Most lab testing quietly inflates 2D transistor performance, research reveals

For nearly two decades, two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors have been studied as a complement or possible successor to silicon transistors, promising smaller, faster and more energy-efficient ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

Developing Multifunctional Transistors for Mimicking Biology

A bilayer organic transistor with off-on-off current output that can be used to make compact and efficient artificial spiking neurons. The field of wearable/implantable healthcare technology continues ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Stress-Related Local Layout Effects In FinFET Technology And Device Design Sensitivity

“Transistor characteristics in advanced technology nodes are strongly impacted by devices design and process integration choices. Variation in the layout and pattern configuration in close proximity ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Transistor-Level Performance Evaluation Based On Wafer-Level Process Modeling

Three years ago, I wrote a blog entitled “Linking Virtual Wafer Fabrication Modeling with Device-level TCAD Simulation,” in which I described the seamless connection between the SEMulator3D virtual ...
Electronics Weekly

GaN-on-Si power transistors from French lab Leti

“We have the technology for GaN-on-Si, which we think will go up to 2,000V. It is fully CMOS-compatible, and we are already able to make it on 8in wafers,” said Bouchet. Leti and silicon-on-insulator ...