Hackaday

A 3D Printed Junction Transistor Model

Transistors are no doubt one of humankinds greatest inventions. However, the associated greatness brings with it unprecedented complexity under the hood. To fully understand how a transistor works, ...
Business Wire

Fairchild Semiconductor Implements Magwel’s Power Transistor Modeling (PTM) Tool for Rds-on Extraction and Current Density Analysis

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Magwel N.V. announces that Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, has selected Magwel’s Power ...
EDN

How Verilog-AMS accelerates transistor modeling

Before circuit design can begin on any advanced semiconductor manufacturing process, the electrical behavior of the devices — transistors, diodes, resistors — must be described accurately in so-called ...
Hackaday

transistor model

Transistors are no doubt one of humankinds greatest inventions. However, the associated greatness brings with it unprecedented complexity under the hood. To fully understand how a transistor works, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

GAA Transistors: 3D Atomic-Scale Metrology of Strain Relaxation and Roughness via Electron Ptychography (Cornell, ASM, TSMC)

“To improve transistor density and electronic performance, next-generation semiconductor devices are adopting three-dimensional architectures and feature sizes down to the few-nm regime, which require ...
Tech Xplore

Practical design guidelines for atom-thin oxide transistors enable reliable 3D chip integration

Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed a unified model that explains how thickness, defects, interface ...
Nanowerk

Next-gen 3D transistors transform energy-efficient electronics

Researchers unveil 3D transistors using 2D semiconductors, enabling energy-efficient, high-performance electronics with unprecedented miniaturization. (Nanowerk News) In a significant advancement for ...
Engadget

Intel will mass produce 3D transistors for all future CPUs, starting with 22nm Ivy Bridge (video)

Looks like 3D isn't just a fad, folks, so long as we're talking about silicon -- Intel just announced that it has invented a 3D "Tri-Gate" transistor that will allow the company to keep shrinking ...
EDN

A negative feedback model for transistors with emitter/source degeneration

Emitter/source degeneration is a technique used to guard against drift in transistor parameters like beta. In addition, it helps linearize the small signal output. The transfer characteristic of a BJT ...
Electronics Weekly

Double-gate transistor model created

With double-gate transistors becoming a serious candidate for the 45nm technology node, Freescale Semiconductor and the University of Florida have created what they claim is the first double-gate ...
HotHardware

Intel Announces New 22nm 3D Tri-gate Transistors

Intel announced a major technology shift today in a move that fundamentally changes how the company will build transistors in the years to come. Starting with Ivy Bridge, Intel is adopting what it ...