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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7338908 | Method for fabrication of semiconductor interconnect structure with reduced capacitance, leakage current, and improved breakdown voltage An etching process for selectively etching exposed metal surfaces of a substrate and forming a conductive capping layer over the metal surfaces is described. In some embodiments, the etching process involves oxidation of the exposed metal to form a metal oxide that ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323228 | Method of vaporizing and ionizing metals for use in semiconductor processing Techniques for vaporizing and handling a vaporized metallic element or metallic element salt with a heated inert carrier gas for further processing. The vaporized metallic element or salt is carried by an inert carrier gas heated to the same temperature as the vapor... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312095 | Modification of selectivity for sensing for nanostructure sensing device arrays An electronic system for selectively detecting and identifying a plurality of chemical species, which comprises an array of nanostructure sensing devices, is disclosed. Within the array, there are at least two different selectivities for sensing among the nanostruct... | 12/25/2007 |
| D552085 | Dock insert | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270942 | Optimized mirror design for optical direct write The present invention provides an optimized direct write lithography system using optical mirrors. That is, a maskless lithography system is provided. The maskless direct-write lithography system provided uses an array of mirrors configured to operate in a tilting m... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265423 | Technique for fabricating logic elements using multiple gate layers Various techniques are described which utilize multiple poly-silicon layers in the design and fabrication of various logic elements that are used in semiconductor devices. According to a specific implementation of the present invention, logic gate cell sizes and mem... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249224 | Methods and apparatus for providing early responses from a remote data cache According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided for increasing the efficiency of data access in a multiple processor, multiple cluster system. Mechanisms for allowing a variety of transactions to complete locally are implemented by providing r... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246373 | Methods and apparatus for virtual private network based mobility Methods and apparatus for enabling VPN based mobility are provided. A VPN client having a client subnetwork address corresponding to a particular subnetwork can create a VPN tunnel using an enterprise address from a VPN server. Using the VPN tunnel, the VPN client c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246148 | Enhanced network services using a subnetwork of communicating processors A method and system for providing enhanced services for a network. The enhanced services use information about the network which is available to a subnet of communicating processors (such as a set of routers), collectively executing a common distributed technique fo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246185 | Master and slave side arbitrators associated with programmable chip system components Methods and apparatus are provided for providing a first master component with access to a first slave component while a second master component is accessing a second slave component in a system. The system may include a processor core and peripherals implemented on... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234159 | Method and apparatus for controlling evaluation of protected intellectual property in hardware Various techniques permit more thorough development of digital systems and devices by designers while protecting the proprietary interests of the owners of the intellectual property incorporated in such systems and devices. More specifically, systems, apparatus, met... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229923 | Multi-step process for forming a barrier film for use in copper layer formation Methods for forming robust copper structures include steps for providing a substrate with an insulating layer with openings formed therein. At least two barrier layers are then formed followed by the deposition of a copper seed layer which is annealed. Bulk copper d... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228421 | Technique for generating control messages with reason information between nodes in a data network A technique is disclosed for generating control messages to be transmitted from a first network device to a second network device in a data network. A first control message to be generated at the first network device is determined. Reason information relating to at ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221712 | Methods and apparatus for determining transmission power levels Methods and apparatus are provided for determining transmission power levels. The power characteristics of a cable modem family are determined by testing cable modems in a cable modem family with various downstream frequencies and transmission power levels to determ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7196420 | Method and structure for creating ultra low resistance damascene copper wiring A low resistance copper damascene interconnect structure is formed by providing a thin dielectric film such as SiC or SiOC formed on the sidewalls of the via and trench structures to function as a copper diffusion barrier layer. The dielectric copper diffusion barri... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194660 | Multi-processing in a BIOS environment A basic input/output system (BIOS) for use in a computer system having a plurality of processors is described. The BIOS is embodied in a computer readable medium as computer program instructions which are operable to facilitate substantially simultaneous operation o... | 03/20/2007 |
| 5991762 | Method and apparatus for creating a table object constructed from reusable column objects A method for creating a table object made up of one or more columns, where the table object can be used as a programming interface or wrapper for an underlying table component is described. The table is made up of one or more column objects that can be us... | 11/23/1999 |
