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11–14 December 2005

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DEVICE AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR MICROELECTRONICS, MEMS, AND PHOTONICS IV

Conference 6037
Room: Z-606
Monday-Wednesday 12-14 December 2005
Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #6037

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Conference Chair: Jung-Chih Chiao, The Univ. of Texas at Arlington (USA)


Cochairs: Andrew S. Dzurak, Univ. of New South Wales (Australia); Chennupati Jagadish, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); David V. Thiel, Griffith Univ. (Australia)

Program Committee: Richard J. Blaikie, Univ. of Canterbury (New Zealand); Simon A. Brown, Univ. of Canterbury (New Zealand); Carles Cané, Ctr. Nacional de Microelectrónica (Spain); Mu Chiao, The Univ. of British Columbia (Canada); Franck A. Chollet, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); Debabani Choudhury, HRL Labs., LLC (USA); Nicolaas F. de Rooij, Univ. de Neuchâtel (Switzerland); John M. Dell, The Univ. of Western Australia (Australia); Robert G. Elliman, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); Masayoshi Esashi, Tohoku Univ. (Japan); Lorenzo Faraone, The Univ. of Western Australia (Australia); Catherine P. Foley, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (Australia); Paul D. Franzon, North Carolina State Univ. (USA); Thomas George, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Katia M. Grenier, LAAS-CNRS (France); Alex R. Hamilton, Univ. of New South Wales (Australia); Kazuhiro Hane, Tohoku Univ. (Japan); Erol C. Harvey, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia); Conrad D. James, Sandia National Labs. (USA); David N. Jamieson, The Univ. of Melbourne (Australia); Chantal G. Khan-Malek, CNRS Aeronmie (France); Yong Hyup Kim, Seoul National Univ. (South Korea); Youngwoo Kwon, Seoul National Univ. (South Korea); Ronald A. Lawes, Imperial College London (United Kingdom); Lih-Yuan Lin, Univ. of Washington (USA); Liwei Lin, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); Cheng-Hsien Liu, National Tsing Hua Univ. (Taiwan); Victor M. Lubecke, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa (USA); Barry Luther-Davies, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); Meyya Meyyappan, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (USA); Giacinta Parish, The Univ. of Western Australia (Australia); Steven D. Prawer, The Univ. of Melbourne (Australia); Kazuo Sato, Nagoya Univ. (Japan); Michael S. Shur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA); Michael J. Sinclair, Microsoft Corp. (USA); Yu-Chuan Su, National Tsing Hua Univ. (Taiwan); Hitoshi Tabata, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Ooi-Kiang Tan, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); Alan R. Wilson, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia); Sai Peng Wong, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong China)

Monday 12 December


            

Z-Block Lecture Theatre 411

08.30 Opening Remarks

08.45 to 09.35 Plenary Presentation
Complex Systems Insights for Technology (Y. Bar-Yam)

09.35 to 10.10 Morning Tea

See Plenary Presentations for further information.


            

SESSION 1

Room: Z-606 Mon. 10.10 to 11.50

Fabrication Techniques I

Chairs: Daniel A. James, Griffith Univ. (Australia); Vijay K. Varadan, Univ. of Arkansas (USA)

10.10: Process optimisation for compact high-aspect-ratio SU-8 microstructures using x-ray lithography, K. D. Vora, La Trobe Univ. (Australia); B. Shew, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Ctr. (Taiwan); E. C. Harvey, MiniFab (Australia); J. P. Hayes, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia); A. G. Peele, La Trobe Univ. (Australia) [6037-01]

10.30: Ion-beam synthesis of WC/SiC nanocomposite thin layers and their electron-field emission properties, W. M. Tsang, S. P. Wong, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong China); J. K. Lindner, Univ. Augsburg (Germany) [6037-02]

10.50: Non-contact implant dose and energy metrology for advanced CMOS low-energy implants, N. S. Mehta, B. Moser, A. Varghese, J. Holt, Texas Instruments Inc. (USA) [6037-03]

11.10: Microchannel fabrication in PMMA based on localized heating using high-repetition-rate femtosecond pulses, D. Day, M. Gu, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia) [6037-04]

11.30: µ-device fabrication and packaging below 300°C utilizing plasma-assisted wafer-to-wafer bonding, R. L. Pelzer, S. N. Farrens, EV Group (Austria) [6037-05]

