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Offering first-hand insights by top scientists and industry experts at the forefront of R&D into nanoelectronics, this book neatly links the underlying technological principles with present and future applications.
A brief introduction is followed by an overview of present and emerging logic devices, memories and power technologies. Specific chapters are dedicated to the enabling factors, such as new materials, characterization techniques, smart manufacturing and advanced circuit design. The second part of the book provides detailed coverage of the current state and showcases real future applications in a wide range of fields: safety, transport, medicine, environment, manufacturing, and social life, including an analysis of emerging trends in the internet of things and cyber-physical systems. A survey of main economic factors and trends concludes the book.
Highlighting the importance of nanoelectronics in the core fields of communication and information technology, this is essential reading for materials scientists, electronics and electrical engineers, as well as those working in the semiconductor and sensor industries.

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Forewords

PART I. Fundamentals on Nanoelectronics
A Brief History of the Semiconductor Industry
More-than-Moore Technologies and Applications
Logic Devices Challenges and Opportunities in the Nano Era
Memory Technologies

PART II. Devices in the Nano Era
Beyond-CMOS Low-Power Devices: Steep-Slop Switches for Computation and Sensing
RF CMOS
Smart Power Devices Nanotechnology
Integrated Sensors and Actuators: Their Nano-Enabled Evolution into the Twenty-First Century

PART III. Advanced Materials and Materials Combination
Silicon Wafers as a Foundation for Growth
Nanoanalysis

PART IV. Semiconductor Smart Manufacturing
Front-End Processes
Lithography for Nanoelectronics
Reliability of Nanoelectronic Devices

PART V. Circuit Design in Emerging Nanotechnologies
Logic Synthesis of CMOS Circuits and Beyond
System Design in the Cyber-Physical Era
Heterogeneous Systems
Nanotechnologies Testing

PART VI. Nanoelectronics-Enabled Sectors and Societal Challenges
Industrial Applications
Health
Smart Energy
Validation of Highly Automated Safe and Secure Vehicles
Nanotechnology for Consumer Electronics

PART VII. From Device to Systems
Nanoelectronics for Smart Cities

PART VIII. Industrialisation: Economics/Markets - Business Values - European Visions - Technology Renewal and Extended Functionality
Europe Positioning in Nanoelectronics
Thirty Years of Cooperative Research and Innovation in Europe: The Case for Micro- and Nanoelectronics and Smart Systems Integration
The Education Challenge in Nanoelectronics
Conclusions

Index

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