Simon Sze
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Simon Min Sze, or Shi Min (Template:Zh; 21 March 1936 – 6 November 2023), was a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer. He is best known for inventing the floating-gate MOSFET with Korean electrical engineer Dawon Kahng in 1967.
Early life and education
Simon Min Sze was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and grew up in Taiwan. After graduating from the National Taiwan University in 1957, he received a master's degree from the University of Washington in 1960 and a doctorate from Stanford University in 1963.
Career and research
Sze worked for Bell Labs until 1990, after which he returned to Taiwan and joined the faculty of National Chiao Tung University.[1] He is well known for his work in semiconductor physics and technology, including his 1967 invention (with Dawon Kahng) of the floating-gate transistor,[2] now widely used in non-volatile semiconductor memory devices. He wrote and edited many books, including Physics of Semiconductor Devices, one of the most-cited texts in its field.
Death
Simon Sze died on 6 November 2023, at the age of 87.[3]
Recognition
- 1977: IEEE Fellow[4]
- 1991: J. J. Ebers Award[5]
- 1994: Academician of Academia Sinica, Taiwan[6]
- 1995: Member of National Academy of Engineering, United States[7]
- 1998: Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, China
- 2010: Tenured Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
- 2014: Honorary Chair Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- 2017: IEEE Celebrated Member
- 2021: The Future Science Prize, China[8]
- 2022: Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist[9]
Bibliography
- Physics of Semiconductor Devices, S. M. Sze. New York: Wiley, 1969, Template:ISBN; 2nd ed., 1981, Template:ISBN; 3rd ed., with Kwok K. Ng, 2006, Template:ISBN.
- Nonvolatile Memories: Materials, Devices and Applications 2-volume set, Tseung-Yuen Tseng and Simon M. Sze. Los Angeles: American Scientific Publishers, 2012; Template:ISBN.
- Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology, S. M. Sze. New York: Wiley, 1985; 2nd ed., 2001, Template:ISBN; 3rd ed., 2012, Template:ISBN.
- VLSI Technology, ed. S. M. Sze. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983, Template:ISBN; 2nd ed., 1988, Template:ISBN.
- Modern Semiconductor Device Physics, ed. S. M. Sze. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998, Template:ISBN.
References
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- ↑ D. Kahng and S. M. Sze, A floating-gate and its application to memory devices, The Bell System Technical Journal, 46, #4 (1967), pp. 1288–1295.
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- ↑ Electron Devices Society J.J. Ebers Award, web page at the IEEE, accessed 11-I-2007.
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- 1936 births
- 2023 deaths
- American electrical engineers
- American people of Taiwanese descent
- National Taiwan University alumni
- Scientists at Bell Labs
- American people of Chinese descent
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
- 20th-century Chinese inventors
- Engineers from Jiangsu
- Taiwanese people from Jiangsu
- Scientists from Nanjing
- University of Washington alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Academic staff of the National Chiao Tung University
- Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Members of Academia Sinica
- Fellows of the IEEE