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Study of Conduction Behavior in Dielectrics in Chip Level Interconnects: Detection of Defects in Al/SiO2 Interconnects
(2018-12-18)This dissertation presents four different electrical measurement techniques to detect structural defects in Al/SiO2 interconnects. These techniques, namely 1) polarity dependence measurement, 2) current voltage measurement, ... -
STUDY OF COPPER-RICH INTERMETALLIC PHASE FORMATION IN COPPER-ALUMINUM BINARY SYSTEM
(2018-05-04)This work aims to study the initial formation and subsequent growth of intermetallic compounds (IMC) in the binary Al-Cu system. Al-Cu pair configurations have been successfully used for several decades as structural ... -
STUDY OF ELECTROMIGRATION FAILURE MECHANISM IN MICRO SOLDER JOINT
(2021-05-09)The miniaturizing trend for advanced electronic devices has motivated the microelectronic industries to pursue device integration and packaging technology based on the micro-bump solder joint. This type of the joint enables ... -
Study of Electron Energy Filtering for Cold Electron Transport at Room Temperature
(2022-08-17)The Fermi-Dirac thermal excitation of electrons at room temperature has been a significant limitation to many technologically important phenomena such as single electron transport. The electron thermal excitation also ... -
STUDY OF INTERDIFFUSION AND GROWTH OF INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS IN BIMETALLIC LAYERS OF ALPHA BRASS AND Al-Mg ALLOY
(2020-08-17)This work aims to study the formation of Inter Metallic Compounds (IMC’s) and their growth rate in Brass and Al-Mg alloy. This diffusion couple consists of four elements Aluminum, Copper, Zinc and Magnesium. Aluminum and ... -
Study Of New Transistor Architecture With Energy Filtering
(2020-08-24)The thermodynamic limit of the subthreshold slope to 60mV/decade at 300K forces MOSFET devices to use high supply voltages (> 0.5V) and therefore dissipate a lot of energy. This physical limitation of transistors is a ... -
Study of SAC Solder Interconnect Parameters in Microelectronic Semiconductor Packaging and their Effects on Electromigration Failure Mechanisms
(2021-12-13)As the shrinkage of electronic devices becomes more appealing, so do their high capacity and efficiency. This demand for ever-shrinking sizes of electronic devices follows the trend predicted by Moore’s Law. To achieve ... -
A Study Of The Antiwear Behavior And Oxidation Stability Of Fluorinated Zinc Dialkyl Dithio Phosphate In The Presence Of Antioxidants
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-08-08)The antiwear additive Zinc dialkyl dithio phosphate (ZDDP) is one of the most important components of engine-oil additives and a major source of phosphorus. Phosphorus plays a crucial part in mitigating engine wear, yet ... -
Study Of The Effect Of Ion Concentration, pH, And Surface Charge On Single-particle Placement
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2015)Supervising Professor: Seong Jin Koh Single particle placement (SPP) in which nanoparticles are placed on exact substrate positions on a single particle level has drawn a lot of attention as it can be used as an effective ... -
Study on Forming DNA-Mediated Nanoparticle Conjugates: Toward Detection of COVID-19
(2021-12-21)The objective of this thesis is to establish a rapid, robust, and reproducible procedure to controllably assemble DNA-functionalized Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) into satellite-shaped nanostructures using sequence-specific DNA ... -
A Study On The Corrosion Behavior Of Nanocrystalline Nickel In Aqueous Environments
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)Nanocrystalline materials possess considerably enhanced properties arising from their small grain size. Significant interest has been paid in the past to their mechanical and physical properties. Very little attention ... -
A Study On The Effect Of Magnetic Field On The Corrosion Behavior Of Materials
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014)Corrosion causes deterioration of a material due to its environment. Corrosion control has been one of the biggest challenges in most industries since many years. There are various notable and unknown factors that influence ... -
Study On The Leakage Current Behavior And Conduction Mechanism Of Porous Low-k In Cu/porous Low-k Interconnects: The Influence Of Extrinsic Factors
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-11-01)This study investigates the influence of extrinsic factors including moisture and impurities trapped in porous low-k (PLK) and defective diffusion barrier on the leakage current behavior and the associated conduction ... -
Studying An All-vanadium Photoelectrochemical Cell For Highly Efficient Solar Energy Conversion And Storage Via Photocatalytic Redox Reaction
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2015)This study aims at developing a promising alternative approach to utilize solar energy continuously with high efficiency by employing photocatalytic vanadium redox reactions to overcome major drawbacks associated with ... -
Sub-10K Cold-Electron Injection to Silicon at Room Temperature
(2022-12-20)The Fermi-Dirac thermal excitation of electrons results in unwanted off-state leakage currents in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), leading to excessive power consumption in modern electronic ... -
Surface Modification Of 6H-SiC Under Vacuum Annealing Studied By Time Of Flight Positron Annihilation Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)This thesis presents the first study of vacuum annealing of 6H- SiC surface using Time-of-Flight-Positron Annihilation induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy(TOF-PAES) . The study was the first application of a TOF-PAES ... -
Surface modification of iron and aluminum by electrolytic plasma processing
(Materials Science and Engineering, 2014)Electrolytic Plasma Processing (EPP) is an emerging, clean surface modification technology which is able to both clean and, depending on the circuit polarity, deposit either cationic or anionic species from an aqueous ... -
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF TITANIUM BY ELECTROLYTIC PLASMA PROCESSING AND IN-VITRO STUDIES
(2021-08-02)Electrolytic plasma processing (EPP) can be operated in two modes, namely plasma electrolytic saturation (PES) and plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO). In this study, the PES was used to create hydrophilic surface profiles ... -
Surface Patterning Of Biodegradable Polymer In Tissue Engineering By Applying Photolithography
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-04-22)The prevalence of cardiovascular disease and inherent problems with current surgical therapies has prompted major efforts in the field of vascular tissue engineering. While there have been significant advances towards ... -
Synergistic And Antagonistic Effect Of Sulfur-based Additives On The Performance Of Greases With ZDDP And PTFE
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)Lithium-base greases constitute about 50% of the grease market. The current trend is towards developing greases with longer working life and wider application flexibility. To address this concern, greases are blended with ...