Semiconductor Engineering

The History Of CMOS

Since CMOS has been around for about 50 years, a comprehensive history would be a book. This blog focuses on what I consider the major transitions. Before CMOS, there was NMOS (also PMOS, but I have ...
Electronic Design

Dirt Cheap ASIC Design for Dummies (Part 3): NMOS, PMOS Silicon Design Using a Web Browser

Quickly learn what the difference is between PMOS and NMOS transistors in their structure and operation, and how CMOS works with the two in combination. Siliwiz, a free, browser-based, ASIC layout ...
NextBigFuture

Breakthrough Pseudo CMOS Transistors for 1000 Times More Efficient Computing

As transistors are scaled to smaller dimensions, their static power increases. Combining two-dimensional (2D) channel materials with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) logic architectures ...
Nature

Low Power Design in CMOS and FinFET Logic Circuits

Low power design has become a cornerstone of modern integrated circuit development, driven by energy efficiency demands and the challenges of scaling in nanometre technologies. Innovations in ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Models for Both Strained and Unstrained GAA FETs Using Neural Networks

A new technical paper titled “Impact of Strain on Sub-3 nm Gate-all-Around CMOS Logic Circuit Performance Using a Neural Compact Modeling Approach” was published by researchers at Hanyang University ...
Nature

CMOS Temperature Sensors and Thermal Monitoring

CMOS temperature sensors have emerged as an indispensable technology for thermal monitoring in modern integrated circuits. Leveraging complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor technology, these sensors ...