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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6901405 | Method for persisting a schedule and database schema The invention provides a database schema for representing a workflow process definition (e.g., a schedule). The database schema may also include one or more bindings associated with the schedule, as well as persisted state information and data. The invention further... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6270579 | Nozzle arm movement for resist development A system and method is provided that facilitates the application of a uniform layer of developer material on a photoresist material layer. The system includes a multiple tip nozzle and a movement system that moves the nozzle to an operating position above... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6221768 | Use of implanted ions to reduce oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) etch residue and polystringers A method for fabricating a first memory cell and a second memory cell electrically isolated from each other. The method including forming a first polysilicon (poly I) layer on an oxide coated substrate and masking the poly I layer to pattern the first mem... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6204138 | Method for fabricating a MOSFET device structure which facilitates mitigation of junction capacitance and floating body effects A method of forming a MOSFET device is provided. First lightly doped regions are formed, the first lightly doped regions including LDD extension regions of the device. Second very lightly doped regions are formed at least partially below the first lightly... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6196734 | CD uniformity by active control of developer temperature A system for regulating temperature of a developer is provided. The system includes a plurality of optical fibers, each optical fiber directing radiation to respective portions of the developer. Radiation reflected from the respective portions are collect... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6190062 | Cleaning chamber built into SEM for plasma or gaseous phase cleaning One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of inspecting a patterned substrate using an SEM, involving the steps of evaluating the patterned substrate to determine if charges exist thereon; introducing the patterned substrate having charges t... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6187483 | Mask quality measurements by fourier space analysis A method (200) of determining an optimal mask fabrication process includes fabricating (202) a first mask pattern (220) on a mask using a first mask fabrication process and a second mask pattern (222) on a mask using a second mask fabrication process, whe... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6187666 | CVD plasma process to fill contact hole in damascene process The present invention relates to a method for fabricating interconnecting lines and vias in a layer of insulating material. A via is formed in the layer of insulating material. A protective material is formed so as to be conformal to at least edges and si... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6182463 | Portable evaporative cooling apparatus A portable evaporative cooling system includes a fan for generating a path of air, a water pump for dispersing water in the path of air generated by the fan, and a water cooler for storing the water. The water cooler has an opening to permit the water pum... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6180454 | Method for forming flash memory devices In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of forming a flash memory device involving the steps of forming a gate oxide layer on a substrate; forming a first poly layer over the gate oxide layer; forming an insulating layer over the firs... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6179566 | Blower Wheel assembly with steel hub, and method of making same The invention includes a blower wheel assembly and method characterized by a steel hub with protruding lugs that mate with a corresponding array of holes in a backplate of the assembly. The lugs are riveted or otherwise deformed to upset the lug material,... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6177802 | System and method for detecting defects in an interlayer dielectric of a semiconductor device using the hall-effect A system for detecting defects in an interlayer dielectric (ILD) interposed between first and second conductive lines lying adjacent each other along a first plane is provided. A processor controls general operations of the system. A voltage source adapte... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6178256 | Removal of reticle effect on critical dimension by reticle rotation A method (200) of characterizing a lithographic printer includes the steps of printing a first and second pattern (202, 228) on substrates (214) using a reticle (220) having a first and second orientation. The method (200) further includes measuring a cri... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6173378 | Method for ordering a request for access to a system memory using a reordering buffer or FIFO A method (320) of implementing a set of ordering rules for executing requests for access to a system memory (14) includes the steps of identifying a request status (322) for a new request for access to the system memory (14) and assigning a tag to the new... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172478 | Power distribution in a portable device A power distribution system is provided for distributing power in a portable device being coupable to a charging system and including a main battery power and a bridge battery power. The charging system is coupled to a power bus through a diode. The main ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6166439 | Low dielectric constant material and method of application to isolate conductive lines A semiconductor device which includes a substrate and a conductive pattern formed on the substrate. The conductive pattern includes at least two conductive lines adjacent one another. A low dielectric constant (LDC) material is dispersed between the at le... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6166411 | Heat removal from SOI devices by using metal substrates In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of forming a silicon-on-insulator substrate involving providing a metal wafer; forming a low melting point oxide layer over the metal wafer; forming a first insulation layer over the low melting... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6165695 | Thin resist with amorphous silicon hard mask for via etch application A method of forming a via structure is provided. In the method, a dielectric layer is formed on an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer covering a first metal layer; and an amorphous silicon layer is formed on the dielectric layer. An ultra-thin photoresis... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6162587 | Thin resist with transition metal hard mask for via etch application A method of forming a via structure is provided. In the method, a dielectric layer is formed on an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer covering a first metal layer; and a transition metal layer is formed on the dielectric layer. An ultra-thin photoresist ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6153912 | SOI with conductive metal substrate used as VSS connection An SOI transistor structure and SOI circuit is disclosed. The SOI transistor structure includes a conductive base layer and an insulating layer overlying the conductive base layer. A semiconductor layer overlies the insulating layer and includes a source ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6147507 | System and method of mapping leakage current and a defect profile of a semiconductor dielectric layer A method (100) and a system (150) for detecting defects in a dielectric material (112) includes the steps of moving carriers (102) in the dielectric material (112), wherein the number of carriers is a function of whether defects exist in the dielectric ma... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6140023 | Method for transferring patterns created by lithography A lithographic process for fabricating sub-micron features is provided. A silicon containing ultra-thin photoresist is formed on an underlayer surface to be etched. The ultra-thin photoresist layer is patterned with short wavelength radiation to define a ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6136514 | Resist developer saving system using material to reduce surface tension and wet resist surface In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of processing a semiconductor structure including a resist thereon, involving the steps of exposing the semiconductor structure including the resist to actinic radiation; contacting the semicond... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6129276 | Shopping cart mounted portable data collection device with tethered dataform reader A system for acquiring shopping list information includes a user terminal and a base unit in selective data communication via a wide-area network, such as the global Internet, common data carrier or a modulated wave propagating over a public utility. The ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127070 | Thin resist with nitride hard mask for via etch application A method of forming a via structure is provided. In the method, a dielectric layer is formed on an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer covering a first metal layer; and a nitride layer is formed on the dielectric layer. An ultra-thin photoresist layer is ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125383 | Research system using multi-platform object oriented program language for providing objects at runtime for creating and manipulating biological or chemical data A drug discovery research system which includes a plurality of computers. The drug discovery research system provides for at least one of the plurality of computers to run a multi-platform object oriented programming language, and at least one of the plur... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6115108 | Illumination modification scheme synthesis using lens characterization data A method (400) of determining a custom illumination scheme for a projection-type photolithography system (500) is disclosed. The custom illumination scheme provides compensation for imaging system aberrations within the photolithography system (500) and t... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6112538 | Portable air conditioning apparatus and method using evaporative cooling A portable evaporative cooling system includes a liquid storage tank, a pump coupled to the tank and a power source coupled to the pump. In addition, the system includes one or more nozzles coupled to the pump for converting a liquid to a relatively fine ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6110833 | Elimination of oxynitride (ONO) etch residue and polysilicon stringers through isolation of floating gates on adjacent bitlines by polysilicon oxidation A method for fabricating a first memory cell and a second memory cell electrically isolated from each other is provided. A first polysilicon (poly I) layer is formed on an oxide coated substrate. Then, a sacrificial oxide layer and nitride layer are forme... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105720 | Multi-position ladder and support therefor A multi-position ladder includes a ladder, a longitudinally extending support member for supporting the ladder, and a connecting member connecting the support member and the ladder. The connecting member includes a sliding bar, a pivot bar, and a rotating... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6099551 | Pericardial strip and stapler assembly for dividing and sealing visceral tissues and method of use thereof A pericardial strip and surgical stapler assembly, and method of use thereof, in which at least one pericardial strip is releasably attached to the jaws of the stapler by passing the outer ends of the stapler through holes in the strip(s). Preferably, the... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098408 | System for controlling reflection reticle temperature in microlithography A system for regulating reticle temperature is provided. The system includes a reticle for use in a lithographic process and a chuck assembly for supporting the reticle. The chuck assembly includes: a backplate having front and back surfaces, the front su... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6100558 | Semiconductor device having enhanced gate capacitance by using both high and low dielectric materials A method for fabricating a MOSFET device is provided. The method includes a step of forming a gate oxide including first and second gate oxide materials. The first gate oxide material has a higher dielectric constant than the second gate oxide material. T... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6094335 | Vertical parallel plate capacitor A method for fabricating a vertical parallel plate capacitor is provided. In the method, a sacrificial layer is formed on at least a portion of a surface. A dielectric layer is conformally formed on the sacrificial layer and an exposed portion of the surf... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6090140 | Extra-anatomic heart valve apparatus An extra-anatomic heart valve apparatus, which may be mounted externally to the heart, includes a heart valve positioned within a generally tubular conduit. An elongated outflow conduit extends from the tubular conduit and terminates in an end spaced from... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6087208 | Method for increasing gate capacitance by using both high and low dielectric gate material A method for fabricating a MOSFET device is provided. The method includes a step of fining a gate oxide including first and second gate oxide materials. The first gate oxide material has a higher dielectric constant than the second gate oxide material. Th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6073725 | Multi-position ladder and support therefor A multi-position ladder includes a ladder, a longitudinally extending support member for supporting the ladder, and a connecting member connecting the support member and the ladder. The connecting member includes a sliding bar, a pivot bar, and a rotating... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073016 | Mobile device ID allocation system and method A network communication system and method with mobile communication unit ID allocation wherein a mobile communication unit may request that an identification code be assigned for starting a session with a host computer or other device coupled to a network... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069877 | Duplicate device detection system A network communication system with duplicate device detection in which a mobile communication unit, attempting to register to a communication network with a duplicate identification code as that of another mobile communication unit already registered, is... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6063682 | Ultra-shallow p-type junction having reduced sheet resistance and method for producing shallow junctions A method of fabricating a transistor is provided. According to the method, a heavy ion is implanted into a silicon substrate so as to amorphize at least a portion of the silicon substrate. The amorphized silicon is substantially free of channels. A dopant... | 05/16/2000 |
