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Silicon Germanium : SiGe for mainstream semiconductor manufacturing
… Technology Development, IBM Microelectronics, Hopewell Junction, New York Special Section - Technology Outlook Silicon germanium (SiGe) is the latest semiconductor-manufacturing buzzword as new applications and announcements appear in wireless …
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Silicon germanium grown monolithically to avoid crystal defects
… layers. Defect-free germanium structures were created on top of silicon wafers at a record height of 50µm. This silicon - germanium manufacturing process could be tailored to other material combinations with similar results. Applications for the …
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Challenges of hydrogen pumping in emerging applications
… solar industry and silicon/ silicon germanium (Si/SiGe) epitaxy in the ..... manner. Epitaxy Silicon and silicon germanium epitaxy is an increasingly important ..... SOI) wafers or of crystalline silicon germanium in the transistor source/drain …
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Imec brings new device architecture results to SEMICON West
… quantum-well (IF-QW) pFETs with an embedded silicon - germanium (SiGe) source/drain and 3D integration of a ..... quantum-well (IF-QW) pFETs with an embedded silicon - germanium (SiGe) source/drain. Short channel control …
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Research: Silicon membranes transferrable to other substrates
… transfer thin membranes of silicon of silicon or silicon germanium (SiGe), and transfer them to new substrates such ..... goal for many devices that integrate silicon and silicon - germanium . The process is not yet manufacturing-ready …
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UCLA, IBM grow SiGe nanowires
… at UCLA and IBM say they have successfully grown silicon germanium semiconducting nanowires that take a step closer ..... the Jet Propulsion Laboratory uses bulk chunks of silicon - germanium to power their satellites, and now there is a lot …
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DOTFIVE presents high-speed chips at ISSCC 2011
… DOTFIVE consortium has established a leadership position for the European semiconductor industry in the area of silicon - germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors (SiGe HBTs) for millimeter wave applications, with contributions from semiconductor …
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IBM offers new SiGe BiCMOS technology
… announced the availability of its fourth-generation silicon germanium (SiGe) bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS) foundry technology ..... technologist for the Systems & Technology Group, " Silicon germanium technology is increasingly influencing next-generation …
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Turning to an old friend, device engineers are reconsidering germanium
… the 90nm technology node, manufacturers have used silicon germanium (SiGe) source and drain regions, silicon carbide ..... Germanium readily forms an alloy with silicon, silicon germanium (SiGe), which has been used in strain engineering …
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Challenges and solutions for germane (GeH4) packaging
… reactant in wafer processing applications needing silicon germanium layers. Because this gas is a flammable, toxic ..... deposited with silane or disilane to form amorphous silicon germanium (SiGe) alloys (10–50% germanium). SiGe layers …
