2008 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics

ICSE 2008

Proceedings

25 – 27 November, 2008

Persada Johor International Convention Centre, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

Chair/Editor Sahbudin Shaari

Organized by Electron Devices Chapter

IEEE Malaysia Section

Technically Co-Sponsored by Electron Devices Society

In Co-operation With Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

IEEE Catalog Number:CFP08421-PRT

TABLE OF CONTENTS No. Plenary Invited Papers Page 1 Quantum Nanoelectronics: Challenges and Opportunities

Vijay K. Arora

A1

2 Germanium Nanostructures for Electronic Memory Applications Chim Wai Kin

A7

3 Low Noise Avalanche Photodiodes John P.R. David

A12

4 Carbon-based Electrical Interconnect and Thermal Interface Materials Cary Yang

A13

Circuit Device, Modeling & Simulation 1 Design and Optimization of 40V, 0.18µm versatile HV-LDMOS device with

DOE Michael Tiong Mee Gouh, Hu Yong Hai, Deb Kumar Pal, and Liu Jian

1

2 Design of 0.18um High Voltage LDMOS for Automotive Application Elizabeth Kho Ching Tee, Norhuzaimin Julai, Hu Yong Hai , Deb Kumar Pal, and Tia Swee Hua

6

3 Switching Converter with Highly Stable Delta–Sigma Modulator K.Diwakar, C.Senthil Pari and Ajay Kumar Singh

11

4 Design and Simulation of One-port SAW Resonator for Wireless and High Temperature Application Sayed Alireza Mousavi, M. N. Hamidon, Roslina Sidek and Maryam Rahimi

18

5 Hybrid clock network for Altera Structure ASIC devices Loh Siang Poh and Lim Chooi Pei

23

6 High Performance Configurable Distributed Hybrid Memory in Structured ASIC Guan Hoe Oh, Wey Tsen Lor, Hee Kong Phoon and Chooi Pei Lim

27

7 Pre-silicon MOSFET Mismatch Modeling for Early Circuit Simulations Muhamad Amri Ismail, Iskhandar Md Nasir and Razali Ismail

33

8 Time Optimized Implantation Modeling For Aaccurate Process Simulation G. Kulathu Sankar, Deb Kumar Pal, Elizabeth Kho Ching Tee and Tia Swee Hua

38

9 Low-Power High-Tuning Range CMOS Ring Oscillator VCOs

Mahdi Parvizi, Amir Khodabakhsh and A. Nabavi

40

10 Optimum Quad Band DCO in DS Method for WCDMA Transmitter In 90nm CMOS Azar Hosseini and Hossein Gharaee

45

11 Systematic Approach to Ultra-Wideband Low Noise Amplifier Design in CMOS Technology Parisa Momen Roodaki, Maryam Baghban Kondori and Parviz Amiri

49

12 A CMOS Instrumentation Amplifier with Low Voltage and Low Noise for Portable ECG Monitoring Systems Chinmayee Nanda, J.Mukhopadhyay, Debashis Mandal and S.Chakrabarti

54

13 CMOS Integrator design for Non-coherent UWB receivers Mostafa Yargholi and Abdolreza Nabavi

59

14 Analog Front End Modules Design in Non-coherent UWB Receivers for Sensor Networks M. Yargholi and A. Nabavi

64

15 Design Considerations of Sub-100nm Dual Material Gate Fully Depleted Silicon On Insulator (DMG-FD-SOI) Norsyahida Jafar and Norhayati Soin

69

16 A Comparative Study on Analog/RF Performance of Ultra-Thin Body (UTB) SOI and Double Gate MOSFETs Norhayati Soin and Yan Ching Lun

76

17 Faster Delay modelling and Power optimization for On-Chip Global Interconnects A.R.Aswatha and T.Basavaraju

82

18 On-Chip Crosstalk Noise Reduction Model using interconnect optimization Techniques P.V.Hunagund and Kalpana A.B.

87

19 Process Simulation of Trench Gate and Plate and Trench drain SOI nLDMOS with TCAD Tools H.P. Zhang, L.L. Sun, L.F. Jiang, L.Y. Xu, and M.Lin

92

20 Design of a High Speed and Low Latency Crypto-processor ASIC Liakot Ali, Niranjan Roy, Fazle Elahi Faisal, Mohd Alauddin Mohd Ali and Ishak Aris

