Proceedings of the Symposium on Low Temperature Electronics and High Temperature Superconductors Held in Honolulu, Hawaii on 19-23 October 1987

Proceedings of the Symposium on Low Temperature Electronics and High Temperature Superconductors Held in Honolulu, Hawaii on 19-23 October 1987
Author: Stanley I. Raider
Publisher:
Total Pages: 604
Release: 1988
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The included papers demonstrate that the study and use of low temperature electronics are increasing in many diverse areas, providing valuable benefits for many applications, as well as opportunities for research in materials and devices. Operating electronic devices and systems at low temperatures present many challenges for the designer and user. Although there is active interest in this area, it remains to be seen whether the advantages achieved by cooling electronics will lead to widespread practice. Two recent developments, both discussed in this volume, have particularly focused attention on the field of low temperature electronics and could impact future applications. First, a supercomputer, the ETA-10, with its high speed VLSI processors populated with CMOS and cooled to 77 K during operation, was delivered to Florida State University and is presently being field-tested as it is brought up to its full operating potential. Secondly, superconductors with critical temperatures, Tc, in express of 90 K were prepared by Chu et al. following the pioneering work of Mueller and Bednorz at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory. Superconductivity can now be achieved at the same temperatures and with the same refrigerators used to cool semiconductor electronics. (mjm).

Low Temperature Electronics

Low Temperature Electronics
Author: Edmundo A. Gutierrez-D
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 986
Release: 2000-10-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080510507

Low Temperature Electronics: Physics, Devices, Circuits, and Applications summarizes the recent advances in cryoelectronics starting from the fundamentals in physics and semiconductor devices to electronic systems, hybrid superconductor-semiconductor technologies, photonic devices, cryocoolers and thermal management. Furthermore, this book provides an exploration of the currently available theory, research, and technologies related to cryoelectronics, including treatment of the solid state physical properties of the materials used in these systems. Current applications are found in infrared systems, satellite communications and medical equipment. There are opportunities to expand in newer fields such as wireless and mobile communications, computers, and measurement and scientific equipment. Low temperature operations can offer certain advantages such as higher operational speeds, lower power dissipation, shorter signal transmission times, higher semiconductor and metal thermal conductivities, and improved digital and analog circuit performance. The computer, telecommunication, and cellular phone market is pushing the semiconductor industry towards the development of very aggressive device and integrated circuit fabrication technologies. This is taking these technologies towards the physical miniaturization limit, where quantum effects and fabrication costs are becoming a technological and economical barrier for further development. In view of these limitations, operation of semiconductor devices and circuits at low temperature (cryogenic temperature) is studied in this book. * It is a book intended for a wide audience: students, scientists, technology development engineers, private companies, universities, etc. * It contains information which is for the first time available as an all-in-one source; Interdisciplinary material is arranged and made compatible in this book * It is a must as reference source

Device and Circuit Cryogenic Operation for Low Temperature Electronics

Device and Circuit Cryogenic Operation for Low Temperature Electronics
Author: Francis Balestra
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1475733186

Device and Circuit Cryogenic Operation for Low Temperature Electronics is a first in reviewing the performance and physical mechanisms of advanced devices and circuits at cryogenic temperatures that can be used for many applications. The first two chapters cover bulk silicon and SOI MOSFETs. The electronic transport in the inversion layer, the influence of impurity freeze-out, the special electrical properties of SOI structures, the device reliability and the interest of a low temperature operation for the ultimate integration of silicon down to nanometer dimensions are described. The next two chapters deal with Silicon-Germanium and III-V Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors, as well as III-V High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT). The basic physics of the SiGe HBT and its unique cryogenic capabilities, the optimization of such bipolar devices, and the performance of SiGe HBT BiCMOS technology at liquid nitrogen temperature are examined. The physical effects in III-V semiconductors at low temperature, the HEMT and HBT static, high frequency and noise properties, and the comparison of various cooled III-V devices are also addressed. The next chapter treats quantum effect devices made of silicon materials. The major quantum effects at low temperature, quantum wires, quantum dots as well as single electron devices and applications are investigated. The last chapter overviews the performances of cryogenic circuits and their applications. The low temperature properties and performance of inverters, multipliers, adders, operational amplifiers, memories, microprocessors, imaging devices, circuits and systems, sensors and read-out circuits are analyzed. Device and Circuit Cryogenic Operation for Low Temperature Electronics is useful for researchers, engineers, Ph.D. and M.S. students working in the field of advanced electron devices and circuits, new semiconductor materials, and low temperature electronics and physics.

Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors III

Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors III
Author: Donald M. Ginsberg
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 644
Release: 1992
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789810208752

This volume brings the reader up to date on transport phenomena, including electrical and thermal conductivity and infrared properties. In addition, electron tunneling and the characteristics and applications of films are discussed; the preparation of the necessary samples has proceeded, and a sizeable body of reproducible data has become available. Pressure effects are also presented; considerable progress has been made in relating them to the crystallographic and electronic structure of high temperature superconductors. The preparation and characterization of bulk samples is also reviewed.