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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178931 | Bridge for semiconductor internal node A method and apparatus for forming connections within a semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device incorporates a contact bridge between transistor contacts in close proximity. The contact bridge comprises a plurality of metal pillars each having a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8129797 | Work function engineering for eDRAM MOSFETs Embedded DRAM MOSFETs including an array NFET having a gate stack comprising a high-K dielectric layer upon which is deposited a first metal oxide layer (CD1) then a conductive layer (TiN), and then a polysilicon layer (Poly). A logic PFET having substantiall... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8111903 | Inline low-damage automated failure analysis A system and method for failure analysis of devices on a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. The present invention comprises the use of an inline focused ion beam milling tool to perform milling and image capturing of cross sections of a desired inspection point. The ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110464 | SOI protection for buried plate implant and DT bottle ETCH An SOI layer has an initial trench extending therethrough, prior to deep trench etch. An oxidation step, such as thermal oxidation is performed to form a band of oxide on an inner periphery of the SOI layer to protect it during a subsequent RIE step for forming a de... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099688 | Circuit design A design process includes inputting a design file representing a circuit design embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and using a computer to translate the circuit design into a netlist. The netlist comprises a representation of a plurality of wires... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8083260 | Combination trunk cover with spoiler and scrolling display A trunk lid cover in combination with a car spoiler. The trunk lid cover is of flexible material and is disposed for covering the trunk lid only of an automobile. The trunk lid cover is held tightly against the surface of said trunk lid. A car spoiler attached to th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7932136 | Source/drain junction for high performance MOSFET formed by selective EPI process In a field effect transistor (FET), halo features may be formed by etching into the surface of a silicon layer followed by a step of growing a first epitaxial silicon (epi-Si) layer on the etched silicon layer. Source (S) and drain (D), as well as S/D extension feat... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7923815 | DRAM having deep trench capacitors with lightly doped buried plates By controlling buried plate doping level and bias condition, different capacitances can be obtained from capacitors on the same chip with the same layout and deep trench process. The capacitors may be storage capacitors of DRAM/eDRAM cells. The doping concentration ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921669 | Portable refrigeration delivery system A refrigeration delivery system for use with portable food storage systems having an L-shaped body with a hollow vertical tower portion and a hollow horizontal flat lower portion. The internal volume of the body is suitable for the storage of ice and a combination o... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918380 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing welded tapered tubes A tapered tube manufacturing apparatus and method of operation comprises an entry station adapted to receive a tapered tube having an open, longitudinal seam with spaced longitudinal edges extending the length of the tapered tube. A feed line section moves the taper... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913631 | Modular portable table A portable modular table includes a main base unit of a lower frame section, an upper frame section secured to the lower frame section and a counter top removably attached to the upper frame section. The portable modular table can further include one or more attachm... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7846791 | Structure for a trench capacitor A design structure of a trench capacitor with an isolation collar in a semiconductor substrate where the substrate adjacent to the isolation collar is free of dopants caused by auto-doping. The design structure resulting from the means for fabricating the trench cap... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7875919 | Shallow trench capacitor compatible with high-K / metal gate Forming a shallow trench capacitor in conjunction with an FET by forming a plurality of STI trenches; for the FET, implanting a first cell well having a first polarity between a first and a second of the STI trenches; for the capacitor, implanting a second cell well... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7863186 | Fully and uniformly silicided gate structure and method for forming same Fully and uniformly silicided gate conductors are produced by deeply “perforating” silicide gate conductors with sub-lithographic, sub-critical dimension, nanometer-scale openings. A silicide-forming metal (e.g. cobalt, tungsten, etc.) is then deposited, polysil... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7863112 | Method and structure to protect FETs from plasma damage during FEOL processing Protecting a FET from plasma damage during FEOL processing by forming a FET-like structure in conjunction with and adjacent to an FET, in a same well as the FET, but having a body doped opposite to the well polarity. The FET-like structure is formed with thinner oxi... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7858485 | Structure and method for manufacturing trench capacitance A deep trench (DT) capacitor comprises a trench in a silicon layer, a buried plate surrounding the trench, a dielectric layer lining the trench, and a node conductor in the trench. The top surface of the poly node is higher than the surface of the silicon layer, so ... | 12/28/2010 |
| D627539 | T-shirt with a cooling pouch | 11/23/2010 |
| 7812387 | Trench capacitor A trench capacitor with an isolation collar in a semiconductor substrate where the substrate adjacent to the isolation collar is free of dopants caused by auto-doping. The method of fabricating the trench capacitor includes the steps of forming a trench in the semic... | 10/12/2010 |
| D621293 | Gastric bypass medical alert device | 08/10/2010 |
