Procédé planardroite|vignette| Photo de puce annotée d'une puce Fairchild Le procédé planar est un procédé de fabrication utilisé dans l'industrie des semi-conducteurs pour fabriquer les parties élémentaires d'un transistor et connecter ensemble les transistors ainsi obtenus. C'est le processus principal de fabrication des puces de circuits intégrés en silicium. Il utilise les méthodes de passivation de surface et d'oxydation thermique.
65 nmthumb|Processeur XCPU Falcon gravé en 65 nm désigne le procédé de fabrication des semi-conducteurs qui succède au procédé de fabrication par CMOS. Les premiers processeurs possédant cette technologie sont apparus sur le marché en 2006. Les processeurs Xenon de la génération "Falcon" sont gravés en technologie 65 nm, ainsi que les POWER6 et les Itanium 4 cores sortis en 2008. C'est également avec cette finesse qu'étaient gravés les CPU et GPU de certains modèles de PlayStation 3.
Rise timeIn electronics, when describing a voltage or current step function, rise time is the time taken by a signal to change from a specified low value to a specified high value. These values may be expressed as ratios or, equivalently, as percentages with respect to a given reference value. In analog electronics and digital electronics, these percentages are commonly the 10% and 90% (or equivalently 0.1 and 0.9) of the output step height: however, other values are commonly used.
PhilcoPhilco (an acronym for Philadelphia Battery Company)is an American electronics manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia. Philco was a pioneer in battery, radio, and television production. In 1961, the company was purchased by Ford and, from 1966, renamed "Philco-Ford". Ford sold the company to GTE in 1974, and it was purchased by Philips in 1981. In North America, the Philco brand is owned by Philips. In other markets, the Philco International brand is owned by Electrolux.
Transistor radioA transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry. Following the invention of the transistor in 1947—which revolutionized the field of consumer electronics by introducing small but powerful, convenient hand-held devices—the Regency TR-1 was released in 1954 becoming the first commercial transistor radio. The mass-market success of the smaller and cheaper Sony TR-63, released in 1957, led to the transistor radio becoming the most popular electronic communication device of the 1960s and 1970s.
Transistor modelTransistors are simple devices with complicated behavior. In order to ensure the reliable operation of circuits employing transistors, it is necessary to scientifically model the physical phenomena observed in their operation using transistor models. There exists a variety of different models that range in complexity and in purpose. Transistor models divide into two major groups: models for device design and models for circuit design. The modern transistor has an internal structure that exploits complex physical mechanisms.
Dennard scalingIn semiconductor electronics, Dennard scaling, also known as MOSFET scaling, is a scaling law which states roughly that, as transistors get smaller, their power density stays constant, so that the power use stays in proportion with area; both voltage and current scale (downward) with length. The law, originally formulated for MOSFETs, is based on a 1974 paper co-authored by Robert H. Dennard, after whom it is named. Dennard's model of MOSFET scaling implies that, with every technology generation: Transistor dimensions could be scaled by −30% (0.
Grille de contrôlevignette|Photo macro d'une pentode EF91 avec sa grille réceptrice. En électronique, la grille de contrôle est l'électrode de commande d'un tube à vide ou d'un transistor à effet de champ (FET). La grille reçoit le signal à amplifier. Une modification de la différence de potentiel entre la grille et la cathode (ou la source pour un FET) provoque une variation du courant anodique (ou de drain). Généralement la grille est portée à un potentiel négatif par rapport à la cathode (ou source) grâce à un circuit dit circuit de polarisation.
Flexible displayA flexible display or rollable display is an electronic visual display which is flexible in nature, as opposed to the traditional flat screen displays used in most electronic devices. In recent years there has been a growing interest from numerous consumer electronics manufacturers to apply this display technology in e-readers, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Such screens can be rolled up like a scroll without the image or text being distorted.
Small-signal modelSmall-signal modeling is a common analysis technique in electronics engineering used to approximate the behavior of electronic circuits containing nonlinear devices with linear equations. It is applicable to electronic circuits in which the AC signals (i.e., the time-varying currents and voltages in the circuit) are small relative to the DC bias currents and voltages. A small-signal model is an AC equivalent circuit in which the nonlinear circuit elements are replaced by linear elements whose values are given by the first-order (linear) approximation of their characteristic curve near the bias point.
