Graphene Interconnects Aim to Give Moore’s Law New Life

Original Article by Dina Genkina The semiconductor industry’s long held imperative—Moore’s Law, which dictates that transistor densities on a chip should double roughly every two years—is getting more and more difficult to maintain. The ability to shrink down...

Graphene Wiring in CMOS Arrives at Destination 2D

Joseph Byrne December 5, 2024 The critical dimension defines a digital semiconductor process’s refinement. A 3 nm process is better than a 5 nm one, which is better than a 7 nm one. Although advancing lithography is essential to critical-dimension reductions, so too...
Graphene Goes Mainstream

Graphene Goes Mainstream

Kaustav Banerjee’s lab overcomes a stubborn obstacle to wide-scale deployment of graphene in the semiconductor industry. Ever since graphene, the flexible, two-dimensional form of graphite (think a 1-atom-thick sheet of pencil lead), was discovered in 2004,...
CMOS Compatible Graphene

CMOS Compatible Graphene

Nature Electronics NRL’s recent breakthrough on CMOS – Compatible growth of graphene that was presented in IEDM-2018 has been showcased by Nature Electronics as one of the most important highlights of IEDM-2018.  Link to Full...
Inductor Reinvented After 200 Years

Inductor Reinvented After 200 Years

A new materials-based approach by Banerjee yields a smaller, higher-performing alternative to the classic design   A basic building block of modern technology, inductors are everywhere: cellphones, laptops, radios, televisions, cars. And surprisingly, they are...