Let's go inside an Intel 4004 microprocessor to see an individual transistor
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Heating in oxygen grows an insulating coat on the gate
Heating in oxygen grows an insulating coat on the gate - Making an Integrated Circuit
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Exposed nitride is then etched away
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Oxygen reacts with the Si to grow more oxide
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Exposed polycrystal Si is etched away leaving the transistor gate
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