Stabilization of Silicon Surfaces by Thermally Grown Oxides
The work
| Authors | Mena Atalla; Eileen Tannenbaum; E. J. Scheibner |
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| Editors | |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1959 |
| Citekey | atalla1959stabilization |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Bell System Technical Journal |
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| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 749--783 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1959.tb03907.x |
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| OpenAlex | W2036293827 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1959.tb03907.x |
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| Free full text | https://archive.org/download/bstj38-3-749/bstj38-3-749_text.pdf |
Related
| Distinct from | kahng1963electric The oxide and the device built on it. Atalla, Tannenbaum and Scheibner establish in 1959 that a thermally grown silicon-silicon dioxide interface gives a stable silicon surface; Kahng's 1963 patent is the field-effect device that stands on exactly that system. The MOSFET's full name in the 1960 conference title request 98 asks for -- 'silicon-silicon dioxide field induced surface devices' -- names this result in its first four words. |
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Abstract
A study has been carried out of the stability of silicon surfaces when they are provided with a chemically bound solid-solid interface. Stable surfaces have been obtained with the system silicon-silicon dioxide when the oxide is thermally grown. This latter system has been studied in some detail. In this paper the following phases of our investigation are presented: (i) some aspects of the thermal oxidation process and properties of the oxide; (ii) the electronic properties of the resulting silicon-silicon dioxide interface; (iii) the application of the process to devices and resulting device characteristics.
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@article{atalla1959stabilization,
title = {Stabilization of Silicon Surfaces by Thermally Grown Oxides},
author = {Mena Atalla and Eileen Tannenbaum and E. J. Scheibner},
year = {1959},
journal = {Bell System Technical Journal},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
volume = {38},
number = {3},
pages = {749--783},
doi = {10.1002/j.1538-7305.1959.tb03907.x},
}
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