Understanding Semiconductors: A Technical Guide for Non-Technical People

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C. RichardUnderstanding Semiconductorshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8847-4_3

3. Building a System

Corey Richard¹  

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San Francisco, CA, USA

 

Transistors and other key components have driven the digital revolution of the last four decades, fueling innovation across all scientific disciplines and industries. If we really sit down and think about it though, transistors are rather unremarkable on their own. A source, a gate, and drain by themselves perform no useful function. It is only strung together, with trillions in investment and the herculean efforts of millions of humanity’s brightest minds focused on building ever more complex designs, that transistors ...