This list of corporate research fronts from
Essential Science IndicatorsSM
is from the fourth bimonthly period of 2008, and covers areas in the
physical sciences. Source dates are September 30, 2002-August 31,
2008 (sliding 6-year period).
Research
Front Name
Percentage of corporate affiliations
Leading
corporation
264/AVC VIDEO CODING STANDARD; HIGHLY SCALABLE VIDEO
COMPRESSION
43
Microsoft Corporation
HIGH-POWER ALGAN/GAN HEMTS; ALGAN/GAN HIGH ELECTRON
MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; ALGAN/GAN MIS HFETS; ALN/GAN
INSULATED-GATE HFETS
34
Cree Incorporated
HYDROGEN GENERATION UTILIZING ALKALINE SODIUM
BOROHYDRIDE SOLUTION-SUPPORTED COBALT CATALYST;
COMPRESSED HYDROGEN GENERATION USING CHEMICAL HYDRIDE
33
Toyota Motor Company
5 GBIT/S CARRIER-INJECTION-BASED SILICON MICRO-RING
SILICON MODULATORS; FAST ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING USING
ION-IMPLANTED SILICON PHOTONIC CRYSTAL NANOCAVITIES
32
Intel Corporation
FULLY EPITAXIAL CO/MGO/CO MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;
SPUTTERED COFEB/MGO/COFEB MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS
32
JST
NANOSCALE GERMANIUM MOS DIELECTRICS; HFO2 HIGH-KAPPA
GATE DIELECTRICS; THIN GE OXYNITRIDE GATE DIELECTRIC
32
IBM Corporation
TRANSPARENT FLEXIBLE THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS USING
AMORPHOUS OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; HIGH MOBILITY
TRANSPARENT THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS
30
Hewlett Packard Corporation
LI/LICOO2 CELL USING ROOM TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS
(RTILS); LOW-VISCOSITY IONIC LIQUIDS