EDN

IMEC details high-k metal gate planar CMOS progress

At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting being held this week, Leuven, Belgium-based nanotechnology research center IMEC is reporting significant progress in improving the performance of ...
EDN

IMEC outlines nickel-silicide metal-gate CMOS

LONDON — Belgian research organization IMEC has presented on a scheme to use fully-silicided (FUSI) nickel-silicide metal gates with high-k dielectric CMOS transistors at the International Electron ...
Design-Reuse

Tech Tour of Metal Gate I/O Transistors

No one talks about the workhorse of the metal gate CMOS transistors -- the input/output (I/O) transistor. TechInsights thinks they are worth a look. Much has been written about metal gate CMOS ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Designing into A Foundry Low-Power High-k Metal Gate 28nm CMOS Solution

28nm Super Low Power is the low power CMOS offering delivered on a bulk silicon substrate for mobile consumer and digital consumer applications. The 28nm process technology is slated to become the ...
Design-Reuse

A Look at Metal eFuses

TechInsights reverse engineers chips to understand how they are made and in some cases why certain structures are the way they are. This article examines two electrically blown fuse structures (eFuse) ...