Future Trends in Microelectronics: From Nanophotonics to Sensors to Energy - Hardcover

Luryi, Serge; Xu, Jimmy; Zaslavsky, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470551372 ISBN 13: 9780470551370

Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press, 2010

Synopsis

In the summer of 2009, leading professionals from industry, government, and academia gathered for a free-spirited debate on the future trends of microelectronics. This volume represents the summary of their valuable contributions. Providing a cohesive exploration and holistic vision of semiconductor microelectronics, this text answers such questions as: What is the future beyond shrinking silicon devices and the field-effect transistor principle? Are there green pastures beyond the traditional semiconductor technologies? This resource also identifies the direction the field is taking, enabling microelectronics professionals and students to conduct research in an informed, profitable, and forward-looking fashion.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Serge Luryi is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Since 1998, Dr. Luryi has been Director of the New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Sensor Systems. He has published over 200 papers and has been awarded forty-seven U.S. patents.

Dr. Jimmy Xu is the Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. '32 University Professor and Professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown University. Previously, he was the Nortel Chair in Emerging Technologies and James Ham Chair in Optoelectronics, as well as director of Nortel Institute for Telecommunications at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Alex Zaslavsky is Professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown University. He has published over eighty journal articles and book chapters, and coedited six books in the microelectronics field. Since 2003, he has been an editor of Solid-State Electronics: An International Journal.

From the Back Cover

A holistic vision of semiconductor microelectronics, from the present to the future

In the summer of 2009, leading professionals from industry, government, and academia gathered for a free-spirited debate on the future trends in microelectronics. This volume represents the summary of their contributions. Providing a cohesive exploration and holistic vision of the field, it features thirty-four chapters from experts all over the world, in far-ranging disciplines within microelectronics―from energy (photovoltaic and otherwise) to semiconductor device–based remote sensing and beyond.

Through detailed examination of the current state of the field and the direction in which it is headed, the contributors answer such questions as:

• What is the future beyond shrinking silicon devices and the field-effect transistor principle?
• Are alternative materials, ranging from graphene to magnetic semiconductors to chalcogenides, likely to reach technological insertion?
• Is there practicality in fashionable topics like quantum computing, synaptic computing, spintronics, and superconducting computing?
• What are the most attractive system applications of optoelectronic hybrids?
• Are there green pastures beyond the traditional semiconductor technologies?
• Is energy-related research likely to boost the prospects of the microelectronics industry?

By identifying the scenario for the future evolution of microelectronics, this title presents a tremendous opportunity for constructive action on behalf of microelectronics professionals; researchers in communications, solid state physics, electronics and materials science; government policymakers and planners; and investors and consultants. It offers both professionals and students an informed, broad, and forward-looking overview of the entire field.

In the summer of 2009, leading professionals from industry, government, and academia gathered for a free-spirited debate on the future trends in microelectronics. This volume represents the summary of their contributions. Providing a cohesive exploration and holistic vision of the field, it features thirty-four chapters from experts all over the world, in far-ranging disciplines within microelectronics—from energy (photovoltaic and otherwise) to semiconductor device–based remote sensing and beyond.

Through detailed examination of the current state of the field and the direction in which it is headed, the contributors answer such questions as:

• What is the future beyond shrinking silicon devices and the field-effect transistor principle?
• Are alternative materials, ranging from graphene to magnetic semiconductors to chalcogenides, likely to reach technological insertion?
• Is there practicality in fashionable topics like quantum computing, synaptic computing, spintronics, and superconducting computing?
• What are the most attractive system applications of optoelectronic hybrids?
• Are there green pastures beyond the traditional semiconductor technologies?
• Is energy-related research likely to boost the prospects of the microelectronics industry?

By identifying the scenario for the future evolution of microelectronics, this title presents a tremendous opportunity for constructive action on behalf of microelectronics professionals; researchers in communications, solid state physics, electronics and materials science; government policymakers and planners; and investors and consultants. It offers both professionals and students an informed, broad, and forward-looking overview of the entire field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470551372
• ISBN 13: 9780470551370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448