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Title Seeking a radically new electronics
Creator/Author Smith, H.I. ; Antoniadis, D.A. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (US))
Publication Date1990 Apr 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 6377027
Other Number(s)ISSN0040-1692; CODEN: TEREA
Resource TypeJournal Article
Resource RelationTechnology Review ; Vol/Issue: 93:3
Subject426000 -- Engineering-- Components, Electron Devices & Circuits-- (1990-); INTEGRATED CIRCUITS-- QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;TRANSISTORS
Related SubjectELECTRONIC CIRCUITS;EQUIPMENT;MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS;SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
Description/Abstract The integrated circuit created a multi-billion-dollar industry, revolutionizing consumer electronics, military systems, communications, computers, and our entire way of life.^This electronics revolution has been fueled by the unrelenting miniaturization of transistors, which has permitted commensurate increases in the complexity and sophistication of integrated circuits.^This paper discusses how continuing the electronics revolution into the next century will require a radical departure from the conventional types of electronic devices and circuits that we have used until now.^One possibility is quantum-effect electronics.^In this area of research, semiconductor structures are made small enough to exploit the quantum nature of electrons.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: 26-41
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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