Sub-50-nm physical gate length CMOS technology and beyond usingsteep halo

Sub-50-nm CMOS devices are investigated using steep halo and shallow source/drain extensions. By using a high-ramp-rate spike annealing (HRR-SA) process and high-dose halo, 45-nm CMOS devices are fabricated with drive currents of 650 and 300 μA/μm for an off current of less than 10 nA/μm at 1.2 V with T_ox^inv =2.5 nm. For an off current less than 300 nA/μm, 33-nm pMOSFETs have a high drive current of 400 uA/μm. Short-channel effect and reverse short-channel effect are suppressed simultaneously by using the HRR-SA process to activate a source/drain extension (SDE) after forming a deep source/drain (S/D). This process sequence is defined as a reverse-order S/D (R-S/D) formation. By using this formation, 24-nm nMOSFETs are achieved with a high drive current of 800 μA/μm for an off current of less than 300 μA/μm at 1.2 V. This high drive current might be a result of a steep halo structure reducing the spreading resistance of source/drain extensions     

Design optimization of tall tubular lead/acid cells based on an analysis of the reaction distribution

In order to estimate the discharge performance of tall lead/acid cells (with tubular positives), changes in current and potential distributions with discharge progress were calculated with a computer on the basis of plate resistance and the current—potential—time relationship between small facing parts of positive and negative plates. The taller the cell, the larger the voltage drop along the plates. Thus, the discharge time became shorter despite a large amount of available active mass remaining in the bottom part of the plates.Various current-collector designs were evaluated, e.g., one with varying resistance at each height; a side conductor placed along the plates and connected to them at the top, centre and bottom, etc. Results revealed an optimum collector design with which the maximum discharge capacity could be obtained. Furthermore, it was shown that the side conductor markedly improved the discharge performance because the active mass near the connecting parts was appreciably used.     

Discharge behaviour of electrodeposited PbO2 and Pb electrodes

The discharge behaviour of electrodeposited lead dioxide and lead electrodes was investigated under various conditions; the surfaces of the discharged electrodes were observed with a scanning electron microscope. Both the positive and negative electrodes were passivated by a covering of deposited lead sulphate crystals. The amount of lead sulphate required for passivation depended on the size of the crystals.     

Co-crosslinking blend of incompatible polymers VI: Poly(vinyl chloride) toughened with polyethylene via a co-crosslinking technique

A binary blend which consists of two incompatible polymers such as poly(vinyl chloride) and polyethylene has been performed through a partial co-crosslinking reaction with peroxide to give a co-crosslinked blend with a uniform dispersion of small polyethylene particles and with an improved mechanical property. The results are obtained through the formation of a co-crosslinked product which acts as a potential solid phase dispersant as well as a well-bonded reinforcing interlayer on polyethylene particles uniformly dispersed in poly(vinyl chloride) matrix. The resulting blends (PVC/PE=10/90 wt) give carbon spherules of 0.5 to 1m diameter through pressure-carbonization at 650° C for 1 h.     

PbTiO3–PbO–SiO2 Glass-Ceramic Thin Film by a Sol–Gel Process

PbTiO₃(PT)-PbO-SiO₂ glass-ceramic thin films were pro-duced by a sol-gel process. The crystallization of PT oc-curred at ∼700°C and was higher than that in PT-PbO-B₂ O₃ sol-gel glass-ceramics. A pinhole-free thin film was obtained by a rapid thermal annealing process when the designed glass-forming phase content in the thin film was >24 vol%. The measured dielectric constants of the films fairly agreed with the predicted values, based on a parallel mixing model. The dielectric constant was 219 and the di-electric loss was 0.04 in the 0.6PT-0.4(PbO-SiO₂) film that was fired at 700°C.     

New amphoteric surfactants containing a phosphoric acid group: I. syntheses and physicochemical properties of sodium 2-(n-2-hydroxyalkyl-n-methylamino)ethyl hydrogen phosphate

A series of new amphoteric surfactants having a phosphoric acid group, a tertiary amino group and a 2-hydroxyalkyl group, sodium 2-(N-2-hydroxyalkyl-N-methyl-amino)ethyl hydrogen phosphates (alkyl: n-tetradecyl, n-hexadecyl, n-octadecyl), were prepared by an addition reaction of 1,2-epoxyalkanes to N-methylaminoethanol, followed by the introduction of a phosphoric acid group and neutralization with sodium hydroxide. The structures of these compounds were confirmed by spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The solubility in solvents, Krafft point, surface tension, critical micelle concentration (CMC), occupation area of the molecule at the surface of aqueous solutions and foaming power were measured. It was shown that a 2-hydroxyethyl group in a long alkyl chain seemed to behave as a hydrophobic part.     

