The comprehensive study of liquid phase oxidation on GaAs-based transistor applications
The GaAs-based HEMTs with gate oxide and HBTs with surface passivation prepared by liquid phase oxidation (LPO) will be demonstrated. As compared to the Schottky-gate HEMTs, the lower gate leakage currents, higher breakdown voltages, and improved RF performances make the proposed technique suitable for high-power and high-speed applications. Moreover, the HBTs with oxide passivation possess the characteristics of lower surface recombination currents, higher breakdown voltage, and improved higher dc current gain.
AlGaAs/InGaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor with a liquid phase oxidized AlGaAs as gate dielectric
The investigation describes AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistors (MOS-PHEMTs). The gate dielectric is obtained by oxidizing AlGaAs in liquid phase. The MOS-PHEMTs have a larger gate swing voltage, a lower gate leakage current and a higher breakdown voltage than their counterpart PHEMTs do.
Genotypic diversity in field isolates of Babesia bovis from cattle with babesiosis after vaccination.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether particular genotypes of Babesia bovis were common to field isolates obtained from cattle properties in Queensland where the B bovis vaccine had apparently failed.


DESIGN
A comparative study of polymerase chain reaction genotypes in different populations of B bovis.


PROCEDURE
Two polymerase chain reaction assays were applied to analyse DNA extracts of B bovis vaccine (K, T and Dixie strains) and 27 field isolates from 24 properties where disease outbreaks had occurred despite the use of the vaccine. To evaluate the stability of the genotypes identified, 11 of the field isolates were inoculated into experimental cattle that had either been previously vaccinated with T strain or not vaccinated.


RESULTS
No particular genotype of B bovis was responsible for the problems observed in previously vaccinated herds. None of the isolates had genotypes identical to the vaccine strains used. No geographic trends among the genotypes were observed. Isolates that originated from the same property also had different genotypes. Blood passage of the 11 field isolates in either previously vaccinated or nonvaccinated cattle did not alter the original genotype.


CONCLUSION
No particular genotypes identified by the Bv80 and BvVA1 polymerase chain reaction assays could be associated with vaccine failures.