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3. The Chemistry Innovation Process: Breakthroughs for Electronics and Photonics
3. The Chemistry Innovation Process: Breakthroughs for Electronics and Photonics
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The most successful facilitation occurs through creation of an environment that encourages interactions among colleagues. In today's environment it is increasingly unlikely that a single individual will have the 1Elsa Reichmanis is director of the materials research department at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, in Murray Hill, NJ.
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TABLE 3.1 Key Resist Materials Properties Related to Molecular Characteristics Resist Property Molecular Characteristic Absorption Etching stability Aqueous base solubility Substrate adhesion Sensitivity (photo speed) Process latitude and substrate sensitivity Outgassing Aspect ratio of images Low metal ion content Manufacturability and cost No olefinic or aromatic moiety High level of structural carbon and low oxygen content Presence of base solubilizing groups Presence of polar moieties Catalytic chain length for acidolysis, efficiency of acid generation, acid strength, protective group chemistry Catalytic chain length for acidolysis, acid strength, protective group chemistry Protective group and acid generator chemistry Surface tension effects and mechanical strength of materials Synthesis and scale-up methodology Synthesis and materials scale-up methodology, lithographic process requirements
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Although attempts were made to shorten the development cycle, the time cycle for market introduction of a materials technology remained at roughly 10 years from initiation of direct applications-focused research. Resists using lasers at still shorter wavelengths will have even larger challenges associated with the resist materials properties, and it is likely that future timescales covering exploratory research, applications-oriented research, applied development, and market introduction will remain in the range of a decade.
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However, the aggressive development cycle for the Lambda Router would not have been possible without preceding enabling research and development efforts related to MEMS mirror arrays and other optical devices. Even these efforts were backed by the demonstration of microgears in the 1990s based on MEMS technology, which was additionally supported by 30 years of integrated circuit research and development experience.
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Hans Thomann: Are you using any formal processes for innovation, such as targeted innovation sessions? Elsa Reichmanis: We don't use formal innovation processes such as those described in the preceding presentations.
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For example, Lucent's MEMS Lambda Router took only 18 months from idea to delivery of product, and I don't think of Lucent as a small company. If we start relying on small companies to produce advanced technologies, the industry will be hurting 10 or 15 years down the road.
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Who do you talk to out in the businesses when they're out there firing people? Elsa Reichmanis: Life has certainly changed, but Bell Labs really benefits from the executive level's belief meaning Patricia Russo, CEO, Lucent Technologies; Bill O'Shea, president of Bell Labs; Jeff Jaffe, president of research and advanced technologies for Lucent; and the board in supporting longrange, fundamental research.
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36 REDUCING THE TIME FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO INNOVATION IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES I was at a Kellogg technology management program a couple of years ago, and one of the presenters said there are two kinds of chief executive officers: those who don't really understand technology and therefore don't believe in it and are very critical of research activities and those who take technology as a matter of faith. For a technology business to exist 10 or 20 years from now, the business must have a research program.
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