Lunch Break 12.30 to 13.30

SESSION 2

Room: Z-606 Mon. 13.30 to 15.00

Optics

Chairs: Chris Brown, Griffith Univ. (Australia); Jung-Chih Chiao, The Univ. of Texas at Arlington (USA)

13.30: Deep-UV LEDs: physics, performance, and applications (Invited Paper), R. Gaska, Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (USA) [6037-06]

14.00: Effects of dielectric overcoating on the absorption enhancement of SOI LEDs with metal island films, S. Pillai, K. R. Catchpole, T. Trupke, M. A. Green, Univ. of New South Wales (Australia) [6037-08]

14.20: Absorption enhancement for metal particles on silicon waveguides, K. R. Catchpole, S. Pillai, Univ. of New South Wales (Australia) [6037-07]

14.40: Polymer microlens with independent control of radius and focal length for an imaging fiber, M. Ashraf, F. A. Chollet, V. M. Murukeshan, C. Yang, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [6037-09]

Afternoon Tea 15.00 to 15.30

SESSION 3

Room: Z-606 Mon. 15.30 to 16.40

Fabrication Techniques II

Chairs: Gregory S. Watson, Griffith Univ. (Australia); David V. Thiel, Griffith Univ. (Australia)

15.30: Characterisation of deep wet etching of glass (Invited Paper), C. I. Iliescu, B. Chen, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Singapore); F. E. H. Tay, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Singapore) and National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore); G. Xu, Institute of Bioengineerng and Nanotechnology (Singapore); J. Miao, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [6037-10]

16.00: In-situ optical monitoring of silicon membrane etching, F. A. Chollet, G. H. Ooi, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [6037-11]

16.20: Anomalous backward scattering of light by a two-side-open subwavelength nano-slit in a metal film, S. V. Kukhlevsky, Univ. of Pécs (Hungary) [6037-13]

16.40: Preparation of photo-functional material, M. Ozaki, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan) [6037-74]

Tuesday 13 December


            

Z-Block Lecture Theatre 411

08.30 to 09.20 Plenary Presentation
Small Brains, Small Minds: Vision, Navigation, and 'Cognition' in Honeybees (M. Srinivasan)

09.20 to 09.50 Morning Tea

See Plenary Presentations for further information.


            

SESSION 4

Room: Z-606 Tues. 09.50 to 11.10

Materials

Chair: David V. Thiel, Griffith Univ. (Australia)

09.50: Fabrication of forward-type DC-DC converter using nanocrystalline Mn-Zn ferrite, S. R. Murthy, Osmania Univ. (India) [6037-14]

10.10: Microstructures and photocatalytic properties of nitrogen-implanted titania nanostructured films, H. Zhou, T. Tesfamichael, J. M. Bell, W. Martens, G. Will, Queensland Univ. of Technology (Australia) [6037-15]

10.30: Nucleation and growth of silicon nanocrystals in silicon oxynitride films with CO2 laser heating, A. Tewary, R. D. Kekatpure, M. L. Brongersma, Stanford Univ. (USA) [6037-16]

10.50: Preparation of DNA-polymer microsphere and its optical property, M. Wada, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan) [6037-18]

Lunch Break 11.20 to 13.30

SESSION 5

Room: Z-606 Tues. 13.30 to 15.00

Devices I

Chairs: Jung-Chih Chiao, The Univ. of Texas at Arlington (USA); Gregory S. Watson, Griffith Univ. (Australia)

13.30: Carbon nanotube-based microsensors and wireless sensor network for physiological monitoring (Invited Paper), V. K. Varadan, Univ. of Arkansas (USA) [6037-19]

14.00: Portable blood extraction device integrated with biomedical monitoring system, S. Khumpuang, M. Horade, K. Fujioka, S. Sugiyama, Ritsumeikan Univ. (Japan) [6037-20]

14.20: Development of micromotion sensors based on piezoresistive and thermo-resistive effects in silicon, D. V. Dao, V. T. Dau, Ritsumeikan Univ. (Japan); T. Shiozawa, H. Kumagai, Tamagawa Seiki Co., Ltd. (Japan); S. Sugiyama, Ritsumeikan Univ. (Japan) [6037-22]

14.40: Optical applications of marine DNA, K. Yamaoka, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan) [6037-63]

