An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories Fiscal Years 2004-2005 (2005) / Chapter Skim
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In 2003, a major reorganization took place: the Electricity Division and the Electromagnetic Technology Division merged into the new Quantum Electrical Metrology Division, and the Radio-Frequency Technology Division and Magnetic Technology Division merged into the new Electromagnetics Division. In addition, a major budget reduction caused two rounds of reduction in force (RIF)
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The projects are generally well aligned with the NIST mission and provide an excellent value for the money to the country and its industrial infrastructure. · The merging of the former Electricity Division and Electromagnetic Technology Division into the Quantum Electrical Metrology Division has prompted a complete reexamination of all of the new division's projects and the manner and the extent of their support.
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The planned SCUBA 2 system, with its array of about 10,000 superconducting transition edge sensors designed and fabricated by the Quantum Sensors project, offers 100 to 1,000 times more spatial resolution or mapping speed, as well as substantial improvements in the low-level detection limit. The new SCUBA 2 system will be installed on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in 2006.
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For example, a major fraction of the activities of the EEEL Quantum Electrical Metrology Division is directly related to maintaining and disseminating electrical measurement standards for voltage, resistance, current, impedance, power, and energy over extensive ranges and at very low uncertainties. The customers for these services represent manufacturing, power utilities, process control companies, the semiconductor industry, the military, and the aerospace, transportation, and communications sectors.
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The customer focus and market outreach of this work has resulted in steady growth in terms of projects and calibration income. The Optoelectronics and Electromagnetics Divisions both had calibration income growth in FY 2004, with that of the Quantum Electrical Metrology Division holding roughly constant.
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This tool will provide a system for rapid, cost-effective probe calibration over the frequency range of 10 MHz to 45 GHz. In response to the need for improved integrated-circuit CD metrology referred to in the section above on "Relevance," the Semiconductor Electronics Division's Single Crystal Critical Dimension Reference Materials project has developed three-dimensional CD standards fabricated in single-crystal silicon with nominal widths as low as 40 nm.
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Among the recent accomplishments of the group are characterization of the energy dependence of interface traps in hafnium oxide (HfO2) ; publication of the new Joint Electron Device Engineering Council standard, JESD-92, for soft breakdown of ultrathin gate oxides; completion of the study of progressive breakdown in small-area ultrathin gate oxides; and study of anomalous threshold voltage roll-up behavior in HfO2 metal oxide silicon field-effect transistors.
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As noted in the October 2004 EEEL Operational Plan, "Continued flat and shrinking budgets are threatening the Laboratory's ability to maintain its global leadership in a number of areas. Progress is being impeded by the inability to make timely hires, to re-fill vacancies, to upgrade or in some cases even maintain research facilities.
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The EEEL Operational Plan states: "The Electromagnetics Division facilities are becoming inadequate for the next generation of EMI, EMC, wireless and radar measurements for industry. The EEEL strongly supports an initiative for the construction of the new world class `RF EM-Field Metrology Laboratory Facility' (REML)
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