The author would like to thank his laboratory’s colleagues, Mr. Jun-ichiTonotani, Mr. Kyousuke Ohsima, Mr. Yongshik Kim, Mr. Jin Aun Ng, Mr.Joel Morina, Mr. Hendriansyah Sauddin, Mr. Youichi Kobayashi, Mr.Takahisa Sato, Mr. Kunihiro Miyauchi, Mr. George Yoshida and KatsuhiroTakagi <strong>for</strong> his wonderful friendship and heartening supports.The author would like to express sincere and hearty appreciation to hislaboratory’s secretaries, Ms. Noriko Sato, Ms. Yuki Mihara, Ms. Kyoko Kubo,Ms. Masako Nishizawa, Ms. Nobuko Iizuka, Ms. Nahoko Hayashi and Ms.Yukie Morita <strong>of</strong> their great supports.This study was partially supported by Semiconductor Technology AcademicResearch Center (STARC). The author would like to thank Dr. N.Nishikawa, Dr. J. Yugami, K. Tsunashima, T. Kato and K. Fujita <strong>for</strong> theiruseful advices and discussions.This study was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid <strong>for</strong> Scientific ResearchPriority Areas (A): Highly Functionalized Global Interface Integration.Finally, the author would like to express sincere and hearty gratitude <strong>for</strong> all<strong>of</strong> his friends and family <strong>for</strong> their wonderful supports.Atsushi KURIYAMAYokohama, Japan19. February. 2004- 100 -
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