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Our management team has over 200 publications in both materials science applications and theoretical studies.  Each of the team members is both nationally and internationally acclaimed has presented at conferences worldwide.

Visit the links to the left to view publications, presentations, and patents of the management team.

 

(Technical presentations have the presenting author underlined.  Where presentations have resulted in proceedings or reviewed journal articles, the presentation and publication are listed together under the year of the publication) 

Publications and Presentations 1995-1997

 

(presentation with proceedingsJ. M. McKinley, K.A. Richardson, F.B. Hagedorn, W.F. Cashion, “Characterization of candidate bonding glasses for composite IR window structures,” SPIE 2554 13-14 July 1995 San Diego, p. 213.

(presentation with proceedings) K.A. Richardson, J.M. McKinley, A.G. Clare, A. Ott, “Progress towards improving glass grindability: a glass chemistry approach,” Optical and Fabrication Testing Technical Digest, Vol. 7, 1996. 

(thesis) J.M. McKinley, “The role of lead in the structure, properties, and CNC machining for lead silicate glasses,” University of Central Florida, 1996. 

Presentations, publications, patents 1998 

(publication) K.A. Cerqua-Richardson, J.M. McKinley, B. Lawrence, S. Joshi, A. Villeneuve, “Comparison of nonlinear optical properties of sulfide glasses in bulk and thin film form,” Optical Materials 10 (1998) 155-159. 

(presentation) J.M. McKinley, T. Neil, C. Granger, L. Wu, J.J. Lee, M. Decker, D. Sieloff, and F.A. Stevie, “Depth profiling of ultra-shallow B implants using a Cameca IMS-6f: measurements based on optimization calculations,” 11th annual SIMS workshop, Austin, TX, May 1998. 

(poster presentation) J.M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, C.N Granger, D. Renard, “Analysis of alkali elements in insulators using a Cameca IMS-6f,” 11th annual SIMS workshop, Austin, TX, May 1998. 

(poster presentation) D. Zhou, F.A. Stevie, J.M. McKinley, H. Gnaser, “SIMS study of nitrogen incorporated nanocrystalline diamond thin film grown from N2/CH4 microwave plasmas,” 11th annual SIMS workshop, Austin, TX, May 1998. 

(patent) F.A. Stevie, J.M. McKinley, “Analysis of alkali elements in insulators using secondary ion mass spectrometry,” filed August 19, 1998 in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patent Number 6229141 granted May 8, 2001  

(presentation with proceedings) H.H. Vuong, C.S. Rafferty, J. Ning, J.R. McMacken, J.M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, “Modeling the trapping and de-trapping of phosphorous at the Si to SiO2 interface,” SISPAD conference, Belgium, 1998. 

(poster presentation and publication) F.A. Stevie, R.G. Wilson, J.M. McKinley, C. J. Hitzman, “Multiple element ion implants for metal contamination analysis in semiconductor technology,” Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Orlando, Florida, 1997, Eds. Gillen, Lareau, Bennett, and Stevie, John Wiley and Sons, 1998, p.983.

(poster presentation and publication) F.A. Stevie, D.S. Simons, J. M. McKinley, J. McMacken, R. Santiesteban, P. Flatch, J. Becerro, “Dose calibration of ion implanters for semiconductor production,” Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Orlando, Florida, 1997, Eds. Gillen, Lareau, Bennett, and Stevie, John Wiley and Sons, 1998, p.1007. 

(poster presentation and publication) S. Chaudhry, Y. F. Chyan, F.A. Stevie, J. M. McKinley, y. Ma, H.M. Vaidya, K.H. Lee, “Simulator calibration using SIMS for optimum device design of high energy implanted CMOS and BiCMOS Processes,” Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Orlando, Florida, 1997, Eds. Gillen, Lareau, Bennett, and Stevie, John Wiley and Sons, 1998, p.1043.

Presentations, publications, patents 1999

 

(publication) H. H. Vuong, H. J- Gossmann, L. Pelaz, G.K. Celler, D.C. Jacobson, J. M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, C.N. Granger, D. Barr, J. Hergenrother, D. Monroe, V.C. Venezia, C.S. rafferty, S. J. Hillenius, “Boron pileup and clustering in silicon-on-insulator films,”Applied Physics Letters, 75 (1999) p. 1083. 

