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John Conley

Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Web Page: 
http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/~jconley
Education: 
  • 1995    Ph.D., Engineering Science and Mechanics
    The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  • 1991    B.S., Electrical Engineering
    The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Biography: 

John F. Conley, Jr. earned his B.S. in electrical engineering in 1991 and Ph.D. in engineering science and mechanics in 1995 from The Pennsylvania State University where he won a 1996 Xerox Prize for his Ph.D. dissertation.

He was at Dynamics Research Corporation from 1995 to 2000 and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 2000-2001, where he received an achievement award. In 2001, he became a senior member of the technical staff at Sharp Laboratories of America (SLA) and from 2005-2007 was Leader of the Novel Materials and Devices Group. In 2002-03, he served as an adjunct professor at the Vancouver campus of Washington State University. Since 2007, he has been a Professor and an ONAMI Signature Faculty Fellow at Oregon State University in both the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Intercollege Materials Science Program. His research interests include atomic layer deposition, high-κdielectrics, thin film transistors, metal/insulator/metal tunnel diodes, directed integration of nanomaterials and nanodevices, electron spin resonance identification of electrically active point defects, reliability, and radiation effects in novel electronic materials. He is a senior member of IEEE.

Dr. Conley has served as a guest editor for three special issues of IEEE Transactions on Device and Material Reliability and has served on the technical and management committees of the IEEE IRPS, the IEEE SOI Conference, and the IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference, was technical program chair of the 2000 IEEE Microelectronics Reliability and Qualification Workshop, and general program chair of the 2006 IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop. Dr. Conley has authored or co-authored over 100 technical papers (including several invited) and over 100 conference presentations. He also holds eighteen U.S. patents and has presented tutorial short courses on high-k dielectrics at two international conferences.

Research group: 
Materials and Devices
Research Interests: 

Dr. Conley's research interests include atomic layer deposition, high-κdielectrics, thin film transistors, metal/insulator/metal tunnel diodes, directed integration of nanomaterials and nanodevices, electron spin resonance identification of electrically active point defects, reliability, and radiation effects in novel electronic materials.