Afternoon Tea 15.00 to 15.30

SESSION 6

Room: Z-606 Tues. 15.30 to 16.50

Devices II

Chairs: Ciprian I. Iliescu, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Singapore); Vijay K. Varadan, Univ. of Arkansas (USA)

15.30: Design and implementation issues for ceramic substrate micro rf relay switches for reconfigurable antennas, M. E. Parker, J. P. Chaffey, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia) [6037-23]

15.50: Bilateral interdigital CPW phase shifter using BaSrTiO3 thin film on poly-Si/Si substrate for electronically steerable antenna architecture, H. Yoon, K. J. Vinoy, J. K. Abraham, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA); V. K. Varadan, Univ. of Arkansas (USA) [6037-26]

16.10: Antennas miniaturization by means of optimized EBG materials, A. Gandelli, M. Mussetta, R. E. Zich, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) [6037-27]

16.30: Optoelectronic investigation on biological effects of microwaves, D. Creanga, P. Gasner, Univ. Al.I. Cuza (Romania) [6037-92]

Posters -Tuesday

Room: S-Block, S405A & S-0406 17.00 to 18.30

Poster authors can begin to post their papers at 8.00 on the scheduled day of presentation. Poster must be posted by 16.00. Each poster presenter is provided a space (1.1 m x 1.2 m) in which to display a summary of the paper. Authors must remain in the vicinity of the poster board during the poster session to answer the questions of attendees. Please remove your posters after the session; remaining posters will be discarded.

  • A new empirical model for heterojunction phototransistors, P. Niu, Tianjin Polytechnic Univ. (China) [6037-42]
  • Effect of a buffer layer on the photovoltaic properties of AZO/Cu2O heterojunction solar cells, T. Miyata, T. Minami, Kanazawa Institute of Technology (Japan) [6037-43]
  • Coating materials and particle size effect of nano- and micro-sized iron powder composites, B. Min, I. Kim, S. Jeong, J. Song, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (South Korea) [6037-44]
  • Flexible Bi2Te2.5Se0.5 and Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 thermopile generator, M. Shiozaki, S. Sugiyama, Ritsumeikan Univ. (Japan); N. Watanabe, H. Ueno, K. Itoigawa, Tokai Rika Co., Ltd. (Japan) [6037-45]
  • Tuning the sensing range of silicon pressure sensor by trench etching technology, H. Hu, Univ. of Pittsburgh (USA); Y. Chou, Yung-Ta Insitute of Technology and Commerce (Taiwan); H. Lin, Touch Micro-system Technology (Taiwan) [6037-47]
  • Preparation of cyanine complex microdomes in self-organized dewetted films, Y. Hashimoto, O. Karthaus, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan) [6037-48]
  • Development of fabrication process for shape control of three-dimensional submicron structure by synchrotron radiation lithography, S. Fujinawa, F. Kato, S. Sugiyama, Ritsumeikan Univ. (Japan) [6037-49]
  • Micropattening research of silicon-based ferro-electric PMNT thin film, Q. Zhang, Y. Li, Institute of Electrical Engineering (China) [6037-50]
  • Carbon-nanotube-based nanoelectromechanical switch, H. J. Hwang, K. R. Byun, J. W. Kang, K. O. Song, Chung-Ang Univ. (South Korea) [6037-51]
  • MEMS mechanical logic units: characterization and improvements of devices fabricated with MicraGEM and PolyMUMPs, S. Lee, R. W. Johnstone, A. M. Parameswaran, Simon Fraser Univ. (Canada) [6037-52]
  • Patterning frictional differentiation to a polymer surface by atomic force microscopy, G. S. Watson, C. L. Brown, Griffith Univ. (Australia); S. Myhra, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); S. Hu, J. A. Watson, Griffith Univ. (Australia) [6037-53]
  • Lithography of diamond-like-carbon (DLC) films for use as masters in soft lithography, G. S. Watson, Griffith Univ. (Australia); S. Myhra, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); J. A. Watson, Griffith Univ. (Australia) [6037-54]
  • Tunable nano-array structures for controlling light reflectance/transmission in the visible spectrum, J. A. Watson, G. S. Watson, Griffith Univ. (Australia) [6037-55]
  • Nitridation of thin metal layers by plasma immersion ion implantation for diffusion barrier applications, M. Kumar, Haryana College of Technology and Management (India); R. Yadav, Semiconductor Complex Ltd. (India); D. Kumar, Kurukshetra Univ. (India) [6037-56]
  • Effects of Si spacer thickness on electroluminescences in self-assembled Ge quantum dots superlattices, C. Park, D. Kwak, S. Lee, Y. H. Lee, H. Y. Cho, W. Yang, Dongguk Univ. (South Korea); C. Kim, SAMSUNG Advanced Institute of Technology (South Korea); S. Choi, Kyung Hee Univ. (South Korea) [6037-57]
  • Nanoparticle manipulation in plasma-assisted nanofabrication of electron-field emitters based on single crystalline carbon nanotip patterns, P. Rutkevych, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); K. Ostrikov, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); S. Xu, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [6037-58]
  • Nanostripes in superconducting REBa2Cu3O7-delta superconductors: robust vortex pinning sites, A. Hu, Univ. of Waterloo (Canada); H. Zhou, J. M. Bell, Queensland Univ. of Technology (Australia); P. J. Evans, ANSTO (Australia) [6037-59]
  • I-V response of a two-terminal nanodevice using tight-binding theory, A. Alexopoulos, Defence Science and Technology Organisation (Australia) [6037-60]
  • Advanced simulation for shape-prediction of microstructures fabricated by PCT technique, M. Horade, S. Khumpuang, K. Fujioka, S. Sugiyama, Ritsumeikan Univ. (Japan) [6037-62]
  • Electrical and optical properties of VO2 thin film affected by preparation process, H. Jie, Sichuan Univ. (China) [6037-65]
  • Nitrogen ion implantation and characterization of tungsten oxide films, T. Tesfamichael, Queensland University of Technology (Australia) [6037-69]
  • A measurement method of line-width and line-edge roughness based on cellular neural networks, H. Li, X. Zhao, W. Chu, Z. Xiao, N. Li, Harbin Institute of Technology (China) [6037-70]
  • Dynamic analysis of a compliant bistable micromechanism with one DOF system, J. Tsay, National Tao-yuan Agricultural & Industrial Vocational High School (Taiwan); C. Sung, National Tsing Hua Univ. (Taiwan) [6037-71]
  • Modeling of sacrificial spin-on-glass (SOG) etching in non-straight microchannels using Hhdrofluoric acid, A. A. Hamzah, B. B. Y. Majlis, I. Ahmad, Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia) [6037-72]
  • Nanowire sensor applications based on radio frequency phase delay in coplanar waveguide, H. Yoon, T. Ji, The Pennsylvania State Univ. (USA); V. K. Varadan, Univ. of Arkansas (USA) [6037-75]
  • Fabrication of DNA polymer gel and its photofunction, Y. Kagami, M. Ozaki, M. Wada, N. Ogata, S. Horinouchi, K. Yamaoka, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan) [6037-76]
  • Fabrication of submicron three-dimensional structure by plane-pattern to the cross-section transfer method using synchrotron radiation lithography, F. Kato, S. Fujinawa, S. Sugiyama, Ritsumeikan Univ. (Japan) [6037-78]
  • Optical scanning devices based on PZT thick films formed by aerosol deposition method, J. Park, A. Jun, M. Lebedev, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan) [6037-80]
  • Nanocontact printing of nonplanar substrates by using flexible h-PDMS stamp, J. Jo, K. Kim, E. Lee, B. Choi, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (South Korea) [6037-81]
  • Combinatorial deposition by rf magnetron sputtering using subdivided powder targets as new development method for thin-film phosphors, T. Minami, Y. Mochizuki, T. Miyata, Kanazawa Institute of Technology (Japan) [6037-82]
  • Phase-shifted optical proximity correction: concept, achievement, and potential advantages to photolithography, S. Gao, Y. Li, Institute of Electrical Engineering (China) [6037-83]
  • A fast dielectrophoretic cell sorter, H. Hu, Univ. of Pittsburgh (USA); S. Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) [6037-84]
  • A micromachined hollow cathode discharge device for the flexible display, J. S. Hwang, G. Y. Kim, S. S. Yang, S. Oh, Ajou Univ. (South Korea) [6037-85]
  • Design and modeling of a high-accuracy three- degree-of-freedom MEMS manipulator, S. Venugopal, J. Chiao, The Univ. of Texas at Arlington (USA) [6037-86]
  • KOH etching process of perfect square MEMS corrugated diaphragm, N. Soin, Univ. Malaya (Malaysia) [6037-87]
  • Silicon dry-etching profile control by RIE at room temperature for MEMS applications, D. Vrtacnik, D. Resnik, U. Aljancic, M. Mozek, S. Amon, Univ. of Ljubljana (Slovenia) [6037-88]
  • Light emission and propagation in Er-doped silicon-rich oxide layers, M. F. Forcales, A. R. Wilkinson, N. Smith, R. G. Elliman, The Australian National Univ. (Australia) [6037-89]
  • Stress-induced cracking in dielectric thin films on Si, R. G. Elliman, M. A. Spooner, T. H. Kim, T. Weijers-Dall, The Australian National Univ. (Australia) [6037-90]
  • RF-magnetron sputtering of Perovskite-oriented strontium-doped lead zirconate titanate thin films, S. Sriram, Consultant (Australia); M. Bhaskaran, A. S. Holland, E. Fardin, S. Kandasamy, RMIT Univ. (Australia) [6037-91]

