Silicon, Circuits, and the Digital Revolution George Watson Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Delaware June 1, 1999 ALLSTEL
Silicon, Circuits, and the Digital Revolution The Way it Was: Technology on Campus 25 years ago Slide Show
Silicon, Circuits, and the Digital Revolution Everything is made of something! Atoms are comprised of nuclei and electrons. Mass is nuclear. Size is electronic.
Electron Energy Levels in Hydrogen
The Visible Spectrum Photon “color”WavelengthEnergy (nm)(eV) blue yellow red6501.9
Electron Energy Levels
Electronic Band Structure in Solids
Metals, Insulators, and Semiconductors
Column 4: Silicon among the elements
Band Gaps of Column 4 Elements ElementBand Gap (eV) Carbon (diamond)5.5 Silicon1.1 Germanium0.7
The Visible Spectrum Photon “color”WavelengthEnergy (nm)(eV) blue yellow red6501.9
Metals, Insulators, and Semiconductors
Concept Check: Band Gaps You are admiring the color of a gemstone by looking through it to see a nearby lamp. Your physicist friend states that the band gap of that particular stone is about 2.4 eV. Does the stone appear to be: a. red b. blue c. black
Band Gaps of Several Elements ElementBand Gap (eV) Carbon (diamond)5.5 Silicon1.1 Germanium0.7 Selenium1.8
Silicon, Circuits, and the Digital Revolution Principle of photoconductivity applied to photocopying: xerography (dry writing) Slide Show
Essentials of Xerography
Pure silicon - 4 valence electrons From sand?
Column 5: one more valence electron
Silicon doped with arsenic n-type silicon
Column 3: one fewer valence electron
Silicon doped with gallium p-type silicon
Effect of doping on band structure
Transistors are structured from n-type and p-type silicon.
Concept Check: doped silicon You physicist friend hands you a wafer of germanium and tells you it is doped with phosphorus. Is the semiconductor wafer: a. n-type b. p-type
Silicon, Circuits, and the Digital Revolution Building Transistors on Integrated Circuits: lithography (stone writing) Slide Show
MOSFET inverter
CMOS inverter
CMOS fabrication
CMOS NAND gate 4 transistors
Adder circuit 38 transistors!
Moore’s Law for Intel Microprocessors
Penetration rates of major consumer products in U.S. households