This paper presents research carried out at the University of Southampton into the development of a magnetostrictive thick-film material suitable for use with silicon micromachined devices. This form of magnetostrictive material has previously been deposited onto alumina substrates and this paper reports further work on migrating the technology onto silicon. The evaluation of two alternative gl...

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The AD688 is a high precision ±10 V tracking reference. Low tracking error, low initial error and low temperature drift give the AD688 reference absolute ±10 V accuracy performance previously unavailable in monolithic form. The AD688 uses a proprietary ion-implanted buried Zener diode, and laser-waferdrift-trimming of high stability thin-film resistors to provide outstanding...

Methodsfor predictingthe performanceof laser-trimmed film resistors taking into account the properties of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) are discussed. A figure of merit based npon a sensitivity fnnction called HAZ sensitivity, SHA z , is introduced which is useful for determining aging and temperature effects of an arbitrary film-resistor geometry with an arbitrary trim strategy. ~H4 z is also s...

The basic active and passive elements for a 50 nm InGaAs-InAlAs-InP HEMT process with pseudomorphic InGaAs channel have been realized. The design and fabrication of 50 nm gate length InP HEMTs, MIM capacitors and thin film resistors have been studied. The integration of the components in a microstrip-based MMIC process has been proven by the successful demonstration of a wideband amplifier.

We are developing large-area, thick, structured CsI(Tl) imaging sensors for a wide variety of X-ray imaging applications. Recently we have fabricated structured CsI(Tl) scintillators ranging from 30 μm (16 mg/cm) to 2000 μm (900 mg/cm) in thickness and up to 15 x 15 cm in area. Even 2000-μm-thick film showed well-controlled columnar growth throughout the film. Material characterization confirme...

BACKGROUND Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) are frequent among patients attending primary care. In Africa, CMDs are often misdiagnosed as physical illnesses because many of the patients complain of somatic symptoms of mental distress. We explored whether there was difference in the levels of CMD symptoms between patients with thick film confirmed and clinical cases of malaria with negative thick ...