Recent Group News (Since 2005)

Awards & Honors

 

·                    Honorary Visiting Professor, Nankai University, 07/2009.

·                    Honorary Visiting Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 05/2009. 

·                    Top 20 most downloaded paper, Y. Kuo, “TFT and ULSIC – Competition or Collaboration,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 47(3), 1845-1852 (2007).  JJAP 47(3) 1845-1852 (2008). http://www.ipap.jp/jjap/index.htm

·                    Selected by AIP in Virtual J. Nanoscale Sci. and Technol. 17(17) 2008, J. Lu, C.-H. Lin, and Y. Kuo, “Nanocrystalline Zinc Oxide Embedded Zirconium-doped Hafnium Oxide for Nonvolatile Memories,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 155(6) H386-H389 (2008). http://scitation.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=VIRT01&Volume=CURVOL&Issue=CURISS

·                    3rd award of ECI Semiconductor Conference poster papers, Barga, Italy, 2007.
H. Nominanda, Y. Kuo, C.-C. Chen, and C.-C. Hwang, “Radiation Exposure Effect on Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistors, ECS Trans. Semiconductor Technology for Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuits and Thin Film Transistors, 8(1), 261-266 (2007).

·                    Electrochemical Society Electronics and Photonics Division award, 2007.

·                    IEEE Electron Device Society Distinguished Speaker, 2007-present.

·                    Top 25 Hottest paper in Microelectronics and Reliability, “Electrical Reliability Aspects of HfO2 High-k gate Dielectrics with TaN Metal Gate Electrodes under Constant Voltage Stress,” 46(1), 69-76 (2006).
http://top25.sciencedirect.com/index.php?cat_id=7&subject_area_id=7&journal_id=00262714.

·                    Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 13(15), 2006. H. H. Lee and Y. Kuo, “Integration of an Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistor with a Microchannel Electrophoresis for Protein Identification,” Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 9, J21-J23 (2006).  http://scitation.aip.org/dbt/dbt.jsp?KEY=VIRT01&Volume=13&Issue=15.

·                    Fellow, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 09/2005. 

 

Committees

 

·                    Organizer and Chairman, 10th International Thin Film Transistor Technologies (TFT 10) Symposium, Electrochem. Soc., Las Vegas, October 2010.

·                    Subcommittee Reliability of Thin Film Transistors, Internaitonal Reliaiblity Physics Symposium, Anaheim, CA, May 2-6, 2010. 

·                    Program Committee, AM-FPD ’10, Tokyo Institute of Technology O-okayama Campus, Japan, July 5-7, 2009.

·                    Program Committee, 6th International Thin-Film Transistor Conference, Egret Himeji, Japan, January 28-29, 2010.

·                    Chair, Electronics and Photonics Division, Electrochemical Society, 2009-2011

·                    National Research Council Panel on Chemical Science and Technology, 2009. 

·                    Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), Engineering Panel, 2009-2010.

·                    Organizer and Chair, Engineering Foundation Conference International Conference on Semiconductor Technology for Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuits and Thin Film Transistors, Xi’an, China, July 5-10, 2009.

·                    Program Committee, AM-FPD ’09, Nara, Japan, July 1-3, 2009.

·                    Section chair, ECS Novel Plasma Techniques for Low Temperature Processing of Thin Films for Flexible Electronics,  San Francisco, CA, May 24 - May 29, 2009.

·                    Committee Member, IEEE Reliability Physics Symposium, Nanoelectronic Device Reliability, 2009. 

·                    Advisory Committee, 11th International Symp. Sputtering and Plasma Processes, ISSP2009, Vacuum Society of Japan, Kanazawa, Japan, July 2009.

·                    Organizer and Chairman, 9th International Thin Film Transistor Technologies (TFT 9) Symposium, Electrochem. Soc., Honolulu, HI, October 12-17, 2008.

·                    Organizing Committee, Flexible Electronics, Tarragona, Spain, April 6-9, 2008.

·                    Organizing Co-chair, 4th Intl. Thin-Film Transistor Conference, Seoul, Korea, January 24-25, 2008.

·                    National Research Council Panel on Chemical Science and Technology, 2007. 

·                    Organizer and Chair, Engineering Foundation Conference International Conference on Semiconductor Technology for Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuits and Thin Film Transistors, Barga, Italy, July 29-August 3, 2007.

·                    Organizing Committee and Session Chair, Flexible Electronics, Tarragona, Spain, Fall 2007.

·                    Program Committee and Section Chair, AM-FPD ’07, Hyogo, Japan, July 11-13, 2007.

·                    Advisory Committee, 9th International Symp. Sputtering and Plasma Processes, ISSP ‘052007, The Vacuum Society of Japan, Kanazawa, Japan, June 86-810, 20052007.

·                    Reviewer of a large-scale research project on "Components and Enabling Technologies for High Image Quality Smart Panels," sponsored by Ministry of Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan, 07/06 and 07/08.