| 7745855 | Single crystal fuse on air in bulk silicon An integrated eFUSE device is formed by forming a silicon “floating beam” on air, whereupon the fusible portion of the eFUSE device resides. This beam extends between two larger, supporting terminal structures. “Undercutting” techniques are employed whereby ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7741217 | Dual workfunction silicide diode A CMOS diode and method of making it are disclosed. In one embodiment, the diode comprises a silicon substrate having an N doped region and a P doped region. A first silicide region is formed on the N doped region of the silicon substrate, and a second silicide regi... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7741188 | Deep trench (DT) metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor A deep trench metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor in an SOI-type substrate. In the deep trench, a layer of TiN, followed by a layer of high-k dielectric, followed by a second layer of TiN. The resulting capacitor is completely buried below the SOI layer, thereby a... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7741186 | Creating increased mobility in a bipolar device The mobility of charge carriers in a bipolar (BJT) device is increased by creating compressive strain in the device to increase mobility of electrons in the device, and creating tensile strain in the device to increase mobility of holes in the device. The compressiv... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7710141 | Method and apparatus for dynamic characterization of reliability wearout mechanisms A method and apparatus for dynamic characterization of reliability wearout mechanisms is disclosed. The system comprises an integrated circuit incorporating a device under test to be measured, structure for inputting a waveform to the device under test for a first p... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7705386 | Providing isolation for wordline passing over deep trench capacitor A memory cell has an access transistor and a capacitor with an electrode disposed within a deep trench. STI oxide covers at least a portion of the electrode, and a liner covers a remaining portion of the electrode. The liner may be a layer of nitride over a layer of... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7564086 | Self-aligned, silicided, trench-based DRAM/eDRAM processes with improved retention A DRAM cell in a substrate has a deep trench (DT) extending from a surface of the substrate into the substrate, a word line (WL) formed on the surface of the substrate adjacent the deep trench, and oxide (TTO) disposed in a top portion of the trench and extending be... | 07/21/2009 |
| D596397 | Belt loop purse | 07/21/2009 |
| 7533010 | Method and system for tread pattern noise optimization A method and system providing for tire tread design with improved noise characteristics is disclosed. The volume of air created by the lateral grooves that separate each tread block, referred to as a void, is computed at various sampling areas around a tire to gener... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7520827 | Electronic table tennis The present invention is an electronic table tennis apparatus including an electronic scoreboard, a plurality of touch sensors disposed on a table tennis table for sending sensor signals to the scoreboard. A plurality of laser scanner/locators create a locator field... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7513762 | Molding a tread belt for a two-piece tire A tread belt is molded and cured in a mold having a base plate and an inverted cup-shaped top plate. A plurality of inner segments are disposed in the mold. When the mold is closed outer surfaces of the inner segments form a cylindrical surface which is in contact w... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7510960 | Bridge for semiconductor internal node A method and apparatus for forming connections within a semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device incorporates a contact bridge between transistor contacts in close proximity. The contact bridge comprises a plurality of metal pillars each having a ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7501032 | High work output NI-TI-PT high temperature shape memory alloys and associated processing methods According to the invention, compositions of Ni—Ti—Pt high temperature, high force, shape memory alloys are disclosed that have transition temperatures above 100° C.; have narrow hysteresis; and produce a high specific work output. ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7493869 | Very large area/volume microwave ECR plasma and ion source The present invention is an apparatus and method for producing very large area and large volume plasmas. The invention utilizes electron cylcotron resonances in conjunction with permanent magnets to produce dense, uniform plasmas for long life ion thruster applicati... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7487153 | Locker manager for managing access to shared resources A method and system for controlling access to computer resources by multiple software components is described. A locker manager is provided, which is adapted to manage access to shared computer resources by independent software components. If a particular hardware r... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7473580 | Temporary chip attach using injection molded solder An improved method for performing an improved Temporary Chip Attach utilizing an Injection Molded Solder (IMS) process to allow efficient testing of die for creating a Known Good Die Bank. The IMS is applied to the testing substrate to form a column on the substrate... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7410714 | Unitized regenerative fuel cell system A Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell system uses heat pipes to convey waste heat from the fuel cell stack to the reactant storage tanks. The storage tanks act as heat sinks/sources and as passive radiators of the waste heat from the fuel cell stack. During charge up, i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7404874 | Method and apparatus for treating wafer edge region with toroidal plasma Method and apparatus for treating an edge region of a wafer. A toroidal shaped plasma cavity has an inner diameter which is slightly less than the diameter of the wafer being treated so that only the edge region of the wafer extends into the toroidal plasma cavity. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7396273 | Decorative straps for a bra and a bra incorporating the same A bra incorporating bra straps that are made from beads threaded onto an elongated tubular member in a decorative pattern. The straps include end connectors that allow them to be detachably secured to the bra. The straps may also include an adjustment member to allo... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395949 | Volumetric displacement dispenser A volumetric displacement dispenser and method of using the dispenser is disclosed for dispensing liquid contents from an interior of a bottle with a bottle neck while preventing air from filling a void created within the interior of the bottle caused by the liquid ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7379968 | Multiple moderation for networked conferences A networked conferencing system is described wherein multiple moderation of conferences is accommodated by permitting a conference moderator to designate one ore more alternate conference moderators. Each alternate moderator has access to at least a subset of confer... | 05/27/2008 |
