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Rafael Reif

Rafael Reif

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
48
Citations
8414
World Ranking
4598
National Ranking
1325

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - IEEE Fellow For pioneering work in the low-temperature epitaxial growth of semiconductor thin films.

Overview

Rafael Reif is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their academic and professional activities are associated with this institution.

In 1993, Rafael Reif was recognized as an IEEE Fellow. The award citation notes it was awarded for pioneering work in the low-temperature epitaxial growth of semiconductor thin films.

Best Publications

  • Interconnect limits on gigascale integration (GSI) in the 21st century

    J.A. Davis;R. Venkatesan;A. Kaloyeros;M. Beylansky

  • Copper Wafer Bonding

    A. Fan;A. Rahman;R. Reif

  • Recrystallization of amorphized polycrystalline silicon films on SiO2: Temperature dependence of the crystallization parameters

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  • System-level performance evaluation of three-dimensional integrated circuits

    A. Rahman;R. Reif

  • Wiring requirement and three-dimensional integration technology for field programmable gate arrays

    A. Rahman;S. Das;A.P. Chandrakasan;R. Reif

  • Polycrystalline silicon thin films processed with silicon ion implantation and subsequent solid-phase crystallization: Theory, experiments, and thin-film transistor applications

    Noriyoshi Yamauchi;Rafael Reif

  • Technology, performance, and computer-aided design of three-dimensional integrated circuits

    Shamik Das;Andy Fan;Kuan-Neng Chen;Chuan Seng Tan

  • Morphology and Bond Strength of Copper Wafer Bonding

    Kuan-Neng Chen;C. S. Tan;A. Fan;R. Reif

  • Polysilicon thin-film transistors with channel length and width comparable to or smaller than the grain size of the thin film

    N. Yamauchi;J.-J.J. Hajjar;R. Reif

  • Fabrication technologies for three-dimensional integrated circuits

    R. Reif;A. Fan;Kuan-Neng Chen;S. Das

  • Design tools for 3-D integrated circuits

    Shamik Das;Anantha Chandrakasan;Rafael Reif

  • Measurements of the bulk, C-axis electromechanical coupling constant as a function of AlN film quality

    R.S. Naik;J.J. Lutsky;R. Reif;C.G. Sodini

  • Silicon epitaxy at 650–800 °C using low‐pressure chemical vapor deposition both with and without plasma enhancement

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  • Silicon surface cleaning by low dose argon‐ion bombardment for low‐temperature (750 °C) epitaxial silicon deposition. I. Process considerations

    James H. Comfort;Linda M. Garverick;Rafael Reif

  • Electromechanical coupling constant extraction of thin-film piezoelectric materials using a bulk acoustic wave resonator

    R.S. Naik;J.J. Lutsky;R. Reif;C.G. Sodini

  • Air‐bridge microcavities

    Pierre R. Villeneuve;Shanhui Fan;J. D. Joannopoulos;Kuo‐Yi Lim

  • Chemical Vapor Deposition of Epitaxial Silicon from Silane at Low Temperatures I . Very Low Pressure Deposition

    James H. Comfort;Rafael Reif

  • Three-dimensional integrated circuits: performance, design methodology, and CAD tools

    S. Das;A. Chandrakasan;R. Reif

  • Low‐Temperature Deposition of Highly Textured Aluminum Nitride by Direct Current Magnetron Sputtering for Applications in Thin‐Film Resonators

    R. S. Naik;R. Reif;J. J. Lutsky;C. G. Sodini

  • Temperature dependence of Si1−xGex epitaxial growth using very low pressure chemical vapor deposition

    Syun‐Ming Jang;Rafael Reif

  • Microstructure examination of copper wafer bonding

    Kuan-Neng Chen;Andy Fan;Rafael Reif

  • Bonding parameters of blanket copper wafer bonding

    Kuan-Neng Chen;A. Fan;C. S. Tan;R. Reif

  • Silicon Multilayer Stacking Based on Copper Wafer Bonding

    C. S. Tan;R. Reif

  • Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

    Prabha K. Tedrow;Rafael Reif

Frequent Co-Authors

Kuan-Neng Chen
Kuan-Neng Chen National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Chuan Seng Tan
Chuan Seng Tan Nanyang Technological University
Hyoun Woo Kim
Hyoun Woo Kim Hanyang University
Shanhui Fan
Shanhui Fan Stanford University
David D. Wentzloff
David D. Wentzloff University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Chongmu Lee
Chongmu Lee Inha University
Yves J. Chabal
Yves J. Chabal The University of Texas at Dallas

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