LOCOS

n. locomotive, engine (Slang)

This article is about LOCal Oxidation of Silicon. For the use of the term 'Locos', see The Locos band  LOCOS, short for LOCal Oxidation of Silicon, is a microfabrication process where silicon dioxide is formed in a small area.To perform local oxidation, the areas not meant to be oxidized will be coated in a material that does not permit the diffusion of oxygen, such as silicon nitride.LOCOS is used when it is desirable that the Si-SiO2 interface occur at a lower point than the rest of the silicon surface. This cannot be easily achieved by etching field oxide.
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adj. mad, crazy, insane

n. madman, lunatic, maniac, one who is mentally deranged; idiot, half wit

LOCal Oxidation of Silicon - oxidation of selected areas of a silicon wafer by masking off the oxidation reaction from other regions. A thin uniform silicon dioxide, SiO2, layer is initially formed and then a layer of silicon nitride, Si3N4, is deposited. The silicon nitride is photolithographically patterned and then a relatively thick silicon dioxide layer is grown in the openings in the silicon nitride. The silicon nitride blocks oxidation wherever silicon nitride is present. Following oxidation the silicon nitride layer is stripped off the wafer. The thin initial silicon dioxide layer is used to prevent stress from direct contact between silicon and silicon nitride. LOCOS is widely used to isolated MOSFETs with minimum linewidths >350nanometers.

= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook.
Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
Ex: Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.
Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
Ex: It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.
Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
Ex: Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.
Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.
Ex: The article 'Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.
Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
Ex: The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on 'nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright 'wackos'.
Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
Ex: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
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* a lo loco = helter-skelter.
* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.
* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.
* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic.
* como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly.
* estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Pronombre + to bits.
* estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.
* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.
* hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.
* idea loca = wild thought.
* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.
* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.
* loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.
* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.
* loco del deporte = sports freak.
* loco de remate = barking mad.
* loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.
* ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.
* parecer loco = sound + crazy.
* ponerse como loco = get + worked up (about).
* ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.
* sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).
* trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.
* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.
* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend.
* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.
* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from.
* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Pronombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits.
* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet.