This chapter reviews the characteristics of the most important SOI materials, as well as the key features of the SOI MOSFET. Prospective applications are described, particularly in the field of low-voltage, low-power integrated circuits. The potential offered by new devices, such as lateral SOI bipolar transistors, microwave SOI MOSFETs, and quantum-effect SOI devices, is also presented.

Inspec keywords: MOSFET; MOS integrated circuits; silicon-on-insulator; low-power electronics

Other keywords: microwave SOI MOSFET; quantum-effect SOI device; silicon-on-insulator; SOI bipolar transistor; low-voltage low-power integrated circuit; SOI material

Subjects: Insulated gate field effect transistors