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Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 3:45 PM

*NEW FOR 2006* Emerging Technologies for IC Fabrication in 2006

S. Wolf, Lattice Press, TBD, CA

CMOS IC Technology has progressed for over 40 years primarily by laterally shrinking the MOSFET feature sizes and the gate-dielectric thickness (“scaling). As the 45-nm CMOS technology node is approaching, such “classical” scaling is reaching its limits. New process technologies and materials are needed to allow the 45-nm CMOS (and beyond) to be reached. In this tutorial, we will briefly survey these emerging technologies, including: Strained silicon: Hi-k gate-dielectrics; Metal gate-electrodes; Ultra-shallow S/D junctions; Atomic-layer deposition (ALD); Dual-damascene Cu/Low-k Interconnects; Advanced Lithography; Silicon-on- Insulator, and “Non-classical” IC devices.