The Development of Transistors (1990-2000)
The Development of Transistors (1990-2000)
Arnav Krishna Prasad – 4NI21EC020 Devyani Gondavale – 4NI21EC040 Nisar Ahmad Reshi - 2022LEC001
Electronics and communication Electronics and communication Electronics and communication
Engineering Engineering Engineering
The National Institute of Engineering The National Institute of Engineering The National Institute of Engineering
Mysore, India Mysore, India Mysore, India
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○This high-quality GaN enabled them to discover p-type The following are some of the major advancements in
GaN by doping with magnesium (Mg) and subsequent semiconductor technology over the past ten years:
activation by electron irradiation (1989), to produce the first
GaN p-n junction blue/UV LED (1989), and to achieve 1. Displays: With the debut of active-matrix liquid crystal
conductivity control of n-type GaN (1990)[18] and related displays (LCDs) for laptops and other portable devices,
alloys (1991) by doping with silicon (Si), enabling the use of displays also witnessed substantial development in the
hetero structures and multiple quantum wells in the design 1990s.
and structure of more efficient p-n junction light emitting 2. Optoelectronic devices: New optoelectronic devices, like
structures. lasers and lightemitting diodes (LEDs), were also
developed in the 1990s. These devices have a variety of • 1997: First meeting of the World Semiconductor Council
uses, including telecommunication, data storage, and (WSC)
illumination. • Based on a suggestion in the joint agreement between the
3. Sensors: In the 1990s, new sensors were also developed U.S. and Japanese semiconductor industries that was
for a number of uses, including gyroscopes for video signed in Vancouver, the first meeting of the WSC was
game controllers and aircraft navigation and held in Hawaii.
accelerometers for automobile airbags and medical • The aims of the WSC are to solve problems in the
equipment semiconductor market and to examine how to maintain
Overall, the semiconductor industry experienced substantial the healthy growth of the semiconductor industry while
technological growth in the 1990s, with the creation of adhering to WTO rules. The WSC summarizes its results
numerous innovative devices that have had a lasting influence as proposals to Governments/Authorities Meetings on
on a variety of industries. Semiconductors (GAMS; the membership consists of the
relevant governments and authorities) to prompt talks
between governments leading to improvements in their
Ⅴ. Driving force/necessity that resulted in the new
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES systems and policies.
• In 1990, there was a great deal of excitement in the world
• South Korea reorganized its semiconductor industry and communities of condensed matter physics, chemistry
actively encouraged development and investment after and materials science caused by two discoveries. One
the financial crisis of the late 1990s, rapidly raising its was the discovery of high-Tc oxides in superconductivity
status in the field of DRAMs. and the other was the discovery of the mass production
• Personal computers, peripheral equipment, and office of fullerene molecules and their crystallization, which
equipment were the major forces boosting demand for showed superconductivity shortly thereafter.
semiconductor products. In particular, a cycle of demand • These great movements attracted many researchers to the
for semiconductor products alternating between rising MRS meeting held in Boston in early December of that
and falling greatly affected the semiconductor demand; year.
rising with purchases of new PCs every time Windows • Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World
OS was upgraded and falling as the reaction to the boost. Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN.
Furthermore, demand in the global semiconductor • As 1994 progressed, stories about the Web hit the media.
market shifted to PCs and peripheral equipment A second conference, attended by 1300 people, was held
produced in the U.S. and Asia rather than for consumer in the US in October, organized by the NCSA and the
electronics, where Japanese manufacturers held the newly formed International WWW Conference
initiative. For this reason, regional demand for Committee (IW3C2). By the end of 1994, the Web had
semiconductor products dramatically increased in Asia. 10 000 servers - 2000 of which were commercial - and
• From 1993 to 1996: The global semiconductor market 10 million users.
maintains 30% growth per annum in the Windows-PC • Traffic was equivalent to shipping the entire collected
boom works of Shakespeare every second. The technology was
• In 1993, Intel released the Pentium series and Microsoft continually extended to cater for new needs.
released Windows 3.1. Significant improvement in video
processing further increased the demand for PCs and Ⅵ.THE IMPACT IN THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES
peripheral equipment such as printers. This led to more
Agriculture is and has always been the mainstay of
demand for MPUs, DRAMs, and semiconductor
India's economy, and the sector employs nearly half of the
products for use in peripheral equipment’s. The release
country's population. In the mid-1990s, it provided
of Windows 95 in 1995 and the general trend towards
approximately one-third of the gross domestic product (GDP)
office automation (initially started by American financial
and employed roughly two-thirds of the population.
corporations) also accelerated demand.
• 1994: Semiconductor Mid-term Vision Committee
Field-effect transistors form the core of all modern
reports the results of surveys.
electronics. They use organic semiconductors as the active
• In response to the suggestion from the Semiconductor
material for device operation. They have significantly high
Mid-term Vision Committee, the Semiconductor
charge-carrier mobility, of up to 20 units, and a very thin
Industry Research Institute Japan (SIRIJ) was founded as
organic film. This was achieved through the use of
a permanent think-tank by ten semiconductor
biocompatible salts, which could make these devices
manufacturers as a voluntary organization in April.
significantly more cost-effective as well as environment
friendly. The resulting biosensors may offer enhanced
detection performance with advantages of lightweight, especially field-effect transistor (FET)-based sensors are used
portability, and low cost, which could enable farmers to as they have ability to monitor plants continuously with
enhanced selectivity and at the same time possibility to use
improve the quality and minimize the loss in their farm
bio-compatible materials.
produce.
Application of transistors in Agriculture 4.0:
(a) Application of ion sensitive field effect transistor-based • Practical and smart farming and thus enhancing
sensors for soil analysis. agricultural practices and production.
Standard methods to measure nutrient levels in soil are • Understand the composition of soil.
complex and time consuming due to the extraction and pre-
treatment processes involved. Besides, the instrumentation • Manage complete agriculture supply chain.
used for these measurements is also expensive. Therefore, • Measure soil nutrition, temperature, and other variables.
chemical sensors are used since they can be placed directly in
the soil and results can be provided in real time at a moderate • Reduce environmental impact.
cost. High performance organic field-effect transistors • Reduce resource consumption.
(OFETs) can be used in low-cost biosensors to measure the
levels of pesticides, herbicides, and heavy metals in the soil • Combat crop disease
and groundwater, and also for early detection of plant • Precise tracking and prediction of weather
diseases. The control of nutrients with sensors will permit an
optimization of irrigation and fertilization management • Spray for locusts
systems and thus will be useful for reducing the
• Improve crop productivity and management.
environmental impact caused by the runoff of nutrients into
surface and ground waters. • Monitor water tank level & water consumption.
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➢ Soil analysis:
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➢ Agriculture 4.0
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9185402/
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