75th Anniversary of the Transistor

Arokia Nathan, Samar K. Saha, Ravi M. Todi

• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781394202447
• eBook ISBN: 9781394202461
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

75th Anniversary of the Transistor

75th anniversary commemorative volume reflecting the transistor's development since inception to current state of the art

75th Anniversary of the Transistor is a commemorative anniversary volume to celebrate the invention of the transistor. The anniversary volume was conceived by the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) to provide comprehensive yet compact coverage of the historical perspectives underlying the invention of the transistor and its subsequent evolution into a multitude of integration and manufacturing technologies and applications.

The book reflects the transistor's development since inception to the current state of the art that continues to enable scaling to very large-scale integrated circuits of higher functionality and speed. The stages in this evolution covered are in chronological order to reflect historical developments.

Narratives and experiences are provided by a select number of venerated industry and academic leaders, and retired veterans, of the semiconductor industry. 75th Anniversary of the Transistor highlights:

• Historical perspectives of the state-of-the-art pre-solid-state-transistor world (pre-1947) leading to the invention of the transistor
• Invention of the bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and analytical formulations by Shockley (1948) and their impact on the semiconductor industry
• Large scale integration, Moore's Law (1965) and transistor scaling (1974), and MOS/LSI, including flash memories — SRAMs, DRAMs (1963), and the Toshiba NAND flash memory (1989)
• Image sensors (1986), including charge-coupled devices, and related microsensor applications

With comprehensive yet succinct and accessible coverage of one of the cornerstones of modern technology, 75th Anniversary of the Transistor is an essential reference for engineers, researchers, and undergraduate students looking for historical perspective from leaders in the field.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• About the Editors
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Chapter 1: The First Quantum Electron Device
• Chapter 2: IEEE Electron Devices Society
• Chapter 3: Did Sir J.C. Bose Anticipate the Existence of p‐ and n‐Type Semiconductors in His Coherer/Detector Experiments?
• Chapter 4: The Point‐Contact Transistor
• Chapter 5: On the Shockley Diode Equation and Analytic Models for Modern Bipolar Transistors
• Chapter 6: Junction‐Less Field Effect Transistors
• Chapter 7: The First MOSFET Design by J. Lilienfeld and its Long Journey to Implementation
• Chapter 8: The Invention of the Self‐Aligned Silicon Gate Process
• Chapter 9: The Application of Ion Implantation to Device Fabrication
• Chapter 10: Evolution of the MOSFET
• Chapter 11: The SOI Transistor
• Chapter 12: FinFET
• Chapter 13: Historical Perspective of the Development of the FinFET and Process Architecture
• Chapter 14: The Origin of the Tunnel FET
• Chapter 15: Floating‐Gate Memory
• Chapter 16: Development of ETOX NOR Flash Memory
• Chapter 17: History of MOS Memory Evolution on DRAM and SRAM
• Chapter 18: Silicon‐Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
• Chapter 19: The 25‐Year Disruptive Path of InP/GaAsSb Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
• Chapter 20: The High Electron Mobility Transistor
• Chapter 21: The Thin Film Transistor and Emergence of Large Area, Flexible Electronics and Beyond
• Chapter 22: Imaging Inventions
• Chapter 23: The Invention and Development of CMOS Image Sensors
• Chapter 24: From Transistors to Microsensors
• Chapter 25: Creation of the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
• Chapter 26: The History of Noise in Metal‐Oxide‐Semiconductor Field‐Effect Transistors
• Chapter 27: A Miraculously Reliable Transistor
• Chapter 28: Technology Computer‐Aided Design
• Chapter 29: Early Integrated Circuits
• Chapter 30: A Path to the One‐Chip Mixed‐Signal SoC for Digital Video Systems
• Chapter 31: Historical Perspective of the Nonvolatile Memory and Emerging Computing Paradigms
• Chapter 32: CMOS Enabling Quantum Computing
• Chapter 33: Materials and Interfaces
• Chapter 34: The Magic of MOSFET Manufacturing
• Chapter 35: Materials Innovation
• Chapter 36: Germanium
• Index
• End User License Agreement