Transistor Design Advances Drive SOI into the Mainstream.(silicon-on-insulator technology)

R & D | July 1, 1999| | Copyright

After waiting in the wings for 30 years, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology will finally find mainstream semiconductor applications.

The biggest driving force propelling growth in the semiconductor, computer, networking, and consumer electronics industries during the last half-century has been the continuous scaling, or miniaturization, of the transistor. As a transistor becomes smaller, it becomes faster and uses less power. As long as transistors can continue being made faster and smaller and can be packed more densely in integrated circuits (ICs), the digital ...

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