(presentation) H. H. Vuong, H. J- Gossmann, L. Pelaz, G.K. Celler, D.C. Jacobson, J. M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, C.N. Granger, D. Barr, J. Hergenrother, D. Monroe, V.C. Venezia, C.S. Rafferty, S. J. Hillenius, “Observations and modeling of Boron pile-up at the buried-oxide interface and boron clustering effects in silicon-on-insulator,” MRS Rpint Meeintg, San Francisco, April 1999.

 (patent) Y. Ma, J. M. McKinley, F. A. Stevie, “Method for making nitrided oxide layer and devices including same,” filed May 20, 1999 in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

 (presentation with proceedings) I.C. Kizilyalli, J.R. Radosevich, S. Merchant, P.K. Roy, J. M. McKinley, S. Kuehne, J. Bevk, R. Ashton, R. Singh, H. Vaidya, R. Kohler, B. Bocian, R. Freyman, “A WSi/WSiN/poly-Si gate CMOS technology for low  voltage DSPs,” VLSI Syposium, 1999. 

(presentation) J. M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, C. N. Granger, “Insulator analysis in the semiconductor industry using a magnetic sector SIMS,” 12th annual SIMS workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, April 1999.

(poster presentation with proceedings) K.K. Harris, F.A. Stevie, J. M. McKinley, S.M. Merchant, M. Oh, “SIMS study of copper quantification and diffusion in silicon, silicon dioxide, and silicon nitride,” Proceedings of Advanced Metallization Conference, Orlando, Florida, September 1999.

 (publication) D. Zhou, F.A. Stevie, L. Chow, J. M.. McKinley, H. Gnaser, V.H. Desai, “Nitrogen incorporation and trace element analysis of naocystalline diamond thin films by secondary ion mass spectrometry,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 17 (1999) 1135. 

Presentations, publications, patents 2000

 

(poster presentation and publication) Papers from the Fifth International Workshop on the Measurement, Characterization, and Modeling of Ultra-Shallow Doping Profiles in Semiconductors: J. M. McKinley, F.A Stevie, T. Neil, J.J. Lee, L. Wu, and D. Sieloff, “Depth profiling of ultra-shallow implants using a Cameca IMS 6f,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 18 (2000) 514.

 

(presentation and publication) Papers from the Fifth International Workshop on the Measurement, Characterization, and Modeling of Ultra-Shallow Doping Profiles in Semiconductors: H.-H. Vuong, C.S. Rafferty, S.A. Eshraghi, J. Ning, J.R. McMacken, S. Chaudhry, J. McKinley, and F.A. Stevie, “Dopant loss at the Si-SiO2 interface,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 18 (2000) 428.

 

(publication) J.M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, C.N. Granger, and D. Renard, “Analysis of alkali elements in insulators using a CAMECA IMS 6f,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 18 (2000) 273. 

(presentation) F.A. Stevie, J.M. McKinley, K. Harris, C.N. Granger, and L.E. Seagraves, “Sample for electron beam detection and alignment,” 13th annual SIMS Workshop, Lake Tahoe, NV, May 2000. 

(presentation) L.A. Giannuzzi, B. W. Kempshall, B. I. Prenitzer, J.M. McKinley, and F.A. Stevie, “A multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of ion induced sputter roughening,” 13th annual SIMS Workshop, Lake Tahoe, NV, May 2000.

(presentation) J. M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, C.N. Granger, and L.E. Seagraves, “Analysis of varying dose implant standards of P, F, and B in SiO2 for quantification of highly-doped oxides,” 13th annual SIMS Workshop, Lake Tahoe, NV, May 2000.

(presentation) D.F. Reich, B.W. Schueler, F.A. Stevie, J. M. McKinley, C.N. Granger, R. Brigham, A. Li-Fatou, P.M. Lindly, J. Metz, I. Mowat, T. Schuerlein, S. Smith, and M.H. Yang, “Surface metal standards produced by ion implantation through a removable layer,” 13th annual SIMS Workshop, Lake Tahoe, NV, May 2000.

(poster presentation) J.M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, and C.N. Granger, “Line scan quantification of metal-implanted Si samples,” 13th annual SIMS Workshop, Lake Tahoe, NV, May 2000. 

(presentation and publication) B. I. Prenitzer, L.A. Giannuzzi, B. W. Kempshall, J.M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, “Microstructural evaluation of SIMS Crater roughening,” Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Brussels, Belgium 1999, Eds. A. Benninghoven, P. Bertrand, H. N. Migeon, H. W. Werner, Elsevier, 2000, p. 77. 

 

(presentation and publication) J. M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, C.N. Granger, “Analysis of low-k dielectrics using a magnetic sector SIMS instrument,” Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Brussels, Belgium 1999, Eds. A. Benninghoven, P. Bertrand, H. N. Migeon, H. W. Werner, Elsevier, 2000, p. 607.  

