May 06, 2015
TRANSISTORTHE SAGA
By~Bharath Naidu [email protected]
A LEGENDARY INVENTION BY THE LEGENDARY HEROES
William Shockley
Brattain, Walter Houser
John Bardeen
The first point contact transistor made by the Shockley team at
Bell Labs in 1947.
DOB : December 16, 1947
The idea……?
• Atomic physics formed the roots for all the early inventions in the field of
Electronics.
• Classification of materials : 1. Conductors
2. Semi Conductors
3. Insulators
• Elements we use in manufacturing of semiconductors
• Ge and Si are elemental Semi conductors
• GaAs and GaP are compound Semi Conductors
II III IV V VI
B C
Al Si P S
Zn Ga Ge Ar Se
Cd In Sb Te
Bi
• Is back to back connection of two diodes will give a transistor?
NO!
• Classification:
1. BJT NPN PNP
2. FET JFET
N- Channel P- Channel
MOSFET N MOS
CMOS P MOS
Transistor or Transfer of Resistance ?
How
?
Gordon E. Moore and his Law:
2D to 3D
A major Breakthrough and historic innovation by Intel
• World's first 3-D transistors in mass production.• 22nm microprocessor -- code-named Ivy Bridge
-- that will be the first high-volume chip to use 3-D transistors.
• The transition to 3-D continues the pace of technology advancement, fueling Moore's Law for years to come.
• An unprecedented combination of performance improvement and power reduction to enable new innovations across a range of future 22nm-based devices from the smallest handhelds to powerful cloud-based servers.
Key objectives in Transistor Design:• Maximum current in On state• Minimum current in Off state• Fast switching between On and Off
states
Happy Engineers day in advance!
Bharath.CHECE.