The Communications Revolution The Big Picture The Evolution of Human Communications Doomsday Scenarios Global Information Flow Evolutionary Trends: Moore''s Law Silicon: The Master Enabler Micro/Nanoelectronics at the State of the Art: Nanoscale CMOS A Parting Shot Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes A Matter of Scale The Tyranny of Numbers "Seeing" versus "Imaging" the Infinitesimal The Distance Scale of the Universe The Micro/Nanoelectronics Distance Scale The Time and Frequency Scales of Micro/Nanoelectronics The Temperature and Energy Scales of Micro/Nanoelectronics Seeing Is Believing? Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes Innumerable Biographies: A Brief History of the Field What History Can Teach Us The Uniqueness of Microelectronics The Shoulders We Stand On: Some Giants of Electrical Engineering The Invention/Discovery of the Transistor Newsflash! How the West Was Won The Integrated Circuit Not Invented Here The Rest of the Story Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes Widget Deconstruction #1: Smartphone With a Broad Brush Nuts and Bolts Where Are the Integrated Circuits and What Do They Do? Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes Semiconductors: Lite! What Are Semiconductors? What Makes Semiconductors So Special? Types of Semiconductors Crystal Structure Energy Bands Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors Doping Drift and Diffusion Transport Carrier Drift Carrier Diffusion Generation and Recombination The Semiconductor Equations of State Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References Widget Deconstruction #2: USB Flash Drive With a Broad Brush Nuts and Bolts Hard Disk Drives RAM ROM Flash Memory Where Are Integrated Circuits and What Do They Do? Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes Bricks and Mortar: Micro/Nanoelectronics Fabrication The IC Fabrication Facility (aka "the Cleanroom") Crystal Growth and Epitaxy Semiconductor Crystals Epitaxy Doping: Diffusion, Implantation, and Annealing Oxidation and Film Deposition Etching and Polishing Photolithography Metalization and Interconnects Building a Transistor IC Packaging: Wirebonds, Cans, DIPs, and Flip-Chips 3D ICs, TSVs, and SoPs Reliability Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References Transistors: Lite! The Semiconductor Device Menagerie Why Are Transistors So Darn Useful? Loss Gain The pn Junction What Is It? How Does It Work? What Does It Do for You? The BJT What Is It? How Does It Work? What Does It Do for You? The MOSFET What Is It? How Does It Work? What Does It Do for You? X-Men Transistors HBTs HFETs Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes From Transistors to Circuits to Systems Building Circuits and Systems from Transistors IC Tape-Out: Machines Designing Machines Software Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References Microtools and Toys: MEMS, NEMS, and BioMEMS Micro-Intuition and the Science of Miniaturization MEMS Classifications A Grab Bag of MEMS Toys Micromachining Silicon Bulk Micromachining Surface Micromachining Cool App #1: MEMS Accelerometers Cool App #2: MEMS Micromirror Displays Cool App #3: BioMEMS and Lab-on-a-Chip So What Comes Next? Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes Widget Deconstruction #3: GPS With a Broad Brush A Brief History of GPS Nuts and Bolts Where Are the Integrated Circuits and What Do They Do? Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes Let There Be Light: The Bright World of Photonics Let There Be Light! Spectral Windows Getting Light In and Out of Semiconductors Optical Absorption Optical Emission Direct versus Indirect Bandgap Materials Photodetectors and Solar Cells Photodetectors Solar Cells CCD Imagers, CMOS Imagers, and the Digital Camera CCD Imagers CCD versus CMOS Imagers LEDs, Laser Diodes, and Fiber Optics LEDs Semiconductor Laser Diodes Optical Gain Feedback Laser Perks, Drawbacks, and Future Directions Fiber Optics CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes The Future of Electronics Darwinian Evolution in Micro/Nanoelectronics, and the End of the Silicon Road Carbon Engineering: Buckyballs, Nanotubes, and Graphene Forsaking Group IV: Zinc Oxide and Black Phosphorus Bend and Flex: The World of Organics Ferroelectric Memory, Memristors, Phase Change Memory, and Spintronics Quantum Computing Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References The Nanoworld: Fact and Fiction Nanotech Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say: Nanotech Definitions Emerging Nanoapps and Humans 2.0 Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References and Notes Societal Impact The Internet e-Addictions Computer Gaming Genomics e-Education Social Media e-Politics Environmental Impact e-Books and Libraries A Grab Bag of Issues Time Out: Gut Check on Your Comprehension References 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.