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COLD ELECTRONICS: AN OVERVIEW.

Author(s) : KIRSCHMAN R. K.

Type of article: Article

Summary

LOW-TEMPERATURE OPERATION IS BEING APPLIED AND CONTEMPLATED FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS RANGING FROM SINGLE-TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS FOR BASIC RESEARCH TO VLSI INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR ULTRA-FAST COMPUTERS. THIS PAPER OVERVIEWED ELECTRONICS BASED ON SEMICONDUCTORS ; FOR LOW TEMPERATURES THE PRIMARY MATERIAL IS SILICON, ALTHOUGH GALLIUM-ARSENIC ALSO HAS CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL. REDUCED TEMPERATURE OPERATION OFFERS IMPROVEMENTS IN PERFORMANCE THROUGH IMPROVEMENT OF MATERIALS-RELATED PROPERTIES. SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN RELIABILITY ARE ALSO EXPECTED SINCE DEGRADATION MECHANISMS ARE THERMALLY ACTIVATED ; HOWEVER, THIS COULD BE NEGATED UNLESS PROBLEMS OF THERMAL EXPANSION MISMATCH AND CYCLING ARE OVERCOME.

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  • Original title: COLD ELECTRONICS: AN OVERVIEW.
  • Record ID : 1985-2297
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryogenics - vol. 25 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 1985

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