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salicide

UK/ˈsalɪˌsaɪd/US/ˈsælɪˌsaɪd/

salicide noun: a compound of salicin e.g. salicide of potassium, hydrogen salicide.

Noun (1)

salicide (plural salicides)

  1. A compound of salicin e.g. salicide of potassium, hydrogen salicide

Noun (2)

salicide (plural salicides)

  1. (silicon microelectronics) An electrical contact made from a silicide whose formation does not require lithographic patterning processes, i.e. it is "self-aligned"
    • Composite: Self-aligned silicide/poly Si gate (salicide) (label on Figure 7d)1983 November 11, T. Paul Chow, Andrew J. Steckl, “Refractory Metal Silicides: Thin-Film Properties and Processing Technology”, in IEEE Trans. on Electron Devices, volume ED-30, number 11, November...
    • Platinum salicide process for BiCMOS applications1993, Khalid Sheergar, Platinum salicide process for BiCMOS applications, thesis, Carleton University

Examples of salicide in a sentence

  • Titanium SALICIDE Process for VLSI Device Application1995, Wlodek Kaplan, Titanium SALICIDE Process for VLSI Device Application, Royal Institute of Technology:
  • A Novel Low Leakage-Current Ni SALICIDE Process in nMOSFETs on Si(110) Substrate2007, T. Yamaguchi et al., A Novel Low Leakage-Current Ni SALICIDE Process in nMOSFETs on Si(110) Substrate, 2007 IEEE International...
  • Advances on NiPt SALICIDE process optimization for 28nm CMOS manufacturing2010, Yi-Wei Chen et al., Advances on NiPt SALICIDE process optimization for 28nm CMOS manufacturing, 2010 International Symposium on...

Forms of salicide

pluralsalicides

Origin of salicide

From salicin + -ide.

Blend of self + aligned + silicide.

Questions about salicide

What does salicide mean?
Salicide means a compound of salicin e.g. salicide of potassium, hydrogen salicide.
How do you use salicide in a sentence?
Titanium SALICIDE Process for VLSI Device Application
What part of speech is salicide?
Salicide is a noun.
How do you pronounce salicide?
Salicide is pronounced /ˈsalɪˌsaɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of salicide?
The plural of salicide is salicides.

Words near salicide in the dictionary

  1. saliceta
  2. salicets
  3. salicetum
  4. salicetums
  5. salici
  6. salicide
  7. salicides
  8. salicin
  9. salicine
  10. salicines
  11. salicinoid

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