Transistor Diversity: Looking Beyond CMOS to Improve Analog Performance (Commemorative Lecture)

Abstract:While CMOS transistors came to dominate integrated circuits, some other transistor types such as the bipolar junction transistor (BJT); its variant, the super-beta BJT; the junction gate field-effect transistor (JFET) and laterally diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (LDMOS) continue to thrive in specific applications. The talk will re-visit the discovery of these transistor types, their operating principles and key characteristics and look at circuit examples that benefit from these characteristics. We will look how these transistors have eluded extinction despite their larger feature sizes and process complexities and how they have evolved in modern technologies. Speaker(s): , Ms. Viola Schäffer Qualcomm AZ Auditorium , 10155 Pacific Heights Blvd, San Diego, California, United States