Michael Shur

(updated 2/8/04)

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 Publications, Books and Patents. Publication List (Word  file)

 Selected Technical Contributions

 

 

Contact Information

 

Email address

Web address

Phone number

Fax number

Address

Shurm@rpi.edu

http://nina.ecse.rpi.edu/shur/

(518)276-2201

(425)276-2990

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CII 9017, 110 8-th Street, Troy, New York 12180-3590

 

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Honors

 

Fellow, Electrochemical Society (2004)

Distinguished Microwave Lecturer, IEEE MTT (2004-2006)

Pioneer Award from Semiconductor Semi (2003)

Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE, EDS (2003-present)

RPI School of Engineering Research Award (2003)

Plenary Speaker, European Microwave Week (October, 2003, invited, joint with Prof. Ryzhii)

Humboldt Senior Research Prize (2002)

WOFE-02 two Best Poster Awards (First Place for A. Žukauskas, R. Vaicekauskas, F. Ivanauskas, M. S. Shur and R. Gaska, Optimization of white all-semiconductor lamp for solid-state lighting applications, in Proceedings of WOFE-02, IJHSES and shared Third-Fourth Place for S. L. Rumyantsev, M. S. Shur, R. Gaska and M. E. Levinshtein, Low frequency noise in GaN/AlGaN heterostructure field effect transistors, in Proceedings of WOFE-02, IJHSES

Highly Cited Researcher Commendation (from ISI International) 2000

Plenary Speaker at ECSCRM2000

1999 Materials Research Society Best Poster Award

1999 van der Ziel Award from ISDRS–99

Plenary speaker at DCIS-99, Palma de Majorca, November 1999

Commendation for excellence in Technical Communications from Laser Focus World (joint with Asif Khan), June 1999

Co-recipient of outstanding paper award from GOMAC'98 (T. T. Vu, P. C. Nguyen, L. T. Vu, C. H. Vu, C. H. Nguyen, M. D. Bui, A. C. Nguyen, J. N. C. Vu, R. Harjani, L. L. Kinney, K. K. Parhi, D. L. Polla, R. Schaumann, P. J. Schiller, and M. S. Shur, GaAs Based Microsensors Systems, Government Microcircuits Applications Conference, 16-19 March 1998, Arlington, Virginia)

A. F. Ioffe Prize for “New hydrodynamic phenomena in 2D electron fluid (joint with A. P. Dmitriev, M. I. Dyakonov, A. S. Furman, V. Yu. Kachorovskii, and G. G. Samsonidze), 1996

Plenary Speaker at the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, Sep. (1996)

Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts Chair in Solid State Electronics, Rensselaer, Aug. (1996)

Key Note Speaker, 21-st Army Electronics Research Conference, June (1996)

Fellow APS (1995)

Distinguished Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, May (1995)

Honorary Doctorate, St. Petersburg State Technical University (1994)

John Marshall Money Chair Professorship, University of Virginia (1989)

Fellow IEEE (1989)

Member of Center for Advanced Studies, University of Virginia (1989-1991)

Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi

Prizes for the best papers of A. F. Ioffe Institute: 1968-1973

Gold Medal of the Russian Ministry of Education, 1959

 

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Honors obtained by Shur’s graduate students

 

Advisor to J. Deng, Founder Award, 1999

Advisor to Nezih Pala, Founder Award, 1999

Project Advisor to Ives Ngu, Faculty for Future Award, 1998

Advisor to Ling Wang, Founder Award, 1997

Advisor to Holly Slade, Beckman Memorial Award Winner, ECS (1995) and MRS Graduate Student Award Winner (1996)

Advisor to Edgar Martinez, the Best Student Paper Award Winner, ISDRS-93 (1993)

 

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Employment

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY               Roberts Chair Professor, ECSE      1996-present

                                                                                          Professor, Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy 1998-present

                                                                                          Professor, Information Technology, 1998-present

                                                                                          Director, Broadband Center           2002 – present

                                                                                          Acting, Associate Director, CIE     1997- present

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA               Visiting Professor                            1996- 2002

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA               John M. Money Professor                              1989 - 1996

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA                              Director, Applied Electrophysics Labs (elected)      1996

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA                Member, Center Adv. Studies        1989 - 1991

Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN                       Adjunct Professor                            1992 - 1995

Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN                       Professor, Associate Prof.                              1979 - 1992

Oakland University, Rochester, MI                                           Assistant Prof.                                  1978 - 1979

IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY                                        Visiting Scientist                                             June  1979

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY                                    Visit. Res. Assoc.                             1976 - 1980 (summers)

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI                          Res. Assoc, Assist. Prof.                  1976 - 1978

A. F. Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia                Staff Scientist                                   1965 - 1976

 

 

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Degrees

 

MSEE (with honors), St. Petersburg Electrotechnical Institute, 1965

Ph.D., Physics,  A. F. Ioffe Institute of Physics and Technology, 1967

Dr. Phys. Math. Sc. A. F. Ioffe Institute of Physics and Technology, 1992

Honorary Doctorate, St. Petersburg Technical University, 1994

 

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Consulting

 

 

Boeing (2004), SET – co-founder  (1999-present), Northrop-Grumman (1998-2,000), Motorola (1994 - 1997), APA Optics (1994 - 1998), DpiX and Xerox PARC (1986 -1997), AT&T Bell Labs (1990 - 1992), Allied Signal (1991), Honeywell (1978 - 1988), Control Data (1990), Sperry Univac (1977-78,1992), General Electric (1988), ARO (1988- 1993), Energy Conversion Devices (1976 - 1986), Ford Microelectronics (1984 - 1985), International Holographics (1978), 3M Canada (1982 - 1984), WPAFB (1991 - 1996) TDI (1998-2000), Technical Expert (Patent firms, 1998 – 2000, Battelle (1996-1999), Xerox PARC and dPix (1986 -1997, Cray Research (1983), Sperry (1977 - 1978),

 

 

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Sponsored Research

 

More than 100 grants and contracts (over the years) from NSF, ARO, ONR, AFOSR, ARPA, NATO, NRL, Honeywell, McDonnell Douglas, Ford Microelectronics, Control Data Corporation, M/A COM, Bell Core, IBM, Microelectronics and Information Sciences Center, Supercomputer Institute, VCIT, GE, Motorola, Supercomputer Institute, NASA, and other agencies.

