AIP Advances, 2018 By in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM), we performed a detailed study on the electron-beam radiation damage to nanostructured silicon nitride thin-film process layers in a typical semiconductor NVM device.
Binghai Liu +6 more
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Investigation of Intra-Nitride Charge Migration Suppression in SONOS Flash Memory
Micromachines, 2019 In order to suppress the intra-nitride charge spreading in 3D Silicon-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Silicon (SONOS) flash memory where the charge trapping layer silicon nitride is shared along the cell string, N2 plasma treated on the silicon nitride is proposed ...
Seung-Dong Yang +5 more
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Dispersion Optimization of Silicon Nitride Waveguides for Efficient Four-Wave Mixing
Photonics, 2021 Silicon nitride waveguides have emerged as an excellent platform for photonic applications, including nonlinear optical signal processing, owing to their relatively high Kerr nonlinearity, negligible two photon absorption, and wide transparent bandwidth.
Yaping Hong +3 more
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Sealing of micromachined cavities using chemical vapor deposition methods: characterization and optimization [PDF]
, 1999 This paper presents results of a systematic investigation to characterize the sealing of micromachined cavities using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) methods.
Liu, Chang, Tai, Yu-Chong
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Photonic Integrated Reconfigurable Linear Processors as Neural Network Accelerators
Applied Sciences, 2021 Reconfigurable linear optical processors can be used to perform linear transformations and are instrumental in effectively computing matrix–vector multiplications required in each neural network layer.
Lorenzo De Marinis +5 more
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Reliability analysis of structural ceramic components using a three-parameter Weibull distribution [PDF]
, 1992 Described here are nonlinear regression estimators for the three-Weibull distribution. Issues relating to the bias and invariance associated with these estimators are examined numerically using Monte Carlo simulation methods.
Duffy, Stephen F. +2 more
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High Thermal Conductivity of Silicon Nitride Ceramics: A Review
KONA Powder and Particle JournalSilicon-nitride ceramic substrates exhibit high thermal conductivity, high electrical insulation, high mechanical strength, low expansion. The Cu-clad ceramic substrate is the key material for the encapsulation of insulated gate bipolar transistor ...
Yusen Duan +5 more
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Silicon Nitride Bearings for Total Joint Arthroplasty
Lubricants, 2016 The articulation performance of silicon nitride against conventional and highly cross-linked polyethylene, as well as for self-mated silicon nitride bearings, was examined in a series of standard hip simulation studies. Wear rates for polyethylene liners
Bryan J. McEntire +5 more
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Mesoporous fibrous silicon nitride by catalytic nitridation of silicon
Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 2019 [EN] The catalytic effect of metal oxide/alumina whiskers (CeO2,Mn3O4, NiO, Co3O4,Fe2O3,Cr2O3/AW) was eval-uated on their ability to drive the nitridation of silicon and to generate mesoporousfibrous silicon networks.Silicon powder with different particles size along with the catalyst was nitridized at 1300 °C for 5 h in nitrogenand nitrogen diluted ...
Minasyan, Tatevik +5 more
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Improvement of piezoresistance properties of silicon carbide ceramics through co-doping of aluminum nitride and nitrogen [PDF]
, 2008 The piezoresistance coefficient was measured on co-doped silicon carbide ceramics. Evaluation samples of alpha-silicon carbide ceramics were first fabricated by glass capsule HIP method using powder mixture of silicon carbide and aluminum nitride with ...
Hayashi, Hidetaka +2 more
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