R.E. Thomas

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

R.E. Thomas is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R.E. Thomas has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in R.E. Thomas's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (17 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (13 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (12 papers). R.E. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (17 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (13 papers) and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (12 papers). R.E. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. R.E. Thomas's co-authors include D.M. Caughey, Peter Schvan, Arthur Boothroyd, R. Mertens, I. Thomson, J. van Meerbergen, R.J. Van Overstraeten, D. Waechter, Daniel A. Vincent and N. G. Tarr and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.

In The Last Decade

R.E. Thomas

37 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Carrier mobilities in silicon empirically related to doping and field

1967 1.2k citations R.E. Thomas et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.E. Thomas Canada	10	1.3k	433	262	182	147	38	1.5k
D.M. Caughey Canada	5	1.1k 0.9×	336 0.8×	194 0.7×	154 0.8×	147 1.0×	8	1.3k
D.J. Roulston Canada	18	2.4k 1.8×	855 2.0×	492 1.9×	343 1.9×	124 0.8×	139	2.6k
J. M. Ballantyne United States	21	1.1k 0.9×	970 2.2×	274 1.0×	243 1.3×	88 0.6×	88	1.5k
S. M. Kelso United States	11	1.1k 0.8×	865 2.0×	517 2.0×	260 1.4×	124 0.8×	29	1.5k
J.C. Irvin United States	12	1.3k 1.0×	782 1.8×	367 1.4×	141 0.8×	68 0.5×	29	1.5k
H.L. Hartnagel Germany	21	1.6k 1.3×	867 2.0×	333 1.3×	278 1.5×	131 0.9×	178	1.9k
W.T. Lindley United States	18	843 0.7×	559 1.3×	349 1.3×	98 0.5×	100 0.7×	31	1.1k
R.C. Eden United States	20	745 0.6×	382 0.9×	135 0.5×	160 0.9×	54 0.4×	71	1.0k
H. Beneking Germany	20	1.2k 0.9×	823 1.9×	151 0.6×	178 1.0×	102 0.7×	140	1.3k
Jeremiah R. Lowney United States	21	941 0.7×	635 1.5×	185 0.7×	129 0.7×	61 0.4×	85	1.1k

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1989). Screen printed Ta₂Os and TiO₂ antireflection coatings for crystalline and polycrystalline silicon solar cells. Canadian Journal of Physics. 67(4). 430–434. 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1987). Semi-automatic, volume production of silicon solar cells. Canadian Journal of Physics. 65(8). 892–896.

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1984). Solar grade Si substrates by the powder-to-ribbon process. 1 indexed citations

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Thomson, I., et al.. (1983). Radiation Dosimetry with MOS Sensors. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 6(1-4). 121–124. 19 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1980). High efficiency MIS/inversion layer silicon solar cells. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 1350–1353. 5 indexed citations

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Mertens, R., et al.. (1978). New TiO_x-MIS and Si0₂-MIS silicon solar cells. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 25(5). 507–511. 26 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1977). Ionizing Radiation Effects in Inversion Layer Silicon Solar Cells. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 24(2). 933–939. 3 indexed citations

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Mertens, R., et al.. (1976). Inversion layer silicon solar cells with MIS contact grids. pvsp. 907–912. 6 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1976). Inversion layer silicon solar cells with 10-12% AM1 efficiencies. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 993–996. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1975). Induced junction silicon solar cells. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 364–370. 5 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1975). Detailed electrical and radiation characteristics of an induced junction silicon solar cell. 226–229. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1974). Design considerations for surface-controlled negative-impedance transistors (NEGIT). 152–155. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1973). Effects of process changes on double-diffused most characteristics. 367–370. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1972). Forward and reverse characteristics of self-aligned double-diffused m.o.s. transistors. Electronics Letters. 8(18). 463–465. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1972). High current effects in bipolar epitaxial transistors. 126–126. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., et al.. (1972). Modelling of the double-diffused MOST's with self-aligned gates. 24–26. 4 indexed citations

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Makios, V. & R.E. Thomas. (1971). Measurement of minority-carrier lifetime in silicon at microwave frequencies using microstrip techniques. Electronics Letters. 7(17). 496–497. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E. & Arthur Boothroyd. (1968). Determination of a physical model for double diffused transistors. Solid-State Electronics. 11(3). 365–375. 13 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E., R.H. Johnston, & Arthur Boothroyd. (1966). Negative resistance in a transistor under punch-through conditions. Proceedings of the IEEE. 54(1). 84–85. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, R.E. & Arthur Boothroyd. (1966). Estimation of junction depths in double-diffused transistors. Proceedings of the IEEE. 54(12). 1944–1945. 3 indexed citations

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