·                    Session Chair, High Dielectric Constant Gate Stacks 4, Electrochem. Soc., Cancun, Mexico, October 29-November 3, 2006.

·                    Organizer and Chairman, 8th International Thin Film Transistor Technologies (TFT 8) Symposium, Electrochem. Soc., Cancun, Mexico, October 29-November 3, 2006.

·                    Session Chair, High-k Dielectrics, Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Device, Cornell University, August 2-4, 2006.

·                    Session Co-Organizer, Thin Film Transistors, Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Device, Cornell University, August 2-4, 2006.

·                    Session Chair, 2006 Active Matrix Flat Panel Displays (AM-FPD) Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July 5-7, 2006. 

·                    Session Chair, Dielectric for Nanosystems: Materials Science, Processing, Reliability, and Manufacturing II, Elecrochem. Soc., Denver, CO, May 8, 2006.

·                    Reviewer, Ministry of Education National Chair Award, Taiwan, 06/05.

·                    Chair, Microelectronic Processing Symp., US/China/Japan Chemical Engineering Conference, Beijing, China, October 11-13, 2005.

·                    Advisory Committee, Section Chair, 8th International Symp. Sputtering and Plasma Processes, ISSP2 ‘05005, The Vacuum Society of Japan, Kanazawa, Japan, June 8-10, 2005.

·                    Section Chair, 1st International Thin Film Transistor Conference, Seoul, Korea, March 14, 2005. 

 

 Invited Talks  

 

·                    IEEE Distinguished Lecture, University of Waterloo, Canada, Nov. 6, 2009
“Mechanical Bending Effects on a-Si:H TFT and Floating-Gate a-Si:H TFT Nonvolatile Memories for Flexible Electronics.”

·                    IEEE Distinguished Lecture, Institute of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University, Beijing, China, July 14, 2009
“ULSIC vs. TFT – From Nano to Giga Electronics.”

·                    Institute of Photo-electronic, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, July 14, 2009
“ULSIC vs. TFT – From Nano to Giga Electronics.”

·                    Department of Electronic Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, July 10, 2009
“ULSIC vs. TFT – From Nano to Giga Electronics.”

·                    2nd ECI International Conference on Semiconductor Technology of Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuits and Thin Film Transistors, accepted, Xi’an, China, July 5-10, 2009
“A-Si:H TFT Nonvolatile Memories and Copper Interconnect for Rigid and Flexible Electronics.”

·                    Y. Kuo, 16th International Workshop on Active-Matrix Flatpanel Displays and Devices, Nara, Japan, July 1, 2009
“Plasma-Based Copper Etch Process for TFT and IC Fabrication - History and Status.”

·                    ECS Symposium on Novel Plasma Techniques for Low Temperature Processing of Thin Films for Flexible Electronics, Sand Francisco, CA, 05/28/09
“PECVD Thin Films for Flexible Electronics and Device Reliability.”

·                    ECS Symposium on Nanocrystal Embedded Dielectrics for Electronic and Photonic Devices, Sand Francisco, CA, 05/27/09
“Single and Dual nc-ITO and nc-ZnO Embedded ZrHfO High-k Nonvolatile Memories.”

·                    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Naitonal Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 07/29/08
“TFT and ULSIC - competition or collaboration?”

·                    Department of Chemistry, Tsing Hua University, Beijing, China, 06/03/08.
“TFT and ULSIC - competition or collaboration?”

·                    Plenary speech, International Flexible Electronics Conference, Tarragona, Spain, April 2008
“Low Temperature Prepared a-Si:H Memory Devices for Flexible Substrates.” 

·                    International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), Nanoelectronic Device Reliability, 04/27-05/01/08, Phoenix, AZ
“Failure Process of the Nanocrystals Embedded High-k Film for Nonvolatile Memories.”

·                    MRS Symposium on  Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin Film Silicon Science and Technology, San Francisco, CA, 03/24-28/08
“Discharge of Floating Gate a-Si:H TFT Nonvolatile Memories with Electrical, Optical, and Thermal Methods.”

·                    Advanced Display Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 01/26/08
“a-Si:H TFTs.”

·                    LG Philips LCD R&D Center, Angyang, Korea, 01/24/08
“TFT and ULSIC – Competition or Complimentary?”

·                    4th International TFT Conference – ITC ’08, Seoul, Korea, 01/24-25/08
“Charge and Discharge of Floating-Gate a-Si:H TFT Nonvolatile Memories.”

·                    Electrical Engineering Department and Physics Department, National Dr. Sun Yet-Shen University, Kaoshung, Taiwan, 12/11/07
“Research from Nano to Microelectronics.”

·                    ECI International Conference on Semiconductor Technology of ULSIC and TFT, 07/31-08/03/07, Barga, Italy 
“ULSIC vs. TFT - What Can They Learn from Each Other?”

·                    Keynote speech, 14th International Workshop on Active Matrix Flat Panel Displays and Devices (AM-FPD 07), Hyogo, Japan, 07/11-13/07
“TFT Technology as a Competitor or Collaborator of IC.”  

