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Preparation and Electric Properties of Spin-on Glass Films for the Planarization Process in Multilevel Interconnection
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Effect of CO ans CO2 addition to CF4/O2 gas system on the etch rate and selectivity of W
No full textTHE EFFECT OF DILUENT GAS AND RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING ON THE PROPERTIES OF PLASMA-DEPOSITED SILICON-NITRIDE FILMS
No full textThe effects of diluent gases on the deposition rate, content of hydrogen bonds, etch rate, refractive index and fixed charge density of plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition silicon nitride films have been studied for various reactant gas compositions. Post-rapid thermal annealing (RTA) of as-grown films was also performed in the temperature range 500-1100-degrees-C. From the results of optical emission spectroscopy it is suggested that metastable N2 molecules can contribute to silicon nitride film formation as an extra nitrogen source. Metastable N2 molecules may enhance the dissociation of other feed gases. Lower refractive index, higher deposition rate and higher N-H bond density were obtained for silicon nitride films grown in N2 diluent as compared with films grown in H-2 diluent. As the RTA temperature was increased, the content of hydrogen bonds was reduced and the film density increased. Hence the etch rate of silicon nitride films in buffered HF solution decreased with increasing RTA temperature. A minimum value of fixed charge density was obtained at the RTA temperature of 900-degrees-C for all the films investigated
Bankruptcy prediction using a discrete-time duration model incorporating temporal and macroeconomic dependencies
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to build in alternative method of bankruptcy prediction that accounts for some deficiencies in previous approaches that resulted in poor out-of-sample performances. Most of the traditional approaches suffer from restrictive presumptions and structural limitations and fail to reflect the panel properties of financial statements and/or the common macroeconomic influence. Extending the work of Shuinway (2001), we present a duration model with time-varying covariates and a baseline hazard function incorporating macroeconomic dependencies. Using the proposed model, we investigate how the hazard rates of listed companies in the Korea Stock Exchange (KSE) are affected by changes in the macroeconomic environment and by time-varying covariate vectors that show unique financial characteristics of each company. We also investigate out-of-sample forecasting performances of the suggested model and demonstrate improvements produced by allowing temporal and macroeconomic dependencies. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Cw ion lasers pumped by electron beams
No full textWe have obtained cw laser radiation from singly ionized Hg, I, Cd, Se, and As by exciting He metal-vapor mixtures with a dc electron beam. The beam is generated by glow discharge electron guns located apart from the active medium. This is the first time that cw ion laser action has been obtained using electron beam excitation
CW laser action in atomic fluorine
No full textWe have obtained CW laser action on four transitions in the doublet system of atomic fluorine for the first time. All previously reported laser action was on a pulsed basis only. CW laser radiation was obtained when F2 or AgF was used as a fluorine donor in an electron beam pumped helium plasma. A multiline output power of 200 mW was obtained
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