TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cressler,John D.
TI  - Silicon earth: introduction to microelectronics and nanotechnology 
SN  - 9781498708258
AV  - TK7874 .C746 2016
U1  - 621.3/81 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Nanotechnology
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Telecommunication
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Microelectronics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The communications revolution -- A matter of scale -- Innumerable biographies : a brief history of the field -- Widget deconstruction #1 : smartphone -- Semiconductors : lite! -- Widget deconstruction #2 : USB flash drive -- Bricks and mortar : micro/nanoelectronics fabrication -- Transistors : lite! -- From transistors to circuits to systems -- Microtools and toys : MEMS, NEMS, and BioMEMS -- Widget deconstruction #3 : GPS -- Let there be light : the bright world of photonics -- The future of electronics -- The nanoworld : fact and fiction -- Societal impacts -- Appendix A : properties of silicon -- Appendix B : some basic concepts from physics and electrical engineering -- Appendix C : a grab-bag glossary of useful techno-geek terms and acronyms
ER  -