Silicon earth : introduction to microelectronics and nanotechnology / John D. Cressler
By: Cressler, John D [author].
Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]Edition: Second edition.Description: xxii, 595 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781498708258.Subject(s): Nanotechnology -- Popular works | Telecommunication -- Popular works | Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Popular works | Microelectronics -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | TK7874 .C746 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000010424 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
The communications revolution -- A matter of scale -- Innumerable biographies : a brief history of the field -- Widget deconstruction #1 : smartphone -- Semiconductors : lite! -- Widget deconstruction #2 : USB flash drive -- Bricks and mortar : micro/nanoelectronics fabrication -- Transistors : lite! -- From transistors to circuits to systems -- Microtools and toys : MEMS, NEMS, and BioMEMS -- Widget deconstruction #3 : GPS -- Let there be light : the bright world of photonics -- The future of electronics -- The nanoworld : fact and fiction -- Societal impacts -- Appendix A : properties of silicon -- Appendix B : some basic concepts from physics and electrical engineering -- Appendix C : a grab-bag glossary of useful techno-geek terms and acronyms
This book introduces the general scientific and engineering underpinnings of microelectronics and nanotechnology, and explores how this new technological revolution is transforming the very essence of civilization. To round things out for the technologically curious, special 'widget deconstruction' chapters address the inner workings of ubiquitous micro/nano-enabled pieces of technology such as cell phones, flash drives, GPS, DVDs, and digital cameras