Nanowire Transistors: Physics of Devices and Materials in One Dimension

Jean-Pierre Colinge · James C. Greer

Apr 2016 · Cambridge University Press

About this ebook

From quantum mechanical concepts to practical circuit applications, this book presents a self-contained and up-to-date account of the physics and technology of nanowire semiconductor devices. It includes a unified account of the critical ideas central to low-dimensional physics and transistor physics which equips readers with a common framework and language to accelerate scientific and technological developments across the two fields. Detailed descriptions of novel quantum mechanical effects such as quantum current oscillations, the metal-to-semiconductor transition and the transition from classical transistor to single-electron transistor operation are described in detail, in addition to real-world applications in the fields of nanoelectronics, biomedical sensing techniques, and advanced semiconductor research. Including numerous illustrations to help readers understand these phenomena, this is an essential resource for researchers and professional engineers working on semiconductor devices and materials in academia and industry.

About the author

Jean-Pierre Colinge is a Director at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the TSMC and received the IEEE Andrew Grove Award in 2012. He has over 35 years' experience in conducting research on semiconductor devices and has authored several books on the topic.

James C. Greer is a Professor and Head of the Graduate Studies Centre at the Tyndall National Institute, and co-founder and Director of EOLAS Designs Ltd, having formerly worked at Mostek, Texas Instruments, and Hitachi Central Research. He received the inaugural Intel Outstanding Researcher Award for Simulation and Metrology in 2012.