This list of corporate research fronts from
Essential Science IndicatorsSM
is from the sixth bimonthly period of 2008, and covers areas in the
physical sciences. Source dates are January 31, 2003-December 31,
2008 (sliding 6-year period).
Research
Front Name
Percentage of corporate affiliations
Leading
corporation
HIGH-SPEED SILICON OPTICAL MODULATOR; 5 GBIT/S
CARRIER-INJECTION-BASED SILICON MICRO-RING SILICON
MODULATORS; FAST ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING USING
ION-IMPLANTED SILICON PHOTONIC CRYSTAL NANOCAVITIES
NANOSCALE GERMANIUM MOS DIELECTRICS; THIN GE OXYNITRIDE
GATE DIELECTRIC; GERMANIUM MOS APPLICATIONS-SUBSTRATE
SURFACE PREPARATION; IMPROVED GE SURFACE PASSIVATION
35
IBM Corp
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT-MODE ALGAN/GAN HEMTS USING
FLUORIDE-BASED PLASMA TREATMENT; ALGAN/GAN HIGH
ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; ALN/GAN INSULATED-GATE
HFETS USING CAT-CVD SIN
33
Cree Inc
TRANSPARENT FLEXIBLE THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS USING
AMORPHOUS OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE
DEPOSITED INDIUM ZINC OXIDE THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; HIGH
MOBILITY TRANSPARENT THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS
FULLY EPITAXIAL CO/MGO/CO MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;
MGO BASED MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; SPUTTERED
COFEB/MGO/COFEB MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;
SINGLE-CRYSTAL FE/MGO/FE MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS