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Low Power Semiconductor Devices and Processes for Emerging Applications in Communications, Computing, and Sensing

Devices, Circuits, and Systems

Series Editor Krzysztof Iniewski

Wireless Technologies

Circuits, Systems, and Devices

Krzysztof Iniewski

Circuits at the Nanoscale

Communications, Imaging, and Sensing

Krzysztof Iniewski

Internet Networks

Wired, Wireless, and Optical Technologies

Krzysztof Iniewski

Semiconductor Radiation Detection Systems

Krzysztof Iniewski

Electronics for Radiation Detection

Krzysztof Iniewski

Radiation Effects in Semiconductors

Krzysztof Iniewski

Electrical Solitons

Theory, Design, and Applications

David Ricketts and Donhee Ham

Semiconductors

Integrated Circuit Design for Manufacturability

Artur Balasinski

Integrated Microsystems

Electronics, Photonics, and Biotechnology

Krzysztof Iniewski

Nano-Semiconductors

Devices and Technology

Krzysztof Iniewski

Atomic Nanoscale Technology in the Nuclear Industry

Taeho Woo

Telecommunication Networks

Eugenio Iannone

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Low Power Semiconductor Devices and Processes for Emerging Applications in Communications, Computing, and Sensing

Edited by
Sumeet Walia

Managing Editor
Krzysztof Iniewski

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Names: Walia, Sumeet, editor.
Title: Low power semiconductor devices and processes for emerging applications in communications, computing, and sensing / [edited by] Sumeet Walia.
Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, a CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa, plc, 2018. | Series: Devices, circuits, and systems | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018024678| ISBN 9781138587984 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780429503634 (ebook : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Low voltage integrated circuits.
Classification: LCC TK7874.66 .L6735 2018 | DDC 621.3815--dc23
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Contents

Making processing information more energy-efficient would save money, reduce energy use and permit batteries that provide power to mobile devices to run longer or be smaller in size. New approaches to the lower energy requirement in computing, communication and sensing need to be investigated. This book addresses this need in multiple application areas and will serve as a guide in emerging circuit technologies.

Revolutionary device concepts, sensors and associated circuits and architectures that will greatly extend the practical engineering limits of energy-efficient computation are being investigated. Disruptive new device architectures, semiconductor processes and emerging new materials aimed at achieving the highest level of computational energy efficiency for general purpose computing systems need to be developed. This book will provide chapters dedicated to such efforts from process to device.

Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski is managing R&D at Redlen Technologies Inc., a start-up company in Vancouver, Canada. Redlens revolutionary production process for advanced semiconductor materials enables a new generation of more accurate, all-digital, radiation-based imaging solutions. Kris is also a president of CMOS Emerging Technologies (www.cmoset.com), an organization of high-tech events covering communications, microsystems, optoelectronics, and sensors. In his career, Dr. Iniewski has held numerous faculty and management positions at the University of Toronto, the University of Alberta, Simon Fraser University, and PMC-Sierra Inc. He has published over 100 research papers in international journals and conferences. He holds 18 international patents granted in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. He is a frequent invited speaker and has consulted for multiple organizations internationally. He has written and edited several books for IEEE Press, Wiley, CRC Press, McGraw-Hill, Artech House, and Springer. His personal goal is to contribute to healthy living and sustainability through innovative engineering solutions. In his leisure time, Kris can be found hiking, sailing, skiing, or biking in beautiful British Columbia. He can be reached at kris.iniewski@gmail.com.

Sumeet Walia is a vice chancellors fellow at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. Dr. Walia earned his PhD in the multidisciplinary field of functional materials and devices. His research focuses on low-dimensional nanoelectronics, including micro/nanoscale energy sources, electronic memories, sensors, and transistors. He holds three patents and has been recognized as one of the top 10 innovators under-35 in Asia by MIT Technology Review . He has published several high-impact research articles and is a reviewer for a number of international peer-reviewed journals and government grant bodies. He can be reached at waliasumeet@gmail.com and sumeet.walia@rmit.edu.au.