The degradation of polystyrene during extrusion

An investigation was made of the magnitude and mechanism of shear degradation of a narrow distribution, high molecular weight (M_w = 670,000) polystyrene. An Instron rheometer was used to perform the extrusion at temperatures from 164° to 250°C. The change in molecular weight distribution was studied by gel permeation chromatography. The maximum shear stress employed was 5.83 kg/cm². It was found that degradation could be induced at high stress at temperatures of 50°C lower than degradation of polystyrene would occur exclusively due to thermal forces. An activation energy for the degradation, calculated at constant shear rate, was +20.2 kcal/mole. The direction and magnitude of this value are consistent with degradation induced through a mechanical reduced activation for thermal degradation.     

1-O-alkyl-2,3-diacylglycerols in the skin surface lipids of the hairless mouse

A neutral lipid class was isolated by thin-layer chromatography from the skin surface lipids of the hairless mouse. The fraction migrated faster than triglycerides and had a migration rate similar to that of diacyl alkanediols (diester wax). Upon deacylation, however, the long-chain diols were identified as 1-alkylglycerol ethers based on their chromatographic properties and on the mass spectra of their nicotinylidene derivatives. Thus, the skin lipid fraction was identified as 1-O-alkyl-diacylglycerol. The alkyl moieties were all saturated and even-numbered and ranged in chainlength from C₁₆ to C₂₂ with 1-O-hexadecylglycerol amounting to 34% of the total glycerol ether moieties. The fatty acids derived from this lipid fraction were mostly monoenoic with chainlengths ranging from C₁₆ to C₂₄. The major acyl component was eicosenoic acid (20∶1) representing 61% of the total fatty acids.     

Polymerization of 2-dibutylamino-1,3,5-triazine-4,6-dithiol on wire during friction process

2-Dibutylamino-1,3,5-triazine-4,6-dithiol (DB) and a mixture of DB and triallylisocyanurate (TAIC) were used as a lubricant during steel wire drawing due to a dry process. DB gave a polymer film with 180 nm in thickness to wire surfaces during the wire drawing. The polymer film had a disulfide structure on the backbone and contained a small amount of DB monomer and olygomer. Molecular weight and polymer weight increased with the drawing rate. The mixture of DB and TAIC gave mainly a three-dimensional polymer film with 225 nm in thickness to wire surfaces during drawing. The polymer film insoluble in THF had mono and disulfide structures and contained a small amount of linear polymer, DB, and TAIC. Such tribological polymerizations are estimated as follows: DB produces dithiyl radicals on a nascent surface formed during drawing and in the presence of oxygen and heat. The dithiyl radicals were polymerized by coupling with each other to give disulfide bonds or added to allyl groups in TAIC to give monosulfide bonds. It is concluded that this technique should be possible to use for unifying metal processing and surface treatment. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Balanced corpus of contemporary written Japanese

The balanced corpus of contemporary written Japanese (BCCWJ) is Japan’s first 100 million words balanced corpus. It consists of three subcorpora (publication subcorpus, library subcorpus, and special-purpose subcorpus) and covers a wide range of text registers including books in general, magazines, newspapers, governmental white papers, best-selling books, an internet bulletin-board, a blog, school textbooks, minutes of the national diet, publicity newsletters of local governments, laws, and poetry verses. A random sampling technique is utilized whenever possible in order to maximize the representativeness of the corpus. The corpus is annotated in terms of dual POS analysis, document structure, and bibliographical information. The BCCWJ is currently accessible in three different ways including Chunagon a web-based interface to the dual POS analysis data. Lastly, results of some pilot evaluation of the corpus with respect to the textual diversity are reported. The analyses include POS distribution, word-class distribution, entropy of orthography, sentence length, and variation of the adjective predicate. High textual diversity is observed in all these analyses.