Dielectrics for future transistors

Abstract Responding to the market growth for computational power in various applications, semiconductor technology continues unabated in its drive towards higher transistor densities and faster transistors. The general direction of this trend is scaling down the critical transistor dimensions of integrated circuit (IC) components.

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