(presentation and publication) D.F. Reich, B.W. Schueler, F.A. Stevie, and C.N. Granger, “ToF-SIMS analysis of surface metal standards produced by ion implantation through a removable layer,” Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Brussels, Belgium 1999, Eds. A. Benninghoven, P. Bertrand, H. N. Migeon, H. W. Werner, Elsevier, 2000, p. 425.

(patent) C. N. Granger, K.Harris, L. Seagraves, J. M McKinley, F. A. Stevie, “Copper in SiO2 for Electron Beam Impact,” filed March 16, 2000 in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 

(presentation) F. A. Stevie, J. M. McKinley, C. N. Granger, F. Hillion, D.S. Simons, P. Chi, B. Schueler, C. B. Vartuli, T. L. Shofner, L.A. Gianuzzi, “Quantitative Surface Analysis Using Ion Implantation,” AVS Annual Symposium, Boston, October 2000.

(presentation with proceedings) P.H. Chi, D.S. Simons, J. M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, “High Precision Measurements of Arsenic Implantation Dose in Silicon by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry,” ULSI Conference, NIST, June 2000.

(presentation with proceedings) C. B. Vartuli, F.A. Stevie, L.A. Gianuzzi, B.M. Purcell, R.B.Irwin, J.M. McKinley, R.J. Wesson, “Calibration Method for Elemental Quantification,” Microscopy and Microanalysis, Philadelphia, August 2000.

(presentation with proceedings) C.B. Vartuli, F.A. Stevie, D. Wollman, M. Antonell, R.B. Irwin, J.M. McKinley, T.L. Shofner, B.M. Purcell, S.A. Anderson, and B. To, “Comparison of Elemental Detection Using Microcalorimetry, SIMS, AES, EDS, (SEM, STEM, TEM),” Microscopy and Microanalysis, Philadelphia, August 2000.

(presentation with proceedings) K.K. Harris, F.A. Stevie, J. M. McKinley, S.M. Merchant, M. Oh, “SIMS study of copper quantification and diffusion in silicon, silicon dioxide, and silicon nitride,” Conference Proceedings ULSI XV, 2000. 

Presentations, publications, patents 2001
 

(patent) Chetlur, et.al “Method of Creating D2/Hw Reservoirs at Interfaces to Improve Device Reliability,” filed June 2001 in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

(presentation with proceedings) T.L. Shofner, F.A. Stevie, J. M. McKinley, J. Lomness, “Water Vapor Enhancement for Elemental Analysis Using Focused Ion Beam Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (FIB-SIMS),” 27th International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis (ISTFA), Santa Clara, CA, November 2001. 

(presentation) J. M. McKinley, C.N. Granger, F.A. Stevie, R. Santiesteban, R. Roberts, “Analytical Techniques for the Characterization of Ion Implant Tools,” East Coast Ion Implant Users Group, Orlando, FL, April 2001.

(presentation) D. Cappe, E. Hirsch, J.M. McKinley, F.A. Stevie, “Back-side Polishing Preparation for SIMS,” 14th annual SIMS Workshop, Phoenix, AZ, May 2001.

(presentation with proceedings) A.T. Fiory, K.K. Bourdelle, Y. Chen, Y. Ma, J.M. McKinley, P.K. Roy, K.H. Weng, “Implant and Anneal Methods for PMOS Gates,” 199th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), Washington, D.C., March 2001.

(presentation with proceedings) C.B. Vartuli, F.A. Stevie, B. M. Purcell, A. Schwitter, B. Rossie, S. Brown, T.L. Shofner, S.D. Anderson, J. M. McKinley, and R. B. Irwin, “Energy Dispersive Spectrometry Calibration of Fe and Co,” Microscopy and Microanalysis Anneal Meeting 2001, Long Beach, CA, August 2001.

Presentations, publications, patents 2002 

(presentation with proceedings) B.W. Schueler, C. N. Granger, L. McCaig, J. M. McKinley, J. Metz, I. Mowat, D.F. Reich, S. Smith, F.A. Stevie, M.H. Yang, “Surface Metal Standards Produced by Ion Implantation through a Removable Layer,” SIMS international conference, Japan, Sept 2001. (Proceedings to be published in 2002). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brenda Prenitzer
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
Brian Kempshall
Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
 
Jennifer McKinley
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
Stephen Schwarz
Vice President and Chief Operations Officer