Pub Date : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.1109/TMAT.2024.3440889
Manh Dat Nguyen;Zhiwei Yin;Rafael Del Rey;Francesca Iacopi;Yang Yang
There is growing interest in Additive Manufacturing (AM) as a state-of-the-art fabrication technology for electronics, complementary to silicon -based manufacturing. Notwithstanding current limitations in the choice of available materials and minimum feature sizes, the ability to manufacture complex customized structures, compact and rapid prototyping are the main benefits of 3D printed electronics. This paper summarizes the status of AM electronics material's characteristics and introduces the principles of AME process. In particular, the AME applications in various frequency bands are discussed. Overall, this paper demonstrates the significance of AM in facilitating the advancement of advanced electronic component manufacturing, particularly as to passive circuits, electronic devices, antennas, metasurfaces and electronic packaging.
增材制造(AM)作为一种先进的电子制造技术,是对硅基制造技术的补充,受到越来越多的关注。尽管目前在可用材料的选择和最小特征尺寸方面存在限制,但制造复杂定制结构、紧凑和快速原型的能力是三维打印电子技术的主要优势。本文总结了 AM 电子材料特性的现状,并介绍了 AME 工艺的原理。特别讨论了 AME 在不同频段的应用。总之,本文论证了 AM 在促进先进电子元件制造方面的重要意义,尤其是在无源电路、电子器件、天线、元表面和电子封装方面。
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The discovery of ferroelectricity in hafnia has revolutionized the field and brought industry applications closer than ever. One of the most interesting aspects of hafnia compared to other ferroelectric materials is the possibility of scaling film thicknesses down to the 10 nm regime and even below. However, going significantly below 10 nm poses some challenges in terms of materials engineering. In this perspective paper, the topic of thickness scaling in ferroelectric hafnia will be discussed in terms of physical limits, current achievements and challenges, and potential applications in different device types.
{"title":"On the Thickness Scaling of Ferroelectric Hafnia","authors":"Suzanne Lancaster;Stefan Slesazeck;Thomas Mikolajick","doi":"10.1109/TMAT.2024.3423665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAT.2024.3423665","url":null,"abstract":"The discovery of ferroelectricity in hafnia has revolutionized the field and brought industry applications closer than ever. One of the most interesting aspects of hafnia compared to other ferroelectric materials is the possibility of scaling film thicknesses down to the 10 nm regime and even below. However, going significantly below 10 nm poses some challenges in terms of materials engineering. In this perspective paper, the topic of thickness scaling in ferroelectric hafnia will be discussed in terms of physical limits, current achievements and challenges, and potential applications in different device types.","PeriodicalId":100642,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Materials for Electron Devices","volume":"1 ","pages":"36-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141965495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1109/TMAT.2024.3420822
Sergey Voronin;Christophe Vallée
In this short review, the evolution of plasma etching technologies used in microelectronics fabrication since the discovery of the reactive ion etching process 50 years ago is explored. These evolutions are first discussed from a process engineering point of view. After giving some examples of present and future challenges, it is described how the precision of the etching can be improved by using innovative solutions such as pulsing plasmas and cyclic processes. These changes are then discussed in a second section from a design point of view for industrial equipment and components. In particular, the tool design evolution is discussed by addressing its generic hardware components, most common plasma sources, power coupling efficiency and matching networks.
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This article aims to comprehensively explore silicon, glass, organic, and RDL (Redistribution Layer) interposers, comparing their technological features, advantages, and associated challenges. Additionally, a pioneering technology, termed Hyper RDL interposer (HRDL), which integrates temporary bonding and low-temperature hybrid bonding techniques to create an RDL interposer with low warpage, high layer count, and minimal thermal accumulation effects, is introduced through new research results. The forthcoming discussion will rigorously examine the impact of interposer technologies in the semiconductor industry and advanced technology sectors, facilitating progress in critical areas, including high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and high-bandwidth applications.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1109/TMAT.2024.3416156
Liese B. Hubrechtsen;Philippe M. Vereecken;Louis L. De Taeye
The Internet-of-Things (IoT) will require innovative solutions to enable power autonomy in miniaturized nodes. One possible strategy for these applications is to harvest energy using the thermogalvanic effect, which converts heat to electricity via an electrochemical reaction. In this work, three device concepts for thermogalvanic harvesting with thin-film Li-ion materials were considered, and a practical experiment demonstrating the operational limitations was presented for each approach. All demonstrations were executed using thin-film Li $_{4}$