96

21 Design of I/Q Demodulator for W-CDMA A. Marzuki, Ali Yeon Md Shakaff and Zaliman Sauli

99

22 Low power ROM Employing Dynamic Threshold-Voltage MOSFET (DTMOS) Technique M.Mustapa, F.Mohd-Yasin, MK Khaw, MBI Reaz and A.Kordesch

103

23 A Study on the Effect of Varying Voltage Supply on the Performance of Voltage Sense Amplifiers for 1-Transistor DRAM Memories Sherwin Paul R. Almazan, Jestoni V. Zarsuela, Anastacia P. Ballesil and Louis P. Alarcon

108

24 Phase Frquency Detector of Delay Locked Loop at High Frequency Kavita Khare , Nilay Khare, Pallavi Deshpande and Vijendra Kumar Kulhade

113

25 VLSI Design and Analysis of Low Power 6T SRAM Cell Using Cadence Tool Kavita Khare , Nilay Khare, Pallavi Deshpande and Vijendra Kumar Kulhade

117

26 Design of a 10GHz Ring Oscillator for PDK Vertification Illani Mohd Nawi and Albert V. Kordesch

122

27 Ion-Selective Field-Effect Transistor Sensor Response for Neural Network Supervised Learning Wan Fazlida Hanim Abdullah, Masuri Othman and Mohd Alaudin Mohd Ali

126

28 30 GHz SPDT Switch Design using 0.15 um GaAs Technology for Microwave Applications Rasidah Sanusi, Mohd Azmi Ismail, Norhapizin K, A. I. Abdul Rahim, Arjuna Marzuki and Mohamed Razman Yahya

130

29 Parasitic Effects of Spiral Inductors on The Performance of GaAs-based MMIC Low Noise Amplifier Norhapizin.K, Mohd Azmi Ismail, Ahmad Ismat A.R, A.Marzuki, Mohamed Razman Yahya and Abdul Fatah Awang Mat

134

30 The Computational Intelligence in Simulation of DG MOSFET: Application to the Simulation of the Nanoscale CMOS Circuit Mohsen Hayati, Majid Seifi and Abbas Rezaei

138

31 A Coupled-Field Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Simulation of an Electrostatically Actuated Diaphragm Valveless Micropump (EDVM) Hing Wah Lee, Mohd. Ismahadi Syono and Ishak Hj. Abd. Azid

143

MEMS Technology

32 Dimension Optimization of a MEMS LC Pressure Sensor Mohsen Nabipoor and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

148

33 Design and Simulation of a High Temperature MEMS Micro-hotplate for Application in Trace Gas Detection

153

Abdelaziz Yousif Ahmed, John Ojur Dennis, Mohamad Naufal Mohamad Saad and Waddah Abdelbagi Talah

34 A Built-In Self Repairable RF MEMS Filter using Redundant Structures Wallace Shung Hui Wong, Ker Chia Lee, Hieng Tiong Su and Mohd. Alauddin Mohd. Ali

158

35 The Design and Simulation of an Optimized MEMS Varactor with High Q Factor for RF Circuits M.Rahimi, S.S.Jamuar, M.N.Hamidon, M.R.Ahmad and S.A.Mousavi

161

36 Design of MEMS Biomedical Pressure Sensor for Gait Analysis Yufridin Wahab, Aladin Zayeg, Rezaul K. Begg and Ronny Veljanovski

166

37 Modeling of a micro-diaphragm Biosensor for Human Artery Pulse Wave Detection K. Hasikin, F. Ibrahim, and N. Soin

170

38 A Novel Neural Network Model of Capacitive MEMS Accelerometers A. R. Bahadorimehr, M.N. Hamidon and Y. Hezarjaribi

174

39 Design of a Micromechanical System Utilizing Hydrogel Force for Controlling a Microvalve Masoomeh Tehranirokh, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis and Badariah Bais

179

40 Capacitive Pressure Sensors based on MEMS, Operating in Harsh Environments Y. Hezarjaribi, M. N. Hamidon, S. H. Keshmiri and A. R. Bahadorimehr

184

41 Formation and Status of the MEMS Microfluidics Industry Chia-Pin Chang, David J. Nagel and Mona E. Zaghloul

188

42 Parametric Simulations of a Micromachined Mesoscopic Acoustic Speaker Fatima Lina Ayatollahi and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

193

43 Squeeze Film Air Damping Analysis of MEMS Piezoresistive Accelerometer R Mukhiya and T K Bhattacharyya

198

44 Characterization of HNA etchant for silicon microneedles array fabrication Norazreen Abd Aziz, Badariah Bais, Azrul Azlan Hamzah and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

203

45 Design of Thermal Dual-Mass MEMS Gyroscope with 2-DoF Drive Mode Oscillator Rana I. Shakoor, Shafaat A. Bazaz and M. M. Hasan

207

46 Design and Analysis of MEMS Piezoresistive SiO2 Cantilever-Based Sensor with Stress Concentration Region For Biosensing Applications

211

Rosminazuin Ab. Rahim, Badariah Bais and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

47 Flow Behaviour of Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) System of Piezoelectric Actuated Valveless Micropump (PAVM) Juliana Johari and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

216

48 Fabrication and Characterization of Glass Based MEMS Transformer with Single Layer Coil Structure Jumril Yunas and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

221

49 Preparation of Glucose Hydrogel as Actuator in Microvalve Nur Azrina Dzulkefli, Masoomeh Tehranirokh and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

227

50 Deposition and Etching of Diaphragm and Sacrificial layer in Novel MEMS Capacitive Microphone Structure Bahram Azizollah Ganji and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

232

51 First Resonance Frequency and High Sensitivity for MEMS Acoustic Sensors Bahram Azizollah Ganji, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis and Saeed Rastegar

239

Photonics & Sensor Technology

52 Study of the performance of the (In0.5Ga0.5N/SiC/Si) solar cells Wisam J. Aziz and K. Ibrahim

245

53 Reliable Fast Detection Anti-collision Technique for RFID System Implemented on Chip Jahariah Sampe and Masuri Othman

249

54 Design and Simulation of Distributed Bragg Reflector for 1310nm Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers Nor Azlian Abdul Manaf, Mohd Sharizal Alias, Sufian Mousa Mithani, Mohd Fauzi Maulud, Mohamed Razman Yahya and Abdul Fatah Awang Mat

254

55 Multiplication Gain and Excess Noise Factor in Double Heterojunction Avalanche Photodiodes A. H. You, S. L. Tan, T. L. Lim and P. L. Cheang

259

56 Electroluminescent From Hybrid Of Cdse Quantum Dot-Organic Light Emitting Diode Suhaila Sepeai, A.Ali Umar, Muhamad Mat Salleh and Muhamad Yahaya

263

57 Temperature Dependence of Dark Current in a Si-PIN Photodiode Azzouz Sellai

267

58 All-optical logic gates using diffraction grating fabricated by ion-exchange technique A.S.Samra

271

59 The Effect of Surface Texturing on GaAs Solar Cell by using TCAD Tools

Saifuddin M. Jalil, Lennie Abdullah, Ibrahim Ahmad and Huda Abdullah

280

60 Thermo-optic switch based on Multimode Interference Abdulaziz M. Al-hetar, Abu Sahmah M. Supa’at, A. B. Mohammad, and I. Yulianti

284

61 Effect of illumination positioning on the characteristics of an In(0.53)Ga(0.47)As interdigitated lateral PIN photodiode P. S. Menon, K. Kandiah and S. Shaari

288

62 SNR prediction model of an In(0.53)Ga(0.47)As interdigitated lateral p-i-n photodiode P Susthitha Menon, Kumarajah Kandiah and Sahbudin Shaari

292

63 Design and modeling of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) Kumarajah Kandiah, P Susthitha Menon and Sahbudin Shaari

297

64 The Characterization of FTTH Wavelength Selective Coupler Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman, Abang Annuar Ehsan, Affa Rozana Abd-Rashid and Sahbudin Shaari

302

65 Design of FTTH Demultiplexer Based on Cascaded Wavelength Selective Coupler Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman, Abang Annuar Ehsan, Affa Rozana Abd-Rashid and Sahbudin Shaari

306

66 Design Optimization of GaInNAs Quantum Wells for Long Wavelength VCSEL Mohd Sharizal Alias, Mohd Fauzi Maulud, Sufian Mitani, Sahbuddin Shaari, and Nor Azlian Abd Manaf

311

67 Fabrication of CdSe Quantum dots-PHF Organic Hybrid Light Emitting Diodes Tengku Hasnan Tengku Aziz, M. M. Salleh, M. Yahaya and Akrajas Ali Umar

316

68 Fabrication of Organic Solar Cells Based on a Blend of Donor-Acceptor Molecules by Inkjet Printing Technique Ashkan Shafiee, Muhamad Mat Salleh and Muhammad Yahaya

319

69 Ring Cavity Multiwavelength Brillouin-Erbium Fiber Laser Utilizing a Fiber Bragg Grating Filter M. N. Mohd Nasir, Z. Yusoff, M. H. Al-Mansoori, H. A. Abdul Rashid and P. K. Choudhury

323

70 The preparation of Copper Phthalocyanine thin film on silicon substrate for solar cell application Hassan, H., Ibrahim, N.B. , Ibarahim, Z. and Sopian, K

326

71 On the Dependency of Equivalent Circuit Parameters of Heterojunction Bilayer Copper Phtalocyanine/Perylene Photovoltaic Device on Light Intensity Based on Reverse Bias Characteristic Kuwat Triyana, Timothy Siahaan, Sholihun, Kamsul Abraha and Muhamad Mat Salleh

331

72 Development of Gas Sensor System Based on the TiO2/Pani Composite Thin Film Izura Izzuddin, Norhashimah Ramli, Muhamad Mat Salleh, Muhammad Yahaya and Mohammad Hafizuddin Jumali

336

73 Design and Fabrication of An Acrylic-based 1X2 POF Coupler using CNC Machining Abang Annuar Ehsan, Sahbudin Shaari and Mohd Kamil Abd. Rahman

340

74 Optical Transceiver Design for POF Portable Optical Access-Card System using Light-to-Frequency Converter Abang Annuar Ehsan, Sahbudin Shaari, Mohd Kamil Abd. Rahman and Kazam Mohd Khan

345

75 Multi-finger gate ISFET (Mf-ISFET) for pH sensor application Rozina Abdul Rani, Mohd. Ismahadi Syono and Asma Sahirah Ramli

350

76 Alcohol Sensing Properties of Nanosized Thick Film Wo3 Doped by Y2O3 M. H. Shahrokh Abadi,, M. N. Hamidon, Abdul Halim Shaari, Norhafizah Abdullah, Norhisam Misron, Abu Bakar Salleh, Rahman Wagiran and Mina Malekzadeh

354

77 The Performanceof Flourescence Gas Sensor Using TiO2 Coated Dye-Porphyrin Nanocomposite Thin Films Nurul Huda Yusoff, Muhamad Mat Salleh and Muhammad Yahaya

359

78 Fabrication of Thin Layer Membrane Using CMOS Process for Very Low Pressure Sensor Appications Muhamad Ramdzan Buyong, Norazreen Abd Aziz and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

363

Packaging Technology & Manufacturing

79 Evaluation on Metal Photo Rework Scheme for Yield Improvement Lesley Wong, Pan Zhen, Oh Sang Hun, Liau Chu Yaw, Joanne Wong, Chai Sian Han and Lee Wook Ha

370

80 Time and Cost Reduction for 45 Notch Oriented <100> Silicon Substrate Sample Preparation Handie bin Ahmataku and Ling Chuan Hock

375

81 Beam Propagation Modelling of the Digital Response in Cosine S-bend 378

Waveguide Branch Ian Yulianti, Abu Sahmah M. Supa’at, Sevia M. Idrus, Abu Bakar Mohammad and Abdulaziz. M. Al-hetar

82 Influence of Conformal Nitride Material Impacting the OTP & MTP Data Retention Performance Hee Eng Gek, Chee Boon Jiew, Alexander Tan Chuan Chien and Seok Sewoon

383

83 The Effect of Clean and No-Clean Flux in Enhancing the Wettability of Eutectic Solder Bump Flip Chip PBGA Nowshad Amin, Ang Ye Cheah, Zainudin Kornain, and Ibrahim Ahmad

388

84 A Practical Investigation on the Root Causes of the Mechanical Damages of Pogo Pin Type Test Sockets to IC packages in Final Test Nowshad Amin and Lam Zi Yi

393

85 Thermal Management Issues in Laser Diode Packaging Alok Jyoti Verma, R. Makkar, and K. Chalapathi

398

86 Al2O3-SiO2 Based LTCC Tape for Packaging of RF Devices Azmi Ibrahim, Rosidah Alias, Che Seman Mahmood, Megat Harun Al Rashid Megat Ahmad, Samsiah Ahmad, Sabrina Mohd Shapee, Zulkifli Ambak, Mohd Zulfadli Mohd Yusof and Muhamad Redzuan Saad

402

87 Ultra fine Pitch 20 micron 2N Second Bond Improvement with New Capillary Surface Morphology Nurul Hidayah Mohamad Nor, Suhaimi Taib, Ibrahim Ahmad and Huda Abdullah

406

Failure Analysis & Reliability

88 Study of Chemical Staining on Metallization for SEM Image Quality Effect Improvement Chan Sieng Fong and Ng Hong Seng

410

89 Analogue Diagnosis of CMOS Floating Gate Defect (FGD) using Genetic Algorithms (GAs) Wong Yan Chiew, Syafeeza Binti Ahmad Radzi

414

90 A case study of a change in migration behaviour of a transferred AlCu metallization David Kho Ching Tien and Koo Sang Sool

418

91 High Current Batch Implanter Accelerator Column Particle Reduction Tiong Ung Chiong, Huang Cai Jun, Loi Chee Meng, SL Loh, Bustamyudin, Park Ju Young, Yong Ming and Zhiyong Zhao

422

92 DRAM EOS Failure Mechanisms and Failure Analysis by Non-Destructive 426

Technique Lai Chin Yung and Chew Tat Tian

93 12N Test Procedure for NPSF Testing and Diagnosis For SRAMs Julie R. R., Wan Zuha W. H and R. M. Sidek

430

Material & Devices

94 Impact of Poly field plate dimension towards LDMOS Performance Elizabeth Kho Ching Tee, Norhuzaimin Julai, Hu Yong Hai , Deb Kumar Pal and Tia Swee Hua

436

95 A Novel Multi Zone Doped and Multi Step Oxide High Breakdown Voltage Lateral Bipolar Transistor on SOI Sajad A. Loan, S. Qureshi and S. Sundar Kumar Iyer

441

96 A Comparative Study Between Zirconium Dioxide and Hafnium Dioxide Dielectric Charges Zoolfakar, A.S and Hashim, H

445

97 Experimental Analysis of Read Related Transistors' Gate Width Sizing Effects on the 3T1D DRAM Access Time Curve Michael Angelo Galvez Lorenzo, Wilson Mazo Tan, Anastacia Parado Ballesil, and Louis Poblete Alarcon

450

98 A case study of NMOS AC Hot Carrier Injection lifetime improvement Zhang Dong, Wolfgang Einbrodt, David Kho Ching Tien, Koo Sang Sool and Kim Eui Choong

455

99 On the Subthreshold Measurements of SIC MOSFETS Idrees S. Al-Kofahi

458

100 Design of 900MHz Voltage-controlled Oscillator using 0.18um CMOS Technology Siti Maisurah M.H, A.Marzuki., Mohd Azmi I. , A.I. Abdul Rahim and Mohamed Razman Y.

462

101 Performance of the Forward-biased RF-LNA with Deep N-Well NMOS Transistor S. F. Wan Muhamad Hatta and N. Soin

466

102 Ballistic Carrier Transport in a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Nanoscale Field Effect Transistor (FET) Ismail Saad, M. Taghi Ahmadi, Razali Ismail and Vijay K. Arora

470

103 Silicon Pillar Thickness Effect on Vertical Double Gate MOSFET (VDGM) with Oblique Rotating Implantation (ORI) Method Munawar A. Riyadi, Ismail Saad and Razali Ismail

475

104 Comparison Between OTCP and C-V Extraction Methods for Radiation-

Induced Traps in MOSFET Devices Hakim Tahi, Boualem Djezzar, Arezki Mokrani, Slimane Oussalah, Abderrazak Smatti, Madjid benabdamouman, Rabah Yefsah, Mohamed Mehlous and Belkacem Mansouri

480

105 Improved Series Resistance Model for CMOS ESD Diodes Norliza binti Kamal, Albert Victor Kordesch and Ibrahim bin Ahmad

484

106 Short-Channel Effects of SOI Vertical Sidewall MOSFET’s Jatmiko E. Suseno, Munawar A. Riyadi and Razali Ismail

487

107 Surface Morphology of Ni-Fe Thin Films Grown on Copper Substrates Using Pulse Electrodeposition in Ultrasonic Field Balachandran R, Yow HK, Ong BH, Manickam RM, Anuar K, Teoh WT and Tan KB

491

108 A Novel Partial SOI Power Device with Step in Buried Oxide for Improvement of Breakdown Voltage Sharbati Samaneh, Orouji Ali Asghar and Fathipour Morteza

495

109 The Impact of Silicon-Cap on Electrical Characteristics of Schottky Barrier p-MOSFET with Strained Channel Kohani Fatemeh and Fathipour Morteza

498

110 A Novel Structure for Optimization of Switching Speed in Nanoscale Double Gate Tunnel FET Vadizadeh Mahdi and Fathipour Morteza

501

111 Surface Roughness Contribution to MHEMT Mobility Characteristics Samsiah Ahmad, Hariyadi Soetedjo, Idris Sabtu, Mohamed Razman Yahya, Asban bin Dolah, Ahmad Ismat Abdul Rahim and Abdul Fatah Awang Mat

505

112 HEMT Transistor Noise Modeling using Generalized Radial Basis Function Mohsen Hayati, Ali Shamkhani, Abbas Rezaei and Majid Seifi

509

Nanoelectronics

113 Recent Development in the Growth Of ZnO Nanoparticles Thin Film by Magnetron Sputtering Mahayatun Dayana Johan Ooi, Azlan Abdul Aziz and Mat Johar Abdullah

514

114 Carrier Velocity in Carbon Nano Tube Field Effect Transistor Mohammad Taghi Ahmadi, Ismail Saad, Javad Karamdel, Razali Ismail and Vijay K. Arora

519

115 Surface morphology and particle size analysis of Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 nano-powder grown using sol-gel method Balachandran R, Yow HK, Ong BH, Anuar K, Teoh WT and Tan KB

524

116 Synthesis of CdSe quantum dots: Effect of surfactant on the photoluminescence property Norhayati Abu Bakar, Akrajas Ali Umar, Tengku Hasnan Tengku Aziz, Siti Hajar Abdullah, Muhamad Mat Salleh, Muhammad Yahaya and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

528

117 The Selectivity of Quartz Crystal Microbalance Gas Sensor Coated with TiO2-Porphyrin Nanocomposite Thin Films Towards Volatile Organic Compounds Syariena Arshad, Muhammad Mat Salleh and Muhammad Yahaya

532

118 Synthesize of Nanoflake ZnO Nugroho Pratomo Ariyanto, Huda Abdullah, Brian Yuliarto, Junaidi Syarif and Sahbudin Shaari

536

119 The Variation of Optical Absorption Edge with Sintering Time For the Ceramic ZnO + xMnO2-Bi2O3-TiO2 Zahid Rizwan and Azmi Zakaria

541

120 Formulation and Simulation for Electrical Properties of a (5,3) Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Javad Karamdel, M. T. Ahmadi, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis, C. F. Dee and Razali Ismail

545

121 Effect of Treated Silver Nanoparticles to Electrical Conductivity Improvement of Electrically Conductive Adhesive (ECA) Zainudin Kornain, Nowshad Amin, Azman Jalar, Ang Ye Cheah and Ibrahim Ahmad

549

122 Characterization of Co-synthesized Titanium and ZnO Nanostructures Abrar Ismardi, C. F. Dee, B. Y. Majlis and K. P. Lim

554

123 Study of the Contact Properties of ZnO Nanowires with Ag and Au/Ag T. Y. Tiong, M. Yahaya, C. F. Dee, M. M. Salleh and B. Y. Majlis

558

124 Study of Cobalt Doping on the Electrical and Optical Properties of Titanium Dioxide Thin Film Prepared by Sol-gel Method M.K. Ahmad, N.A. Rasheid, A. Zain Ahmed, S. Abdullah and M.Rusop

561

125 The Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Zinc Oxide Thin Films Properties for Electronics Devices Application M. H. Mamat, M. Z. Sahdan, S. Amizam, H. A. Rafaie, Z. Khusaimi, A. Zain Ahmed, S. Abdullah and M. Rusop