·                    14th International Workshop on Active Matrix Flat Panel Displays and Devices (AM-FPD 07), Hyogo, Japan, 07/11-13/07
“Review of ECS TFT 8 Symposium on New Technology Developments.” 

·                    International Display Manufacturing Conference, SID Taipei, Taiwan 07/05/07
“TFTs Beyond LCD Pixel Driving and Experience for 450 mm ULSIC Process Development.”

·                    National Chiao Tung University, Display Institute, 07/06/07
“TFTs Beyond LCD Pixel Driving and Experience for 450 mm ULSIC Process Development.”

·                    Award seminar in 211th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Electronics and Photonics Division award, Chicago, IL 05/06-11/07
“Thin Film Transistor and ULSIC Technologies - Parallel or Crossing?” 

·                    University of Tennessee, Department of Chemical Engineering, Knoxville, TN, 11/30/06
“ Microelectronics Research – from Nano Science to Giga Engineering.”

·                    4th International Symp. on High Dielectric Constant Gate Stacks, Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico 10/31-11/2/06
“Mixed Oxide High-k Gate Dielectrics - Interface Layer Structure, Breakdown Mechanism, and Memories.”

·                    University of Michigan, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, 09/28/06
“From Nano to Giga Electronics Research - Our Approach.”

·                    2006 Lester Eastman Conf. High Performance Devices, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 08/02-04/06
“High Performance High-k Gate Dielectrics Based on Mixed Oxides.”   

·                    Lester Eastman Conf. On High Performance Devices, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 08/02-04/06 (co-authors T. Yuan, et al.)
“Charge Trapping and Dielectric Relaxation in Connection with Breakdown of High-k Gate Dielectric Stacks.”   

·                    Components and Enabling Technologies for High Image Quality Smart Panels, Ministry of Economic Affairs, HsinChu, Taiwan, 07/06
“TFT Applications beyond LCDs.”

·                    Active Matrix Flat Panel Displays (AMFPD) Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 07/5/06
“TFT Sensors and New Applications.”

·                    Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan, 07/04/06
“Non-LCD TFT Applications.” 

·                    2nd International Symp. on Dielectrics for Nanosystems: Materials Science, Processing, Reliability, and Manufacturing, Electrochem. Soc./IEEE, Denver, CO, 05/7-12/06
”Mixed Oxide High-k Gate Dielectrics.” 

·                    6th International Conference on Reactive Plasmas (ICRP-6), Sendai, Japan, 01/24/06-01/27/06
“Room Temperature Plasma Etching of Copper for ULSIC and TFTs.”

·                    Osaka University, Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, 01/23/06
“Plasma Thin Film Processes- fundamentals and applications.”

·                    National Science Council and TSMC sponsored Seminar, National Tsing-Hua University, Chemical Engineering Dept., 12/14/05
“Thin Film Technology for Transistor Fabrication - from nano MOSFETs to Giga TFT Arrays.”  

·                    National Science Council and TSMC sponsored Seminar, National Cheng Kung University, Materials Sci. and Eng. Dept., 12/16/05
“Thin Film Technology for Transistor Fabrication - from nano MOSFETs to Giga TFT Arrays.”    

·                    Jilin University, College of Electronics Science and Engineering, ChangChun, China, 10/10/05
“Amorphous Silicon TFTs – Fundamental and Applications.”

·                    Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChangChun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China, 10/11/05
“Nano and Giga Electronics Research.”

·                    Nankai University, Optoelectronics Institute, Tienjin, China, 10/15/05
“Amorphous Silicon TFTs – Fundamental and Applications.”

·                    US, China, and Japan Joint Chemical Engineering Conference ’05,
Keynote speech, Microelectronics Section, 10/05. 
“Multidisciplinary Nano and Microelectronics: current status and future development.” 

·                    University of Texas, Chemical Engineering Department, Austin, TX, 09/06/05 
“From Nano and Giga Electronics Research.” 

·                    Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Materials Science Department, Nara, Japan 06/07/05.
“a-Si:H TFTs Fundamentals and New Applications.” 

·                    National Taiwan University, Chemical Engineering Department, Taipei, 05/02/05
“From Nano to Giga Electronics Research.”

·                    2005 Symposium on Nano Device Technology (SNDT), Keynote Speech, Hsin-chu, Taiwan, 05/04/05.
“Doping of High-k Dielectric Thin Films for Future Nano MOSFETs.”

·                    2005 Symposium on Nano Device Technology (SNDT), Short course tutorial lecture, 05/03/05.
“High-k gate dielectrics - urgent nano issues in ULSIC.” 

·                    University of Tennessee, Materials Science and Engineering Department, 04/05.
“Challenges in Sub 0.1 mm Era Materials Processing.”    

·                    International TFT Conference ’05, KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea, 03/14-15/05. 
“P- and n-channel a-Si:H TFTs.” 

·                    SEMATECH, Autsin, TX, 01/07/05.
“Doping of HfO2 Gate Dielectric.” 

 

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