2002 · 19 citations · 4 references
EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectrical EngineeringCircuit TheoryMicroelectronicsSemiconductor DevicesCmos Circuit DesignDevice ScalingIntegrated Circuit DesignRefrigerationRefrigeration SystemsThermal ManagementCarrier MobilityCharge Carrier MobilityCmos ScalingDevice Scaling EffectsElectromigrationHigh-temperature Device OperationLow-voltage Cmos DesignThermal Effects In Integrated Circuits
Sub-ambient-temperature operation can remove important device scaling and circuit performance bottlenecks in sub-100 nm CMOS technologies. It permits scaling of supply voltages of high-speed circuits to sub-1 V by reducing the subthreshold currents and increasing the carrier mobility in the channels, lowers interconnection resistances significantly, and eliminates electromigration-related failure mechanisms. This paper analyzes the advantages of reduced temperature operation at the circuit level for server applications, while the accompanying paper describes refrigeration techniques for sub-ambient temperature operation.
4
CMOS scaling into the nanometer regime
Yuan Taur, D. A. Buchanan, Wei Chen et al. · Proceedings of the IEEE · 1997 · 889 citations
Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering +17
Submicrometer-channel CMOS for low-temperature operation
J.Y.-C. Sun, Yuan Taur, R.H. Dennard et al. · IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices · 1987 · 127 citations
Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering +17
Partially-depleted SOI technology for digital logic
G. Shahidi, A. Ajmera, F. Assaderaghi et al. · 2003 · 71 citations
Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering +12