Silicon integrated sensors

在过去的三十年里，硅集成电路的处理能力呈指数级增长。 硅芯片在为众多工业产品提供控制和计算能力方面已变得不可或缺。 在未来的几十年里，半导体行业最重要的经济机会可能是在同一个硅芯片上集成新功能和控制电子设备。 例如，这些新功能可能包括用于生物医学应用的专用传感器或能够以极高的数据速率与其他芯片进行通信的光电模块。 在此寻求对扩大硅芯片功能这一总主题下的几个具体项目的支持。 一个项目涉及使用CMOS为廉价的氡气监测器提供组件。 第二个目标是开发一种基于CMOS技术的新型生物传感阵列。 第三个目标是改进硅中的集成光波导器件，用于从通信到生物传感的应用。 最后一个项目研究了氮化镓材料系统与CMOS的高电压/高功率器件的单片集成。

The past thirty years have seen exponential growth in the processing power of silicon integrated circuits. Silicon chips have become indispensable in providing control and computing power in an enormous range of industrial products. In the coming decades the most important economic opportunities in the semiconductor industry are likely to involve the integration of new functions with control electronics on the same silicon chip. These new functions might include, for example, a specialized sensor for biomedical applications or an optoelectronic block capable of providing communication with other chips at enormously high data rates. Support is sought here for several specific projects under this general theme of expanding the functionality of silicon chips. One project involves use of CMOS to provide components for an inexpensive radon gas monitor. A second aims to develop a new class of biosensing array based on CMOS technology. A third targets improved integrated optical waveguide devices in silicon for applications ranging from communication to biosensing. The final project investigates the monolithic integration of high voltage/high power devices in the gallium nitride material system with CMOS.