MIT6 012S09 Lec01
MIT6 012S09 Lec01
Contents:
Overview of 6.012
Reading Assignment:
Howe and Sodini, Ch. 2
Overview of 6.012
Introductory subject to microelectronic devices and circuits Microelectronics is the cornerstone of: Computer Computer revolution Communications revolution Consumer Electronics revolution
In last 30 years, computer performance per dollar has improved more than a million fold!
In last 20 years, communication bandwidth through a single optical fiber has increased by ten-thousand fold.
Images of consumer electronics (cell phones, digital cameras, PDA) removed due to copyright restrictions.
Intels Pentium IV
Interconnects
Intel processors
cost-per-function,
Image of microprocessor removed due to copyright restrictions.
Clock speed
4-orders of magnitude improvement in 30 years.
Transistor cost
3-order of magnitude reduction in 30 years.
Cheap and abundant Amazing mechanical, chemical and electronic properties Probably, the material best known to humankind
TiSi2
N+
PolySi gate
P+
Si3N4
N+
N+
STI
P+
P+
P-well
N-well
P-substrate
Content of 6.012
Deals with microelectronic devices
Semiconductor physics Metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) Bipolar junction transistor (BJT)
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