 

 

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Professional and Honorary Societies

 

IEEE (Fellow), American Physical Society (Fellow and Life Member); Electrochemical Society (Fellow), Electron Device Society; Microwave Theory and Technique Society (Life Member), Solid State Circuits Society, Eta Kappa Nu; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Xi (Life Member), Materials Research Society, ASEE, Electromagnetic Academy, US Commission D, International Union of Radio Science (elected), USNC Member-at-Large (elected 2000-2003), International Network for Engineering Education and Research (iNEER), Humboldt Society (Life Member), EuMA Associate member

 

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Editorships

 

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of High-Speed Electronics and Systems (1995-present)

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and System (1990-present)

Editor, Book series, Special Topics in Circuits and Systems (1995-present)

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (1990-1993)

Member, Honorary Editorial Board, Solid State Electronics (1996-present)

Member, International Advisory Committee, Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science (1999-present)

 

Special Issues and Proceedings

Co-Editor (with T. Wilson and D. Urban) Mat.  Res. Soc. Proc, MRS, Warrenton, PA, (2003),

Guest Editor (with Y. S. Park and W. Tang),” International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, (2003)

Guest Editor (with V. Lumelsky and S. Wagner), Special Issue on “Sensitive Skin,” International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems (2001)

Guest Editor (with Y. S. Park, J. Xu, S. Luryi, and A. Zaslavsky),” International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, (2000)

Guest Editor, Special Issue on “Beyond Silicon. Advanced Device and Circuit Simulators, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, (2000)

Guest Editor, Special Issue on “Compound Semiconductor Technology. The Age of Maturity”, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, (2000)

Co-Editor (with T. H. Myers, R. M. Feenstra, H. Amano) Mat.  Res. Soc. Proc, vol. 595, MRS, Warrenton, PA, (2000)

Guest co-Editor (with Simon Sze and Jimmy Xu), Special Issue on Future and Present Trends in Microelectronics, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, October, 1996

Co-Editor (with Steve DenBaars, John Palmour, and Michael Spencer) Mat.  Res. Soc. Proc, vol. 512, MRS, Warrenton, PA, (1998)

Co-Editor, Proceedings of  the International Symposium on Compound Semicond., Sep. (1996)

Co-Editor, Proceedings of the 21-st Army Electronics Research Conference, June (1996)

Co-Editor (with T. Fjeldly), Proceedings of Symposium on Supercomputer Simulation of Semiconductor Devices, Comp. Phys. Comm, Special Issue, August 1991

Co-Editor), Proceedings of Symposium on Supercomputer Simulation of Semiconductor Devices, Comp. Phys. Comm, Special Issue, August 1991

 

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Professional Activities

Program Committee Member, International Display Manufacturing Conference & Exhibition) 2005

Program Committee Member, SPIE Conference 5470 Noise in Electronic Devices and Circuits 2004

Committee member of ICSICT 2004, Bejing (2004)

Co-organizer, MRS Symposium, Devices on Flexible Substrates, Fall (2005)

Chair, Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics (WOFE), Aruba, (2004)

Local Chair, Lester Eastman Conference on High Speed Devices (2004)

Member of the International Programme Committee for ICNS-6

Technical Program Committee Member, 2004 International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology (ICSICT) Beijing, China, Oct. 18-21, 2004 (website: www.ime.pku.edu.cn/icsict)

Co-Organizer, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR TECHNOLOGIES VII  The Electrochemical  Society’s 206th Meeting Honolulu, Hawaii  October 3-8, 2004

 Member of International Advisory Committee, ISPSA2004, GyeongjuKorea,  March 14 ~ 16, 2004

Vice-President for publications, Sensor Council, 2003 (elected)

Member, Organizing Committee, ISDRS 2003

Member, International Advisory Committee, Twelfth International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD-2003) in Madras, Dec 16-20, 2003.

Technical Committee Member, FaN 2003 - SPIE Conference on Noise in Devices and Circuits

Committee Member , Lester Eastman Conference on High Speed Devices (2002)

Co-organizer, MRS Symposium on Electronics on Unconventional Substrates, December 2002

Technical Program Committee co-Chair, IEEE Sensor-02, Orlando, Florida, June 2-14, 2002

Co-organizer, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR TECHNOLOGIES VI, The Electrochemical Society’s 202-nd Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 20-25, 2002

Co-organizer, MRS Symposium, Devices on Flexible Substrates, Fall (2002)

Member, International Advisory Committee, 11th Seoul International Symposium on the Physics of Semiconductors and Applications (ISPSA-2002), Cheju Island, Korea, August 20-23, 2002.

Member, Program Committee, International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors - IWN2002, Aachen, Germany, 2-25 July 2002

Member and past Chair, Organizing Committee, ISDRD-2001

Member, Organizing Committee, ISSSE’01

Member, Program Committee, Solid State Lighting Conference, Denver (2001)

Chair, Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics (WOFE), Virgin Islands, (2002)

Member, Organizing Committee, ISDRS-01, Charlottesville, VA

Member, Program Committee, International conference on Nitride Semiconductors, Denver (2001)

Co-organizer, MRS Symposium on Wide Band Gap Semiconductors for High power, high temperature applications, 2000

Member, Organizing Committee, 9th International Symposium on Nanostructures, St Petersburg, 18-22 June, 2001

Member, IEEE Award Committee, 1999-2003

Co-organizer, MRS Symposium on Wide Band Gap Semiconductors for high power, high temperature applications, 1999

Member, Scientific Program Committee, ESSDERC'99

Co-Chair, Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics, (1999)

Past Senior Chair and Member, Organizing Committee, ISDRS-99, Charlottesville, VA

Member, Scientific Program Committee, ESSDERC'98

Co-organizer, MRS Symposium on Wide Band Gap Semiconductors for High power, high temperature applications, 1998

Member, 6th IEEE Terahertz Electronics Conference, Technical Programme Committee (1998)

Co-Chair, Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics, (1999)

Program Chair, Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics, Canary Islands, January (1997)

Member, Scientific Program Committee, ESSDERC'97, Germany

Member, Program Committee, Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits, SPIE West, Feb. 1997

US Coordinator, Program Committee Member and Co-Secretary, 23d International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, Russia, 1996

Member, Scientific Program Committee, ESSDERC'96, Bologna, Italy, 1996

Session Convener, General Assembly of URSI, Lille, France, 1996

Committee Member and Past Junior Chair, Internat. Semicond. Device Research Symp., 1995

Member, Scientific Program Committee, ESSDERC'95, Hague

Member, Program Committee, International Caracas Confer. on Electronics and Photonics, 1995

Member, Program Committee, MRS, 1995

Organizer, Special Session, APS March Meeting, 1995

Co-Secretary, 22d Intern. Symp. on Compound Semiconductors, Cheju Island, Korea, 1995

Technical Program co-Chairman, ISSSE, San Francisco, 1995

Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary US Commission D, URSI (1987 - 1996)

USNC, URSI, Member (ex-officio) 1994 – 1996. URSI Correspondent, 1994 - 1996

Member, Org. Committee of Topical Workshop on Heterostr. Microelectronics, Japan, Aug. 1994

Member, IEEE Award Committee, 1992-1994

Member, MRS Program Committee, Fall 1994

Committee Member, 3rd International Conference on VLSI and CAD, Taejon, Korea, Nov. 1993

Co-convener, Session on Device Modeling, URSI General Assembly, Kyoto, Japan, August 1993

Lecturer, Short Course on Compound Semiconductor Modeling, Leeds, Great Britain, April 1993

Conference Chairman, International Semicond. Device Research Symposium, 1993

Local Chairman, Optoelectronics Workshop, Charlottesville, Nov. 17-19, 1992

Local Chairman, Workshop on SiC Materials and Devices, Charlottesville, Sep. 9-11, 1992

Committee Member, 8th Vilnius Symp. on Ultrafast Phenomena. in Semicon., Vilnius, Sep, 1992

Session Chairman, ISSSE, Paris, Sep. 1992

Program Committee Chairman, International  Semicond. Device Research Symposium, 1991

Member,  Tech. Program Comm., APS-IEEE-URSI Conf., London, Ontario, June 1991

Session Chairman, APS-IEEE-URSI Conference, London, Ontario, June 1991

Co-organizer, Symposium " Supercomputer simulation of  Semicond. Dev.", Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 1990

University of Minnesota Senator, 1989

Session Chair and Program Comm. Member, Intern. Symposium on Circuits and  Systems, Nuremberg, 1989

Session Organizer, 1988 IEEE ISCS, Helsinki (1988)

Lecturer, Short Course on Compound Semiconductor Devices, Columbia University, 1988

Member, IEDM Program Committee, Los Angeles and Washington (1986 and 1987)

Session Chairman, IEDM, Los Angeles and Washington, 1986 and 1987

Session Chairman, SSDM Tokyo, Japan, 1986

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Publications, Books and Patents.

 

Publications, Patents, and Conference Presentations

Over 1,000 technical publications, more than 200 plenary, invited, and contributed conference presentations, 32 books authored, co-authored, or edited, 20 book chapters, 26 patents on solid-state devices granted

 

Books authored or co-authored

9. A. Žukauskas, M. S. Shur, and R. Gaska, Introduction to Solid State Lighting, John Wiley and Sons, 2002

8. T. Fjeldly, T. Ytterdal, and M. S. Shur, Introduction to Device Modeling and Circuit Simulation, Wiley and Sons, 1998

7. M. S. Shur, Introduction to Electronic Devices, John Wiley, New York, 1996

6. K. Lee, M. S. Shur, T. Fjeldly, T. Ytterdal, Semiconductor Device Modeling for VLSI, Prentice, 1993

5. M. S. Shur, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1990 (translated into Russian and Korean, Publishing House "MIR", Moscow, 1993), also published in India in 1996

4. M. S. Shur, GaAs Devices and Circuits, Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1987 (translated into Russian, Publishing House "MIR", Moscow, 1991)

3.  M. E. Levinshtein, Yu. K. Pozhela, M. S. Shur, Gunn Effect, Sov. Radio, Moscow, 1975

2.  M. S. Shur, Gunn Effect, Energia, St. Petersburg, 1971.

1.  G. A. Smolenskii, V. A. Bokov, B. A. Isupov, N. N. Krainik, R. E. Pasynkov, M. S. Shur, Ferroelectrics and Antiferroelectrics, Nauka, St. Petersburg, 1971.

 

Books edited

24. D. Woolard, W. Loerop, and M. S. Shur, and, Editors, Terahertz Sensing Technology, Volume II. Emerging Scientific Applications and Novel Device Concepts, World Scientific (2003) (December)

23. D. Woolard, W. Loerop, and M. S. Shur, and, Editors, Terahertz Sensing Technology, Volume I. Electronic Devices & Advanced Technology, World Scientific (2003)

22. Y. S. Park, M. S. Shur, and W. Tang, Editors, Frontiers in Electronics: Future Chips Proceedings of the 2002 Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics (WOFE-02) St. Croix, Virgin Islands, World Scientific Pub Co; (January 15, 2003), ISBN: 9812382224, Editors, Y. S. Park, M. S. Shur, and W. Tang, Vol. 26. Series Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems, M. S. Shur, Editor-in-Chief

21. M. S. Shur, T. Wilson Nguyen, Dick Urban, Electronics on Unconventional Substrates, MRS Proceedings (2003)

20. 24. T. A. Fjeldly and Michael S. Shur, Editors, LAB-on-the WEB, Microelectronics experiments on the Internet, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0-471-41375-5 (2003)

19. Compound Semiconductor Power Transistors and State-of-the-Art Program on Compound Semiconductors XXIX, F. Ren, S. J. Pearton, J. C. Zolper, F. L. Schuermeyer, M. Shur, V. Swaminathan, D. N. Buckley, S. N. G. Chu, C. R. Abernathy, and R. E. Sah. PV 98-12, Boston, Massachusetts, Fall 1998, hardbound, ISBN 1-56677-222-2

18. G. Wetzel, M. S. Shur, U. K. Mishra, B. Gil, and K. Kishino, GaN and Related Alloys – 2000, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 639, G7.3, Editors (2001)

17. E. Borovitskaya and M. S. Shur, Introduction, in E. Borovitskaya and M. S. Shur, Editors, Quantum Dots, World Scientific, Ltd. , Singapore, 2002; also to be published as Special Issue of IJHSES

16. M. E. Levinshtein, S. L. Rumyantsev, and M. S. Shur, Editors, “Properties of Advanced Semiconductor Materials: GaN, AlN, InN, BN, and SiGe“, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 0-471-35827-4, New York (2001)

15. T. H. Myers, R. M. Feenstra, M. S. Shur, H. Amano, Editors, GaN and Related Alloys – 1999, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc, vol. 595, MRS, Warrenton, PA, (2000)

14. V. Lumelsky, M. S. Shur, and S. Wagner, Editors, Sensitive Skin, World Scientific, ISBN 981-02-4369-3, 2000. 

13. M. S. Shur and T. A. Fjeldly, Editors, “Silicon and Beyond.  Advanced Device Models and circuit simulators, World Scientific, 2000

12. Y. S. Park, S. Luryi, M. S. Shur, J. Xu, and A. Zaslavsky, Proceedings of Advanced Workshop on 'Frontiers in Electronics' (WOFE-99), World Scientific, 2000

11. M. E. Levinshtein, S. Rumyantsev, and M. S. Shur, Editors, Handbook of Semiconductor Material Parameters, vol. 2, World Scientific, 1999

10. Steve DenBaars, John Palmour, Michael Shur, and Michael Spencer. Wide band Gap Semiconductors for High Power, High Frequency, and High Temperature, Mat.  Res. Soc. Proc, vol. 512, MRS, Warrenton, PA, (1998)

9.  M. E. Levinshtein and M. S. Shur, Editors, Semiconductor Technology.  Processing and Novel Fabrication Techniques, John Wiley and Sons, New York, ISBN 0-471-12792-2, 1997

8. Michael S. Shur and R. Suris, Editors, the Proceedings of 23d International Symposium on GaAs and Related Compounds, St. Petersburg, Russia, Sep. 22-28, 1996, Institute Phys. Conference Series, No. 155, M. S. Shur and R. Suris, Editors, IOP Publishing, London (1997)

7.  G. S. Pomrenke, F. Schuermeyer, M. S. Shur, and J. Xu, Editors, Preface, pp. IV-V, 1997 Advanced Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics (WOFE 97) Proceedings, ISBN 0-7803-4059-0, IEEE, Catalog Number 97TH8292, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, pp. 105-108, January (1997)

5. Richard Chait, Catherine Kominos, Michael S Shur, Michael Stroscio, and James J Valdes, Editors, Twelfth  Army Science Conference, Award Winning Papers, ISBN 981-02-3178-4, World Scientific, 1997

5. M. S. Shur, Editor, Compound Semiconductor Technology.  The Age of Maturity, World Sci, 1996

4. M. E. Levinshtein, S. Rumyantsev, and M. S. Shur, Editors, Handbook of Semiconductor Material Parameters, vol. 1, World Scientific, 1996

3. M. E. Levinshtein and M. S. Shur, Editors, Best of Soviet Semiconductor Physics and Technology (1989-1990), World Scientific, 1995

2.  M. E. Levinshtein and M. S. Shur, Editors, Best of Soviet Semiconductor Physics and Technology (1987-1988), Key Papers in Physics, American Institute of Physics, 1991

1. M. Shur and T.A. Fjeldly, editors, Supercomputer Simulation of Semiconductor Devices, Proceedings of a Symposium at the Minnesota Supercomputer Institute, (Minneapolis, 1990), published by North Holland, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam (1991), ISSN 0010-4655

 

Book Chapters

28. D. J. Gundlach, M. S. Shur, and T. N. Jackson, Organic Semiconductor Electronic Devices, Systems, and Networks. Device Structures, Characterization, and Modeling, in “Printed Organic and Molecular Electronics,” Paul Brazis, Jr., Daniel Gamota and Jie Zhang, Co-editors, Kluwer Academic Publishers

27. S. Karmalkar, M. S. Shur, and R. Gaska, GaN-based power high electron mobility transistors, in 'Wide Energy Bandgap Electronic Devices”, pp. 173-216, Fan Ren and John Zolper, Editors, World Scientific (2003), ISBN 981-238-246-1

26. A. Žukauskas, M. S. Shur, and R. Gaska, Solid State Lighting, in: Future Trends in Microelectronics: The Nano Millennium, New York: Wiley, 2002, S. Luryi, J. M. Xu, and A. Zaslavsky, eds.

25. M. E. Levinshtein, A. Balandin, S. L. Rumyantsev, M. S. Shur, Low-frequency noise in GaN-based Field Effect Transistors (Chapter), in Low Frequency Noise, edited by A. Balandin

24. E. Borovitskaya and M. S. Shur, Introduction, in E. Borovitskaya and M. S. Shur, Editors, Quantum Dots, World Scientific, Ltd. , Singapore, 2002; also published as Special Issue of IJHSES

23. M. S. Shur, Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors, CRC Microwave Handbook, M. Golio, Editor, 2001

22. M. S. Shur, Bipolar Junction Transistor, Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, 3-d Edition, R. A. Meyers, Editor, September (2001)

21. M. Asif Khan, G. Simin, M. Shur, and R. Gaska, Nitride based High-Power Field-Effect Transistors, in The Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, Editors-in-Chief:, K.H.J. Buschow, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, R.W. Cahn, University of Cambridge, UK, M.C. Flemings, B. Ilschner, E.J. Kramer, S. Mahajan, 2001, Elsevier Science

20. T. Ytterdal, T. A. Fjeldly, and M. S. Shur, SPICE and Beyond. Advanced Device and Circuit Simulators. in Special Issue “Silicon and Beyond.  Advanced Device Models and circuit simulators, M. S. Shur and T. A. Fjeldly, Editors, World Scientific, 2001

19. B. Ińiguez, T. A. Fjeldly, and M. S. Shur, SPICE Models for Novel Semiconductor Devices, in Special Issue “Silicon and Beyond.  Advanced Device Models and circuit simulators, IJHSES, M. S. Shur and T. A. Fjeldly, Editors, World Scientific, 2001

18. B. Ińiguez, T. A. Fjeldly, and M. S. Shur, Thin Film Transistor Modeling, in Special Issue “Silicon and Beyond.  Advanced Device Models and circuit simulators, IJHSES, M. S. Shur and T. A. Fjeldly, World Scientific, 2001

17. M. S. Shur and M. Asif Khan, GaN and AlGaN Devices: Field Effect Transistors and Ultraviolet Photodetectors, Academic Press, Semiconductors and Semimetals, vol., pp.  S. Pearton, Editor (1999)

16. M. S. Shur, A. D. Bykhovski, R. Gaska, and A. Khan, GaN-based Pyroelectric and Piezoelectric Sensors, Semiconductor Homo- and Hetero-Device Structures, Colin Wood, Editor, Academic press, 1999

15. M. S. Shur, SiC Transistors, in "SiC Materials and Devices", ed. Y. S. Park, (1998), Academic Press, Semiconductors and Semimetals, vol. 52, pp. 161-193 (1998)

14. M. S. Shur and M. Asif Khan, GaN and AlGaN Ultraviolet Photodetectors, Academic Press, Semiconductors and Semimetals, vol. 57, pp. 407-439, T. Moustakos and J. Pankove, Editors (1998)

13. M. S. Shur and T. A. Fjeldly, Compound Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors, in Modern Semiconductor Device Physics, Edited by S. M. Sze, John Wiley and Sons, N, 1998 ISBN 0-471-15237-4

12. M. S. Shur and M. Dyakonov, Two-Dimensional Electrons in Field Effect Transistors, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, in Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 65-100, March (1998)

11. M. S. Shur and A. Khan, GaN Based Field Effect Transistors, in "High Temperature Electronics", ed. M. Willander and H. Hartnagel, Chapman, London, 1996

10. M. S. Shur, Introduction, in "Compound Semiconductor Technology. The Age of Maturity", World Scientific, 1996, ed. M. S. Shur

9. T. Fjeldly and M. S. Shur, Simulation and Modeling of Compound Semiconductor Devices, in "Compound Semiconductor Technology. The Age of Maturity", World Sci, 1996, ed. M. S. Shur

T. Fjeldly, T. Ytterdal, and M. S. Shur, Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors, in "Compound Semiconductor Technology. The Age of Maturity", World Sci, 1996, ed. M. S. Shur

8. G. Kelner and M. S. Shur, SiC Devices, chapter in the book "Properties of Silicon Carbide", G. Harris, Editor, M. Faraday House, IEE, England, 1995

7. M. S. Shur and T. A. Fjeldly, HEMT Modeling, in "Semiconductor Device Modeling", C. Snowden and Milnes, Editors, Springer Verlag, London, 1993

6. M. S. Shur, Gunn and IMPATT Diode Modeling, in "Semiconductor Device Modeling", C. Snowden and Milnes, Editors, Springer-Verlag, London, 1993

5. M. S. Shur, Modeling of GaAs and AlGaAs/GaAs Field Effect Transistors, in "Introduction to GaAs Technology," J. Wiley, New York, ed. C. T. Wang, pp. 27-97, 1990

4. M. S. Shur, Submicron GaAs, AlGaAs/GaAs and AlGaAs/InGaAs Transistors, in "Integrated Circuits in 0.05-0.5 µm dimensional range", John Wiley and Sons, ed. K. Watts, pp. 122-175, 1989

3. M. S. Shur, Physical Models for Compound Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors, in "Semiconductor Device Modeling", pp. 89-108, C. Snowden, Editor, Springer Verlag, London, 1989

2. M. S. Shur, Gallium Arsenide versus Silicon. Applications and Modeling, in "Semiconductor Device Modeling", pp. 60-69, C. Snowden, Editor, Springer-Verlag, London (1989)

1. M. S. Shur, GaAs MESFET Modeling, in "Circuit Analysis, Simulation and Design", ed. by A. Ruehli, North-Holland;  1986

 

Book Translated

J. E. Carrol, Hot Electron Microwave Generators, Edward Arnold Ltd. London 1970, translated into Russian by M. E. Levinshtein and M. S. Shur, MIR, Moscow, 1972

 

Patents Issued

1. M. E. Levinshtein and M. Shur, Current Stabilizer, Soviet patent No. 267706, Bulletin of Inventions & Discoveries, No. 13 (1970) (in Russian)

2. I. V. Grekhov, M. E. Levinshtein, and M. Shur, Gunn Diodes, Soviet Patent No. 367815, (21.12.1970), Bulletin of Inventions and Discoveries

3. I. V. Grekhov, M. E. Levinshtein, and M. Shur, Light Modulator, Soviet Patent No. 398153, (16.11.1970),   Bulletin of Inventions and Discoveries

4. B. L. Gelmont and M. Shur, Method to Govern Gunn Diode Parameters, Soviet Patent No. 379968, Bulletin of Inventions and Discoveries, No. 20 (1973) (in Russian)

5. B. L. Gelmont and M. Shur, Method of Microwave Amplification, Soviet Patent No. 422065, Bulletin of Inventions and Discoveries, No. 12 (1974) (in Russian)

6. M. Shur, Folded Logic Gate, United States Patent # 4,593,300, June 3 (1986)

7. S. M. Baier, N. C. Cirillo Jr., S. A. Hanka, and M. Shur, Gated Transmission Line Model Structure for Characterization of FETs, Jan. 20 (1987), US patent # 4,638,341

8. J. K. Abrokwah, N. C. Cirillo, M. Shur, and O. N. Tufte, High Transconductance Complementary (Al,Ga)As/GaAs Heterostructure Insulated Gate Field-Effect Transistor,  United States Patent # 4,814,851, March 21 (1989)

 9. J.  Xu and M. Shur, Tunneling Emitter Bipolar Transistor, United States Patent # 4,845,541, July 4 (1989)

10. W. Czubatyj, M. Hack, and M. Shur, Method of Making a Double Injection Field Effect Transistor, United States Patent # 4,882,295, Nov. 21 (1989)

11. M. Shur and J. Simmons, Novel high speed integrated heterostructure transistors, photodetectors, and optoelectronic circuits, United States Patent #4,899,200, February 6 (1990)

12. J.  Xu, M. Shur, and M. Sweeny, Electronic and optoelectronic devices utilizing light hole properties, United States Patent , #4,899,201, February 6 (1990)

13. J.  Xu and M. Shur, Double Base Hot Electron Transistor, United States Patent #4,901,122, February 13 (1990)

14. M. Shur, Modulation Doped Radiation Emitting Device, United States Patent 4,905,059, Feb. 27 (1990)

15. M. Hack, J. G.  Shaw and M. Shur,  High Current Thin Film Transistor, Patent 4,990,977, Feb. 26 (1991)

16. J. Xu, M. Shur, and M. Sweeny, Electronic and Optoelectronic Laser Devices Utilizing Light Hole Properties, United States Patent , # 4,999,682, March 12 (1991)

17. M. Hack, J. G.  Shaw, and M. Shur, Vertical Thin Film Transistor and Optical Sensor Having Leakage Current Suppression Elements, Patent 4,996,553, Feb. 26 (1991)

18. M. S. Shur, Split-gate Field Effect Transistor, United States Patent 5,012,315, April 30 (1991)

19. M. Shur, Split-gate Field Effect Transistor, United States Patent 5,079,620, January 7 (1992)

20. M. Shur and K. Lee, Field-Effect Compound Semiconductive Devices and Methods for Their Preparation, US Patent # 5,161,235, Nov. 3 (1992)

21. G. Kelner and M. S. Shur, Junction Field Effect Transistor with Lateral Gate Voltage Swing (GVS-JFET), United States Patent 5,309,007, May 1994

22. E. Martinez, F. Schuermeyer, C. Cherny, and M. S. Shur, Twin-Tub Complementary Heterostructure Field Effect Transistor Fab Process, US Patent, 5,429,963, July 4, 1995

23. K. Lee, M. S. Shur, and S. Jones, Optoelectronic Circuit Including Heterojunction, United States Patent # 5535231, July 9 (1996)

24. J. M. Xu, M. S. Shur, and B. L. Gelmont, Semiconductor Ridge Waveguide Laser with Lateral Current Injection, United States Patent #5563902, 10/08/1996

25. K. Lee, M. S. Shur, and S. Jones, Method of Manufacturing an Optoelectronic Circuit Including Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor, Laser, and Photodetector, United States Patent # 567478, October 7 (1997)

26. Rajesh Gupta and M. S. Shur, Compact Low Power Complementary FETs,” US Patent 6,201,267, March 13 (2001)

27. M. A. Khan, R. Gaska, M. S. Shur, and J. Yang, Metal oxide semiconductor heterostructure field effect transistor US States 6,690,042 February 10 (2004)

 

Patents Allowed

 

M. A. Khan, R. Gaska, M. S. Shur, and J. Yang, Method of producing nitride-based heterostructure devices, US Patent Application Publication, Pub No.: US 2002/0058349 A1, Pub. Date May 16, 2002

 

Patent Application Published

 

H. Chen, M. S. Shur, and T. A. Fjeldly, Conducting remote instructor-controlled experimentation, US Patent Application Publication, Pub No.: 2003/0207243 A1, Pub. Date Nov. 6, 2003

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Selected Technical Contributions

 

Invention, modeling, and experimental demonstration of heterodimensional devices (1991-98).

These devices utilize Schottky barriers or p-n junctions between a 3d metal or semiconductor and two or one-dimensional electron or hole gas. The demonstrated devices include a novel 2d-3d Schottky diode (which was used as a multiplier up to 225 GHz), a novel Resonant Tunneling Transistor (RTT) with the highest transconductance for Schottky Gated RTTs, and 2d MESFET which is promising for applications in ultra-low power integrated circuits. The theoretically studied devices include a novel Lateral Ridge Heterostructure Semiconductor Laser. Key original papers include:

B. Gelmont and M. S. Shur, Low Threshold Laser Utilizing Junction Between Two-Dimensional Electron Gas and p-type Semiconductor, in Proceeding of The First International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, pp. 193-196, Charlottesville, VA, Dec. (1991)

B. Gelmont, M. S. Shur, and C. Moglestue, Theory of Junction between Two-Dimensional Electron Gas and p-type Semiconductor, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, ED-39, No. 52, pp. 1216-1222, May (1992)

W. Peatman, T. Crowe, M. S. Shur, and B. Gelmont, A Schottky/2-DEG Varactor Diode for Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Multiple Applications, Proc. 3rd International. Conf. Space THz Tech., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 93-109, May 1992

W. C. B. Peatman, T. W. Crowe, and M. S. Shur, A Novel Schottky/2-DEG Diode for Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Multiplier Applications, IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 11-13, Jan. (1992)

B. Gelmont, W. Peatman, M. S. Shur, Heterodimensional Schottky Metal-Two Dimensional Electron Gas Interfaces, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B11 (4), pp. 1670-1674, July/August (1993)

G. L. Tan, J. M. Xu, and M. S. Shur, A GaAs/AlGaAs Double-Heterojunction Lateral PIN Ridge Waveguide Laser, Optical Engineering, 32, No. 9, pp. 2042-2045, 1993 (Invited)

W. C. B. Peatman, H. Park, and M. S. Shur, Novel Two-Dimensional Metal-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (2-D MESFET) for Ultra Low Power Circuit Applications, IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 15, No. 7, pp. 245-247, July (1994)

W. C. B. Peatman, H. Park, B. Gelmont, M. S. Shur, P. Maki, E. R. Brown, and M. J. Rooks, Novel Resonant Tunneling Transistor with High Transconductance at Room Temperature, IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 15, No. 7, pp. 236-238, July (1994)

W. C. B. Peatman, M. Hurt, H. Park, R. Tsai, and M. S. Shur, Narrow Channel 2-D MESFET for Low Power Electronics, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, 42, September (1995)

M. J. Hurt, W. C. B. Peatman, R. Tsai, T. Ytterdal, M. S. Shur, and B. J. Moon, An Ion-Implanted 0.4 µm Wide 2-D MESFET for Low Power Electronics, Electronics Letters, vol. 32, No. 8, pp. 772-773, 11 April 1996

Ytterdal, M. Hurt, M. S. Shur, H. Park, R. Tsai, and W. C. B. Peatman, High-Temperature Characteristics of Two-Dimensional MESFETs, IEEE Electron Device Lett., vol. 17, No. 5, May, pp. 214-216 (1996)

W. C. B. Peatman, R. Tsai, T. Ytterdal, M. Hurt, H. Park, J. Gonzales, and M. S. Shur, Sub-half-micron Width 2-D MESFET, IEEE Electron Device Lett., vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 40-42, Feb. (1996)

J. Robertson, T. Ytterdal, W. C. B. Peatman, R. Tsai, E. Brown, and M. S. Shur, RTD/2-D MESFET/RTD Logic Elements for Compact, Ultra Low-Power Electronics, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, 44, N0. 7, pp. 1033-1039 (1997)

Ballistic Transport and "Shallow Water" Waves in Semiconductor Devices (1976-99)

This work started from the theory of the collisionless transport in n+-n-n+ structures (which first introduced the term "ballistic transport" and predicted instability in this mode of transport. More recently, Dyakonov and Shur applied the concept of the ballistic transport to Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors (HFETs). They showed that in HFETs, ballistic electrons should behave as shallow water. This electron fluid should be unstable toward the generation of surface plasmons that are similar to shallow water waves. This new instability is now referred to in technical literature as "Dyakonov-Shur instability". This new mechanism may be used for the generation, detection, and mixing of far infrared radiation by submicron HFETs. The "choking" of the electronic fluid cause the current saturation. A new family of the electronic devices includes "an electronic flute" and a new detector, which has been recently successfully fabricated. Key original papers include:

M. S. Shur, Influence of Non-Uniform Field Distribution in the Channel on the Frequency Performance of GaAs FETs, Electronics Letters, 12, No. 23, pp. 615-616 (1976)

M. S. Shur and L. F. Eastman, Ballistic Transport in Semiconductors at Low-Temperatures for Low Power High Speed Logic, IEEE Transactions Electron Devices, vol. ED-26, No. 11, pp. 1677-1683, November (1979)

M. S. Shur, Ballistic and Collision Dominant Transport in a Short Semiconductor Diode, Proceedings of IEDM, pp. 618-621, Washington, DC (1980)

M. S. Shur, Ballistic Transport in Semiconductor with Collisions, IEEE Trans. Electron. Devices, vol. ED-28, No. 10, pp. 1120-1130, October (1981)

M. Dyakonov and M. S. Shur, Shallow Water Analogy for a Ballistic Field Effect Transistor. New Mechanism of Plasma Wave Generation by DC Current, Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 71, No. 15, pp. 2465-2468, Oct. 11 (1993)

M. Dyakonov and M. S. Shur, Ballistic FET as Tunable Terahertz Oscillator, in Proceedings of 2d International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, Charlottesville, VA, December, pp. 741-744 (1993)

M. Dyakonov and M. S. Shur, New Hydrodynamic Phenomena in Electronic Fluid, in Proceedings of 22d International Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 14-19 (1994)

M. Dyakonov and M. S. Shur, Choking of Electron Flow - A Mechanism of Current Saturation in Field Effect Transistors, Phys. Rev. B, vol. 51, No. 20, pp. 14341-14345, 15 May (1995)

M. I. Dyakonov and M. S. Shur, Two Dimensional Electronic Flute, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 67 (8), August 21, pp. 1137-1139, 1995

M. I. Dyakonov and M. S. Shur, Detection, Mixing, and Frequency Multiplication of Terahertz Radiation by Two Dimensional Electronic Fluid, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 380-387, March (1996)

M. I. Dyakonov and M. S. Shur, Plasma Wave Electronics: Novel Terahertz Devices using Two Dimensional Electron Fluid, Special Issue on Future Directions in Device Science and Technologies, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 43, No. 10, pp. 1640-1646, October (1996)

M. Dyakonov and M. S. Shur. Ballistic Transport in High Mobility Semiconductor, The Physics of Semiconductors ed. by M. Scheffler and R. Zimmermann (World Scientific, Singapore 1996), pp. 145-148, (1996)

R. Weikle, J. Lu, M. S. Shur, M. I. Dyakonov, Detection of Microwave Radiation by Electronic Fluid in High Electron mobility Transistors, Electronics Letters, vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 2148-2149 (1996)

Semiconductor Device and Circuit Modeling for VLSI (1976-99)

This work included new device and circuit models GaAs FETs, HFETs, HBTs, and a-Si TFTs. More recently, Shur and co-workers developed a new approach to the FET theory called the Unified Charge Control Model and applied this approach to develop a deep submicron circuit simulator called AIM-Spice (successful in the simulation and parameter extraction for 0.09 micron Si MOSFETs). Along with many technical papers, the key original publications include two monographs and several book chapters:

M. S. Shur, GaAs Devices and Circuits (book), Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York (1987)

M. S. Shur, Modeling of GaAs and AlGaAs/GaAs Field Effect Transistors, in Introduction to GaAs Technology, J. Wiley, New York, ed. C. T. Wang (1990), pp. 27-97

M. S. Shur and T. A. Fjeldly, HEMT Modeling, in Semiconductor Device Modeling, C. Snowden and Milnes, Editors, Springer Verlag, London (1993), pp. 56-73

K. Lee, M. S. Shur, T. A. Fjeldly, and T. Ytterdal, Semiconductor Device Modeling for VLSI, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1993)

T. A. Fjeldly, Michael S. Shur and T. Ytterdal, Device Modeling Issues in Deep-Submicron MOSFETs, Semiconductor International, pp. 131-142 June (1996)

Heterostructure Transistors and Integrated Circuits (1969-1999)

In 1969, Levinshtein and Shur proposed a saturated (ungated FET) load. In 1980s, jointly with a team of Honeywell engineers, Shur demonstrated the first GaAs gate array (which received an IR-100 award) the first delta-doped HFET (this work was also joint with Professor Eastman's group), the first complementary HIGFET technology (later, it achieved both speed and integration scale records -- VLSI complexity), and the highest transconductance in any FET achieved at that time. Xu and Shur invented the Tunneling HBT (later demonstrated excellent performance by many different groups around the world). Shur was first to propose and observe the hot electron (CHINT-like) regime in HFETs. Jointly with GE engineers, Shur reported on the record cutoff frequency in HFETs in 1989. Also, in 1989, Shur invented new high-speed FETs -Split-gate FET (later fabricated by the IBM Yorktown group) and Variable Threshold FET (currently used by several large semiconductor companies). Jointly with University of Minnesota group, Shur invented and demonstrated a dipole HFET and invented a Double Base Hot Electron Transistor and a pi-HFET, which holds promise for GaAs based VLSI. Key original papers include:

M. E. Levinshtein and M. S. Shur, Current Stabilizer on Gunn Diode, Fiz. Tekh. Poluprov., 3, No. 7, pp. 1085-1087 (1969) (in Russian). English translation in Soviet Phys. Semicond., 3, No. 7 (1969)

L. F. Eastman and M. S. Shur, Substrate Current in GaAs MESFET's, IEEE Transactions Electron Devices, vol. ED-26, No. 9, pp. 1359-61, September (1979)

T. Vu, P. Roberts, R. Nelson, G. Lee, B. Hanzai, K. Lee, D. Lamb, M. Helix, S. Jamison, S. Hanka, J. Brown, and M. S. Shur, A 432-cell GaAs Gate Array with on Chip 64-bit RAM, in Proceedings of IEEE Custom IC Conference, Rochester NY, p. 32-6, May (1983)

