping techniques are just a few of the highlights. With its strong application-orientation this is a need-to-have book for professionals in semiconductor industries. Senior students in electrical engineering and physics can use it as a textbook because of the systematic treatment of the subjects. With regard to their later careers as industrial engineers they will particularly appreciate the deep insight into the actual methods and problems of IC manufacturing.

Although existing nanometer CMOS technology is expected to remain dominant for the next decade, new non-classical devices are being developed as the potential replacements of silicon CMOS, in order to meet the ever-present demand for faster, smaller, more efficient integrate circuits. Many new devices are based on novel emerging materials such as one-dimensional carbon nanotubes and two-dimensional graphene, non-graphene two-dimensional materials, and transition metal dichalcogenides. Such devices use on/off operations based on quantum mechanical current transport, and so their design and fabrication require an understanding of the electronic structures of materials and technologies. Moreover, new electronic design automation (EDA) tools and techniques need to be developed based on integrating devices from emerging novel material-based technologies. The aim of this book is to explore the materials and design requirements of these emerging integrated circuit technologies, and to outline their prospective applications. It will be useful for academics and research scientists interested in future directions and developments in design, materials and applications of novel integrated circuit technologies, and for research and development professionals working at the cutting edge of integrated circuit development.

Written by hundreds experts who have made contributions to both enterprise and academics research, these excellent reference books provide all necessary knowledge of the whole industrial chain of integrated circuits, and cover topics related to the technology evolution trends, fabrication, applications, new materials, equipment, economy, investment, and industrial developments of integrated circuits. Especially, the coverage is broad in scope and deep enough for all kind of readers being interested in integrated circuit industry. Remarkable data collection, update marketing evaluation, enough working knowledge of integrated circuit fabrication, clear and accessible category of integrated circuit products, and good equipment insight explanation, etc. can make general readers build up a clear overview about the whole integrated circuit industry. This encyclopedia is designed as a reference book for scientists and engineers actively involved in integrated circuit research and development field. In addition, this book provides enough guide lines and knowledges to benefit enterprisers being interested in integrated circuit industry.