W. E. Howard

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

W. E. Howard is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. E. Howard has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. E. Howard's work include Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (16 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (12 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (10 papers). W. E. Howard is often cited by papers focused on Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (16 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (12 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (10 papers). W. E. Howard collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ukraine. W. E. Howard's co-authors include Frank Stern, F. F. Fang, L. Esaki, Raphael Tsu, A. B. Fowler, P.J. Stiles, P.M. Alt, O. Sahni, L. L. Chang and L.L. Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. E. Howard

50 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Properties of Semiconductor Surface Inversion Layers in the Electric Quantum Limit

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. E. Howard United States	23	2.4k	2.0k	905	392	199	51	3.4k
H. H. Wieder United States	31	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	933 1.0×	313 0.8×	372 1.9×	169	2.7k
Samarth Jain India	8	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	176 0.4×	242 1.2×	9	3.2k
Chih‐Tang Sah United States	31	4.4k 1.8×	1.5k 0.7×	869 1.0×	170 0.4×	118 0.6×	118	4.7k
K. W. Wecht United States	22	2.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	543 0.6×	123 0.3×	107 0.5×	66	2.8k
M. I. Nathan United States	26	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	594 0.7×	518 1.3×	191 1.0×	101	2.5k
Kunishige Oe Japan	32	2.8k 1.1×	2.5k 1.2×	722 0.8×	501 1.3×	148 0.7×	165	3.5k
Harold P. Hjalmarson United States	21	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	633 0.7×	184 0.5×	105 0.5×	107	2.1k
K.M. Geib United States	34	3.4k 1.4×	2.4k 1.2×	699 0.8×	194 0.5×	144 0.7×	177	4.1k
Jasprit Singh United States	34	2.7k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 2.7×	475 2.4×	131	4.2k
J. Antoszewski Australia	25	2.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	962 1.1×	298 0.8×	327 1.6×	164	3.3k

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Hua, Yang, Jiehui Wan, Ramji S. Lakshmanan, et al.. (2006). Hydrazine leak detection using poly (3-hexylthiophene) thin-film micro-sensor. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6222. 62220S–62220S. 5 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E.. (2004). Better Displays with Organic Films. Scientific American. 290(2). 76–81. 49 indexed citations

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Stewart, Mark J., et al.. (2002). Polysilicon VGA active matrix OLED displays-technology and performance. 871–874. 27 indexed citations

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Feng, Tom, et al.. (2001). Structure and characterization of a white up-emitting OLED on silicon for microdisplays. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4105. 30–30. 10 indexed citations

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Sokolik, I., et al.. (2001). P‐46: New Color Changing Materials for OLED Microdisplays. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 32(1). 727–729. 1 indexed citations

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Pichler, K., et al.. (1999). Design and manufacturing of active-matrix organic light-emitting microdisplays on silicon. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3797. 258–258. 8 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E., P.M. Alt, & R. Wisnieff. (1989). Eliminating crosstalk in thin-film transistor/liquid-crystal displays. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 36(9). 1938–1942. 5 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E., O. Sahni, & P.M. Alt. (1982). A simple model for the hysteretic behavior of ZnS:Mn thin film electroluminescent devices. Journal of Applied Physics. 53(1). 639–647. 91 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E.. (1981). Thin film electroluminescent displays. Journal of Luminescence. 24-25. 835–842. 23 indexed citations

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Alt, P.M., W. E. Howard, & O. Sahni. (1979). WA-B2 on the memory behavior of thin-film electroluminescent devices. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 26(11). 1850–1850. 6 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E.. (1977). The importance of insulator properties in a thin-film electroluminescent device. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 24(7). 903–908. 41 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E. & F. F. Fang. (1976). Effects of higher sub-band occupation in (100) Si inversion layers. Physical review. B, Solid state. 13(6). 2519–2523. 28 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E., et al.. (1971). A fully monolithic 6-bit, multiplying D/A converter. 52–53. 7 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E. & Raphael Tsu. (1970). Photoconductivity and Density of States for Amorphous GeTe. Physical review. B, Solid state. 1(12). 4709–4719. 50 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E., A. B. Fowler, & D. McLeod. (1968). Pressure Dependence of Barrier Heights in Ge–GaAs n—n Heterojunctions. Journal of Applied Physics. 39(3). 1533–1540. 1 indexed citations

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Fowler, A. B., F. F. Fang, W. E. Howard, & P.J. Stiles. (1966). Magneto-Oscillatory Conductance in Silicon Surfaces. Physical Review Letters. 16(20). 901–903. 279 indexed citations

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Chang, L. L. & W. E. Howard. (1965). SURFACE INVERSION AND ACCUMULATION OF ANODIZED InSb. Applied Physics Letters. 7(8). 210–212. 42 indexed citations

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Esaki, L., et al.. (1964). THE FIELD-EFFECT INTERFACE CONDUCTANCE IN Ge—GaAs n-n HETEROJUNCTIONS. Applied Physics Letters. 4(1). 3–4. 13 indexed citations

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Esaki, L., et al.. (1964). The interface transport properties of Ge-GaAs heterojunctions. Surface Science. 2. 127–135. 19 indexed citations

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Howard, W. E. & Fang Fang. (1963). Reverse current in Ge-GaAs n-n heterojunctions. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 10(5). 336–336. 1 indexed citations

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