Integrated electronics:
from conventional CMOS to the nanoscale technologies
Howard R. Huff (

),
Peter Zeitzoff, and Gennadi Bersuker
International SEMATECH, Austin, TX 78741, USA
Integrated Circuit (IC) scaling, as envisioned by Moore, has become the
productivity
criterion by which the IC industry has grown at approximately 25-30% compound
annual
growth rate (CAGR) (i.e., increased number of transistors, decreased cost per
transistor,
etc.) Although Moore’s law will eventually saturate, it has been the
cornerstone by which
the IC industry gauges its growth as, for example, in the International
Technology
Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS). We will examine the device structures
envisioned
to sustain Moore’s law for the next 15 years, during which the current MOSFET
physical
gate length of about 65 nm is expected to be scaled to about 9 nm. In the
later regime of
transistors with very short physical gate length, conventional planar, bulk
CMOS devices
may be replaced by non-planar device configurations utilizing, in some
combination,
elevated source / drains, high-k gate dielectric materials, metal gate
electrodes and SOI
technologies. We will also briefly discuss several device initiatives beyond
CMOS
technologies, including alternative non-silicon materials, and the extreme
challenges
(both business and technical) such an approach entails.