Teaching: 
ECE 612 PROCESS INTEGRATION

Publications

2011
Mason, A. D., C. - C. Huang, S. Kondo, M. T. Koesdjojo, Y. H. Tennico, V. T. Remcho, and J. F. Conley, "Synthesis, functionalization, and environmental stabilization of ZnO nanobridge transducers for gas and liquid-phase sensing", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 155, issue 1, pp. 245 - 252, 7/2011. Abstract
2010
Conley, J. F., "Instabilities in Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor Thin-Film Transistors", IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, vol. 10, issue 4, pp. 460 - 475, 12/2010. Abstract
Cowell, III, W. E., N. Alimardani, C. C. Knutson, J. F. Conley, D. A. Keszler, B. J. Gibbons, and J. F. Wager, "Advancing MIM Electronics: Amorphous Metal Electrodes", Advanced Materials, vol. 23, issue 1, pp. 74 - 78, 10/2010.
Smith, S. W., K. G. McAuliffe, and J. F. Conley, "Atomic layer deposited high-k nanolaminate capacitors", Solid-State Electronics, vol. 54, issue 10, pp. 1076 - 1082, 10/2010. Abstract
Pelatt, B. D., C. C. Huang, and J. F. Conley, "ZnO nanobridge devices fabricated using carbonized photoresist", Solid-State Electronics, vol. 54, issue 10, pp. 1143 - 1149, 10/2010. Abstract
Triska, J., J. F. Conley, R. E. Presley, and J. F. Wager, "Bias stress stability of zinc-tin-oxide thin-film transistors with Al2O3 gate dielectrics", Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures, vol. 28, issue 4, pp. C5I1, 07/2010. Abstract
Huang, C. - C., B. D. Pelatt, and J. F. Conley, "Directed integration of ZnO nanobridge sensors using photolithographically patterned carbonized photoresist", Nanotechnology, vol. 21, issue 19, pp. 195307, 05/2010. Abstract
Cowell, III, W. E., N. Alimardani, C. C. Knutson, J. F. Conley, D. A. Keszler, B. J. Gibbons, and J. F. Wager, "Advancing MIM Electronics: Amorphous Metal Electrodes", Advanced Materials, vol. 23, issue 1, pp. 74 - 78, 01/2011, 2010. Abstract
2009
Smith, S. W., K. G. McAuliffe, and J. F. Conley, "Atomic Layer Deposited Al2O3/Ta2O5 Nanolaminate Capacitors", 2009 International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS), College Park, MD, IEEE, pp. 1 - 2, 12/2009. Abstract
Pelatt, B. D., C. - C. Huang, and J. F. Conley, "ZnO Nanobridge Devices Fabricated on Carbonized Photoresist", 2009 International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS), College Park, MD, IEEE, pp. 1 - 2, 12/2009. Abstract
2006
Goncher, G., R. Solanki, J. R. Carruthers, J. F. Conley, and Y. Ono, "p-n junctions in silicon nanowires", Journal of Electronic Materials, vol. 35, issue 7, pp. 1509 - 1512, 07/2006. Abstract
Green, J. M., L. Dong, T. Gutu, J. Jiao, J. F. Conley, and Y. Ono, "ZnO-nanoparticle-coated carbon nanotubes demonstrating enhanced electron field-emission properties", Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 99, issue 9, pp. 094308-1 - 094308-4, 05/2006. Abstract
Conley, J. F., L. Stecker, and Y. Ono, "Selective Growth and Directed Integration of ZnO Nanobridge Devices on Si Substrates without a Metal Catalyst using a ZnO Seed Layer", Journal of Electronic Materials, vol. 35, issue 4, pp. 795 - 802, 04/2006. Abstract
2005
Ryan, J. T., P. M. Lenahan, A. Y. Kang, J. F. Conley, G. Bersuker, and P. Lysaght, "Identification of the atomic scale defects involved in radiation damage in HfO2 based MOS devices", IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 52, issue 6, pp. 2272 - 2275, 12/2005. Abstract
Conley, J. F., L. Stecker, and Y. Ono, "Directed Integration of ZnO Nanobridge Devices on a Si Substrate", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, issue 22, pp. 223114, 11/2005. Abstract
Dong, L., J. Bush, V. Chirayos, R. Solanki, J. Jiao, Y. Ono, J. F. Conley, and B. D. Ulrich, "Dielectrophoretically Controlled Fabrication of Single-Crystal Nickel Silicide Nanowire Interconnects", Nano Letters, vol. 5, issue 10, pp. 2112 - 2115, 10/2005. Abstract
Dong, L., V. Chirayos, J. Bush, J. Jiao, V. M. Dubin, R. V. Chebian, Y. Ono, J. F. Conley, and B. D. Ulrich, "Floating-Potential Dielectrophoresis-Controlled Fabrication of Single-Carbon-Nanotube Transistors and Their Electrical Properties", The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 109, issue 27, pp. 13148 - 13153, 07/2005. Abstract
Lenahan, P. M., and J. F. Conley, "Magnetic Resonance Studies of Trapping Centers in High-κ Dielectric Films on Silicon", IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability, vol. 5, issue 1, pp. 90 - 102, 03/2005. Abstract
Conley, J. F., L. Stecker, and Y. Ono, "Directed assembly of ZnO nanowires on a Si substrate without a metal catalyst using a patterned ZnO seed layer", Nanotechnology, vol. 16, issue 2, pp. 292 - 296, 02/2005. Abstract
2004
Dautrich, M. S., P. M. Lenahan, A. Y. Kang, and J. F. Conley, "Noninvasive nature of corona charging on thermal Si∕SiO2 structures", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, issue 10, pp. 1844-1845, 07/2004. Abstract
Gao, W., J. F. Conley, and Y. Ono, "NbO as gate electrode for n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 84, issue 23, pp. 4666-4668, 05/2004. Abstract
Conley, J. F., Y. Ono, and D. J. Tweet, "Densification and improved electrical properties of pulse-deposited films via in situ modulated temperature annealing", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 84, issue 11, pp. 1913, 03/2004. Abstract
Conley, J. F., Y. Ono, D. J. Tweet, and R. Solanki, "Pulsed deposition of metal–oxide thin films using dual metal precursors", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 84, issue 3, pp. 398, 01/2004. Abstract
2003
Kang, A. Y., P. M. Lenahan, and J. F. Conley, "Electron spin resonance observation of trapped electron centers in atomic-layer-deposited hafnium oxide on Si", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 83, issue 16, pp. 3407-3409, 10/2003. Abstract
He, W., R. Solanki, J. F. Conley, and Y. Ono, "Pulsed deposition of silicate films", Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 94, issue 5, pp. 3657-3659, 09/2003. Abstract

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