Semiconductor integrated circuits are essential in the current information society, as they are used in various applications including PCs and mobile phones. CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) transistor is a key component for integrated circuits. Continuous scaling down in transistor size has made possible increased performance of PCs and mobile phones. This book provides an introduction to new concepts, new materials such as high-k dielectrics and germanium, and new device structures. This book also deals with recent advancement of nanoscale Si devices.

Physics of Silicon Nanodevices. Tri-Gate Transistors. Variability in Scaled MOSFETs. Self-Heating Effects in Nanoscale 3D MOSFETs. Spintronics-Based Nonvolatile Computing Systems. NEMS Devices. Tunnel FETs for More Energy-Efficient Computing. Dopant-Atom Silicon Tunneling Nanodevices. Single-Electron Transfer in Si Nanowires. Coupled Si Quantum Dots for Spin-Based Qubits. Potential of Nonvolatile Magnetoelectric Devices for Spintronic Applications.

Shunri Oda received his BSc in physics in 1974 and MEng and DEng from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He is a professor in the Department of Physical Electronics and Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has authored more than 700 papers and edited Silicon Nanoelectronics (2005) for CRC Press. Professor Oda is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Japan Society for Applied Physics, a member of the Electrochemical Society and the Materials Research Society, and a distinguished lecturer at the IEEE Electron Devices Society.

David K. Ferry received his BSEE and MSEE from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, in 1962 and 1963, respectively, and PhD from the University of Texas (UT), Austin, in 1966. His research interests include transport physics and modeling of quantum effects in ultra-small semiconductor devices. Dr. Ferry is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Institute of Physics (UK). He has published numerous articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers, serves as editor of the Journal of Computational Electronics, and is an admiral in the Texas Navy and the Tennessee Squire Association.