The role of copper in the Electronics Industry as an interconnecting agent

Abstract

Mendeleev to Periodic table: “Dear PT, according to you, which is the most boring element of them all?” PT: “My Lord, Maybe copper?” Mendeleev: “Why do you say this?” PT: “It gets very boring for me. Unlike the other transition elements, for example iron, nickel, cobalt, which show magnetism, copper has no choice but to settle with one spin. Such monotony in spin makes it quite boring, I think.” Mendeleev:- “Do you understand the beauty of copper? Do you know that it could change the modern electronics industry?” PT: “No, never thought of that.” Mendeleev: “Then listen to me carefully. During the 1960's, Gordon Moore predicted that, in the electronics industry, the number of components that could be assembled within one integrated circuit (IC) would increase exponentially over time, and thus also the size of a fully operational IC would be reduced. Indeed, this turned out to be true in ...