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With over 2000 terms defined and explained, Semiconductor Glossary is the most complete reference in the field of semiconductors on the market today.
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Including some 500 new terms defined and remaining terms updated and modified, a 2nd edition book version of this glossary is now available.
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metal MOS gate
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for many years metals were not used as gate contact material in MOS/CMOS devices; instead, conducting poly-Si is used due to the work function matching work function of Si substrate (precondition for the low threshold voltage of an MOSFET); metal contacts are re-introduced to the mainstream CMOS technology at the time when high-k dielectrics are replacing SiO2 as a gate oxide in cutting edge CMOS technology(poly-Si forms an SiOx layer at the interface with gate dielectric; also Fermi level pinning may occur); different metals must be used as gate contacts in NMOS and PMOS part of the CMOS cell.
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Definition
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MOS, Metal Oxide Semiconductor
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Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor; three-layer structure (typically M-SiO2-Si)in which concentration of charge carriers in semiconductor's sub-surface region is controlled by potential applied to metal contact or in other words by a field effect; MOS gate can invert sub-surface region of its semiconductor; it works only if no excessive leakage current flows across the oxide; core of the MOS Field Effect Transistors, and hence, CMOS. Also, imaging Charge Coupled Devices (CCD) are based on MOS capacitor structure.
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Jerzy Ruzyllo is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Penn State University.
This book gives a complete account of semiconductor engineering covering semiconductor properties, semiconductor materials, semiconductor devices and their uses, process technology, fabrication processes, and semiconductor materials and process characterization.
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