566

126 The Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Electrical and Optical Properties of Nanostructured ZnO for UV sensing Application

571

M. Z. Sahdan, S. A. Kamaruddin, M. H. Mamat, Z. Khusaimi, U.M. Noor, Hashim Saim, A. Z. Ahmed, S. Abdullah and M. Rusop

127 Modelling of the Current-Voltage Characteristics of a Carbon Nano Tube Field Effect Transistor Mohammad Taghi Ahmadi, Javad Karamdel, Razali Ismail, C.F.Dee and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

576

128 Four Wave Mixing in Fibre Ring Laser with inclusion of Photonic Crystal Fibre Mohd Nizam Abdullah, Sahbudin Shaari and Abang Annuar Ehsan

581

129 Growth Characterization of InxGa1-xAs/AlxGa1-xAs Multi-Oxide Layer Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers Structure S. M. Mitani, M. S. Alias, A. A. Manaf, M. R. Yahya and A. F. A. Mat

584

130 Iteractive Solution Method in Semiconductor Equations Norainon Mohamed, Shaikh Nasir Shaikh Abd. Rahman, Muhamad Zahim Sujod, Mohd Shawal Jadin and Raja Mohd Taufika Raja Ismail,

588

Process & Fabrication

131 Quantox Analysis of SC-1 and SC-2 Variables in Wafer Surface Preparation Siti Kudnie Sahari, Jane Chai Hai Sing, Khairuddin Ab. Hamid

591

132 A case study of pad dual profile issues encountered at pad etch Khairuddin Azizi Mohammad, Llewellyn Liu, Chong Shui Fook, Lee Dae Gun, Shannon Lee and Lee Boon Chun.

596

133 Improvement of Backside Emission Analysis Sample Prep Process for BGA Khairizam Abd Rani and Rameshwaren Arumugam

600

134 Self-aligned Double-gate (DG) vertical MOSFET’s using Oblique Rotating Implantation (ORI) Method with Reduced Parasitic Capacitance Ismail Saad, Munawar A. Riyadi, Razali Ismail, and Vijay K. Arora

604

135 Cobalt Stripping Process Integration for Cobalt Salicide Residue Improvement Michaelina Ong, Wisley Ung, Chai Chin Chin and Seok Sewoon

609

136 Radiance RTP Wafer Out Of Pocket Alarm Influenced by Preheat Recipe Ting Foo Kui, Tan Ying, Hor Ka Siong and Kamal Nioh

614

137 A Useful Etchant to Create Cavitations of Cobalt Salicide Layer in a Cross-Sectioned Sample Alvin Chan Tze Ping

619

138 Studies of the Critical LDD Area for HCI Improvement

Sim Poh Ching, Chu Tsui Ping and Yook Hyung Sun

622

139 Silicon Nitride Gate ISFET Fabrication Based on Four Mask Layers using Standard MOSFET Technology Uda Hashim, Mohd Khairuddin Md Arshad and Chin Seng Fatt

626

140 A case study of how pattern density affect metal etch Bong Ching Ching, Huong Chung Yew and David Kho Ching Tien

629

141 CMOS standby leakage current problems in Microcontroller Device Hazian Mamat and Zaliman Sauli

631

142 A Modified Lift-off Technique to Prevent Pattern Following Effect in Microfabrication Mitra Damghanian and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

634

143 Characterization Analysis of a Novel Approach in Fabrication of CMOS Compatible Vertical MOSFETs Incorporating a Dielectric Pocket Munawar A. Riyadi, Zul Atfyi Fauzan Mohammed Napiah, Ismail Saad and Razali Ismail

639

144 Post-thermal Annealing Effect on the Optical, Structural and Morphological Properties of Hydrogenated Silicon (Si:H) Thin Films Prepared by Layer-by-Layer (LBL) Deposition Technique Goh Boon Tong, Chong Cheong Yow, Chong Su Kong, Siti Meriam Abdul Gani, Muhamad Rasat Muhamad and Saadah Abdul Rahman

643

145 DOE Study on Etching Rate of Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) Layer via RIE Nitride Etching Process Nasrul Hakim Ghazali, H. Soetedjo, N. A. Ngah, A. Yusof, A. Dolah and M. R. Yahya

649