Future Trends in Microelectronics: Reflections on the Road to Nanotechnology (NATO Science Series E:)
Contributors: S. Luryi (Editor); Jimmy Xu (Editor); Alex Zaslavsky (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 31, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780792341697
Subjects: Electronic devices & materials; Optics; Microelectronics; Technological Innovations; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Electronics - Circuits - General; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Technology / Electronics / Circuits / General; Technology-Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Technology-Optics; Congresses; Nanotechnology
First sentence: The earliest semiconductor device was the metal-semiconductor contact studied in 1874 to reveal that the resistance of a contact between a metal and a semiconductor depends on the magnitude and polarity of the applied voltage.