Pop, E. and Sinha, S. and Goodson, K.E.. (2006) Heat Generation and Transport in Nanometer-Scale Transistors. Proceedings of the IEEE, 94 (8). pp. 1587-1601. ISSN 0018-9219
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As transistor gate lengths are scaled towards the 10-nm range, thermal device design is becoming an important part of microprocessor engineering. Decreasing dimensions lead to nanometer-scale hot spots in the transistor drain region, which may increase the drain series and source injection electrical resistances. Such trends are accelerated by the introduction of novel materials and nontraditional transistor geometries, including ultrathin body, FinFET, or nanowire devices, which impede heat conduction. Thermal analysis is complicated by subcontinuum phenomena including ballistic electron transport, which reshapes the heat generation region compared with classical diffusion theory predictions. Ballistic phonon transport from the hot spot and between material boundaries impedes conduction cooling. The increased surface to volume ratio of novel transistor designs also leads to a larger contribution from material boundary thermal resistance. This paper surveys trends in transistor geometries and materials, from bulk silicon to carbon nanotubes, along with their implications for the thermal design of electronic systems
| Item Type: | Article |
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| InterNano Taxonomy: | Nanomanufacturing Characterization Techniques > Thermal Analysis Nanoscale Objects and Nanostructured Materials > Nanowires > Silicon nanowires Nanoscale Objects and Nanostructured Materials > Nanodevice Structures > Nanoelectronic circuits and architectures Nanoscale Objects and Nanostructured Materials > Nanotubes > Carbon nanotubes |
| Collections: | Nanomanufacturing Research Collection |
| Depositing User: | Moureen Kemei |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2010 22:23 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Mar 2010 22:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.internano.org/id/eprint/368 |
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