N. C. Cirillo, A. Fraasch, H. Lee, L. F. Eastman, M. S. Shur, and S. Baier, Novel Multilayer Modulation Doped (Al,Ga)As/GaAs Structures for Self-aligned Gate FETs, Electronics Letters, vol. 20, No. 21, pp. 854-855, October (1984)

N. C. Cirillo, M. S. Shur, P. J. Vold, J. K. Abrokwah, R. R. Daniels, and O. N. Tufte, Complementary Heterostructure Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistors (HIGFETs), IEDM Technical Digest, pp. 317-320 (1985), Washington DC

N. C. Cirillo, M. S. Shur, and J. K. Abrokwah, Inverted GaAs/AlGaAs Modulation Doped Transistors with Extremely High Transconductances, IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. EDL-7, No. 2, pp. 71-74, February (1986)

J. Xu and M. S. Shur, A Tunneling Emitter Bipolar Junction Transistor, IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. EDL-6, No. 7, pp. 416-418 (1986)

N. C. Cirillo, J. K. Abrokwah, and M. S. Shur, Self-aligned Modulation Doped (Al,Ga)As/GaAs Field-effect Transistor, IEEE Electron Device Lett., vol. EDL-5, No. 4, pp. 129-131, April (1984)

M. S. Shur, D. K. Arch, R. R. Daniels, and J. K. Abrokwah, New Negative Resistance Regime of Heterostructure Insulated Gate Transistor (HIGFET) Operation, IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. EDL-7, No. 2, pp. 78-80, February (1986)

J. Xu and M. S. Shur, Tunneling Emitter Bipolar Transistor, US Patent # 4,845,541, July 4 (1989)

P. C. Chao, M. S. Shur, , R. C. Tiberio, K. H. G. Duh, P. M. Smith, J. M. Ballingall, P. Ho, and A. A. Jabra, DC and Microwave Characteristics of Sub-0.1µm gate-length planar-doped pseudomorphic HEMTs, IEEE Trans. Electron Dev., ED-36, No. 3, pp. 461-473, March (1989)

M. S. Shur, Split-gate Field Effect Transistor, Appl. Phys. Lett., 54 (2), pp. 162-164, Jan. 9 (1989)

A. A. Akinwande, J. Zou, M. S. Shur, and A. Gopinath, Dipole Heterostructure Field Effect Transistor , IEEE Electron Device Letters, EDL-11, No. 8, pp. 332-333 (1990)

J. Xu and M. S. Shur, Double Base Hot Electron Transistor, United States Patent #4,901,122, February 13 (1990)

K. Lee and M. S. Shur, π-Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors for VLSI applications, IEEE Transactions Electron Devices, vol. 37, No. 8, pp. 1810-1820, Aug. (1990)

M. S. Shur and K. Lee, Field-Effect Compound Semiconductive Transistor with GaAs gate to increase barrier height and reduce turn-on voltage, US Patent # 5,161,235, Nov. 3 (1992)

E. Martinez, M. S. Shur, and F. L. Schuermeyer, Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors Operated in Hot Electron Regime, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 854-856 (1994)

a-Si and poly-Si devices and integrated circuits (1978-1999).

Jointly with ECD group, Shur developed record efficiency a-Si solar cells (in 1980s), invented and demonstrated a new bipolar a-Si Thin Film Transistor called DIFET. Jointly with Xerox PARC and his students and post-docs, Shur developed the first SPICE model for a-Si TFT, invented and demonstrated a new vertical a-Si TFT, and proposed and implemented a new characterization technique for a-Si TFTs. Key original papers include:

M. S. Shur, A. Madan, and W. Czubatyj, Experimental and Theoretical Study of High-Efficiency MIS Solar Cells, IEDM Technical Digest, pp. 545-548 (1980)

M. Hack, M. S. Shur, W. Czubatyj, Double Injection Solid State Transistor - A new solid state device, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 48, (20), pp. 1386-1388, May (1986)

M. S. Shur, C. Hyun, and M. Hack, New High Mobility Regimes of Operation of Amorphous Silicon Alloys FETs, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 59, No. 7, pp. 2488-2497, April (1986)

M. Hack, M. S. Shur, and J. G. Shaw, Physical Models for Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistors and Their Implementation in a Circuit Simulation program, IEEE Transactions Electron Devices, ED-36, No. 12, pp. 2764-2769 (1989)

M. Hack, J. G. Shaw and M. S. Shur, High Current Thin Film Transistor, Patent 4,990,977, Feb. 26 (1991))

T. Globus, M. S. Shur, Y. Byun, and M. Hack, New Split FET Technique for Measurements of Source Series Resistance Applied to Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistors, IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 108-110, February (1992)

M. S. Shur, M. D. Jacunsky, H. Slade, and M. Hack , Analytical Models for Amorphous-Silicon and Polysilicon Thin-Film Transistors for High Definition Display Technology, in Journ. Society for Information Display, vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 223-236, Dec. (1995)

Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Devices (1989-1999).

Jointly with the NRL and CREE Research groups, Shur demonstrated a and b SiC transistor with a record transconductances (in 1989 and 1991), demonstrated high temperature operation of SiC transistors, and invented a new type of high speed SiC FET. Jointly with APA Optics, Shur recently demonstrated the record microwave AlGaN/GaN HFET based on novel Doped Channel concept. Shur and co-workers proposed a new characterization technique for wide band gap heterostructure layers and demonstrated that piezoelectric properties play a dominant role in these devices. Shur also contributed to the development of novel GaN-based LEDs and photodetectors. Key original papers include:

G. Kelner, M. S. Shur, S. Binari, K. Sleger, and H. S. Kong, High-Transconductance b-SiC Buried-Gate JFET's, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, ED-36, No. 6, pp. 1045-1049 (1989))

G. Kelner, S. Binari, M. S. Shur, K. Sleger, J. Palmer, and H. Kong, High Temperature Performance of a-SiC Buried Gate Junction Field-Effect Transistors, Electronics Letters, vol. 27, No. 12, pp. 1038-1040, July (1991)

R. F. Davis, G. Kelner, M. S. Shur, J. W. Palmour, and J. A. Edmond, Thin Film Deposition and Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Device Fabrication and Characterization in Monocrystalline Alpha and Beta Silicon Carbide, Proc. of IEEE, 79, No. 5, pp. 677-701, May (1991)