Wednesday 14 December


            

Z-Block Lecture Theatre 411

08.30 to 09.20 Plenary Presentation
Nanostructured Materials: Properties and Applications (F. Rosei)

09.20 to 09.50 Morning Tea

See Plenary Presentations for further information.


            

SESSION 7

Room: Z-606 Wed. 09.50 to 11.00

Characterisation

Chairs: Remis Gaska, Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (USA); Chris Brown, Griffith Univ. (Australia)

09.50: Concept design of a novel tactile probe tip for down-scaled 3D CMMs, H. Ji, H. Hsu, L. Kong, G. C. Lin, Univ. of South Australia (Australia); K. Fan, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan) [6037-28]

10.20: Thermal and mechanical responses of thermomechanical microprobe for high-density storage technology, K. Chiang, C. Lin, National Tsing Hua Univ. (Taiwan) [6037-29]

10.40: Capacitance-voltage measurement in memory devices using ferroelectric polymer, C. A. Nguyen, P. S. Lee, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [6037-30]

SESSION 8

Room: Z-606 Wed. 11.00 to 12.20

Materials and Characterization

Chairs: Franck A. Chollet, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore); Daniel A. James, Griffith Univ. (Australia)

11.00: Conductivity of self-organized silicon quantum dots embedded in its oxide, T. Fangsuwannarak, T. Puzzer, G. Conibeer, E. Pink, Y. Cho, M. A. Green, Univ. of New South Wales (Australia) [6037-31]

11.20: Nanofabrication of single-crystalline flat-panel display microemitters: a plasma-building unit approach, K. Ostrikov, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); S. Xu, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore) [6037-32]

11.40: Formation of thick spin-on-glass (SOG) sacrificial layer for capacitive accelerometer encapsulation, A. A. Hamzah, B. B. Y. Majlis, I. Ahmad, Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia) [6037-34]

12.00: High-sensitivity biosensor with multilayers of metal films based on SPR technique and the common-path heterodyne interferometry, M. Chiu, L. Kao, B. Shih, C. Shih, National Formosa Univ. (Taiwan) [6037-35]

Lunch Break 12.20 to 13.30

SESSION 9

Room: Z-606 Wed. 13.30 to 14.50

Nanotechnology

Chairs: Andrew S. Dzurak, Univ. of New South Wales (Australia); Jung-Chih Chiao, The Univ. of Texas at Arlington (USA)

13.30: Porous silicon nano-explosive devices, M. du Plessis, Univ. of Pretoria (South Africa); C. Conradie, African Explosives Ltd. (South Africa) [6037-36]

13.50: Characterisation of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide films grown by atmospheric pressure plasma electrolytic deposition, T. Paulmier, J. M. Bell, P. M. Fredericks, Queensland Univ. of Technology (Australia) [6037-37]

14.10: Self-ordering of conjugated polymer on carbon nanotube, R. G. Goh, Queensland Univ. of Technology (Australia) [6037-38]

14.30: Nanosieves fabricated by interference lithography and electroplating, L. E. Gutierrez-Rivera, E. J. Carvalho, M. A. da Silva, L. H. D. Cescato, Univ. Estadual de Campinas (Brazil) [6037-41]


            

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