This list of corporate research fronts from
Essential Science IndicatorsSM
is from the fifth bimonthly period of 2008, and covers areas in the
physical sciences. Source dates are November 30, 2002-October 31,
2008 (sliding 6-year period).
Research
Front Name
Percentage of corporate affiliations
Leading
corporation
5 GBIT/S CARRIER-INJECTION-BASED SILICON MICRO-RING
SILICON MODULATORS; FAST ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING USING
ION-IMPLANTED SILICON PHOTONIC CRYSTAL NANOCAVITIES
43
Intel Corp
264/AVC VIDEO CODING STANDARD; 264/AVC VIDEO
COMPRESSION STANDARD; SCALABLE VIDEO CODING; HIGHLY
SCALABLE VIDEO COMPRESSION
40
Microsoft Corp
HIGH-POWER ALGAN/GAN HEMTS; ALGAN/GAN HIGH ELECTRON
MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; ALGAN/GAN MIS HFETS; ALN/GAN
INSULATED-GATE HFETS
37
Cree Inc
NANOSCALE GERMANIUM MOS DIELECTRICS; THIN GE OXYNITRIDE
GATE DIELECTRIC; GERMANIUM MOS APPLICATIONS-SUBSTRATE
SURFACE PREPARATION
35
IBM Corp
FERMI-LEVEL PINNING INDUCED THERMAL INSTABILITY;
ACHIEVING CONDUCTION BAND-EDGE EFFECTIVE WORK
FUNCTIONS; NI FULLY SILICIDED GATES