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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7531405 | Method of manufacturing a dielectric layer and corresponding semiconductor device A polycrystalline dielectric layer is formed wherein the dielectric layer comprises a first dielectric material containing an oxide or nitride and a second material contributing to less than 1% in weight to the dielectric layer, forming a non-conductive oxide or nit... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7486133 | Transmitting output stage with adjustable output power and process for amplifying a signal in a transmitting output stage In one embodiment of a transmitting output stage, a first controllable amplification device with a first amplification factor and a second amplification device with a second amplification factor are provided. The two amplification devices are connected on the input ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7440861 | Concept of compensating for piezo influences on integrated circuitry The inventive circuitry on a semiconductor chip includes a first functional element having a first electronic functional-element parameter that exhibits a dependence relating to the mechanical stress present in the semiconductor circuit chip in accordance with a fir... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437260 | Concept of compensating for piezo influences on integrated circuitry A semiconductor chip includes a first functional element having a first electronic functional-element parameter exhibiting a dependence relating to the mechanical stress present in the semiconductor circuit chip, and being configured to provide a first output signal... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433667 | Signal conditioning circuit A signal conditioning circuit contains an oscillator which is connected to the inputs of two mixers. The output of one mixer is coupled, so as to form a feedback path, to a frequency divider circuit whose first output is coupled to the second input of the first mixe... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430265 | Circuit arrangement provided with a phase-locked loop and transmitter-receiver with said circuit arrangement The invention specifies a circuit arrangement with a phase locked loop (1), which can be used as a mobile radio transmitter, in particular. The reference frequency for the PLL (1), which is provided by means of the source (3), is multiplied by a... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426669 | Circuit arrangement and method for driving electronic chips The invention provides a method for testing circuit units to be tested in a test apparatus, different identification units being assigned to the circuit units to be tested, the circuit units to be tested being connected to the test apparatus, a tester data stream in... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7404018 | Read latency control circuit The invention provides a method for setting and controlling a read latency (L) by means of a FIFO-based read latency control circuit for a read access to a semiconductor memory, having the method steps of providing a common internal clock signal; generating an inter... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7385485 | Smart time tire monitoring system A tire monitoring system and associated method includes a plurality of tire sensor modules configured to transmit tire data in a wireless fashion at a predetermined time interval. The system also includes a vehicle control module that is configured to receive the ti... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7342760 | Circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharge and voltage regulating device having a circuit arrangement A circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharge for a field-effect transistor is disclosed. The arrangement includes a first and a second controllable path each having a control terminal. The control terminals of the controllable paths are coupl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 6931982 | Linear actuator A rotation-preventing slide is provided for a linear actuator which includes a housing which defines an internal bore and a piston-rod assembly which linearly moves within the internal bore in response to fluid pressure. The rotation-preventing slide is connected to... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929465 | Timer circuit for valve activation in oil burner system The present invention is directed to an oil burner system having an electric cord set coupled between a controller and a valve associated with a pump. The electric cord set is operable to activate a solenoid valve associated with the pump for delivery of fuel oil to... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930501 | Method for determining an ESD/latch-up strength of an integrated circuit A method for determining an ESD/latch-up strength of an integrated circuit includes producing an integrated circuit and a test structure using the same fabrication process. Electrical parameters at the test structure are measured and characteristic values associated... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6905984 | MEMS based contact conductivity electrostatic chuck The present invention is directed to a method for clamping and processing a semiconductor substrate using a semiconductor processing apparatus. According to one aspect of the present invention, a multi-polar electrostatic chuck and associated method is disclosed whi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906942 | Programmable mask ROM building element and process of manufacture A semiconductor memory component such as a mask-programmable ROM component, has two memory cell transistors adjacent to each other in one column of a memory cell field. First and a second row-select/potential-equalization lines are equidistant from the two memory ce... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902160 | Locating pin with integrated clamp The present invention is directed to a locating and clamping fixture for locating and clamping a workpiece, wherein the fixture comprises a generally hollow body and a floating clamping arm. A first cam follower is located within the body, and a drive pin comprising... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903350 | Ion beam scanning systems and methods for improved ion implantation uniformity Ion implantation systems and scanning systems therefor are provided, in which focus adjustment apparatus is provided to dynamically adjust a focal property of an ion beam to compensate for at least one time varying focal property of a scanner. Methods are provided f... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6897796 | Sigma-delta converter arrangement The invention discloses a sigma-delta converter arrangement with a forward path including an amplifier and a quantizer with a clock input, and a feedback path with a D/A converter. The amplifier is coupled to an integrator which is in the form of a resonator with a ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6881967 | Method of correction for wafer crystal cut error in semiconductor processing The present invention is directed to accounting for crystal cut error data in ion implantation systems, thereby facilitating more accurate ion implantation. One or more aspects of the invention also consider possible shadowing effects that can result from features f... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879109 | Thin magnetron structures for plasma generation in ion implantation systems A plasma generator for space charge neutralization of an ion beam is disclosed and resides within an ion implantation system operable to generate an ion beam and direct the ion beam along a beamline path. The plasma generator comprises an electric field generation s... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6872953 | Two dimensional stationary beam profile and angular mapping An ion beam uniformity detector of the present invention includes a number of horizontal rods and a number of vertical rods placed on parallel planes and separated by a selected distance. Crossover measurement points are defined by intersections of the horizontal an... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6777696 | Deflecting acceleration/deceleration gap An accelerating structure and related method for accelerating/decelerating ions of an ion beam are disclosed. The structure and related method are suitable for use in selectively implanting ions into a workpiece or wafer during semiconductor fabrication to selective... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6770888 | High mass resolution magnet for ribbon beam ion implanters A mass analyzer for a ribbon shaped ion beam is disclosed. The mass analyzer comprises a pair of coils that define an entrance end and an exit end of the analyzer. Field clamps are employed at or proximate to one or more of the entrance and exit ends of the mass ana... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6646462 | Extraction of drain junction overlap with the gate and the channel length for ultra-small CMOS devices with ultra-thin gate oxides The present invention generally relates to a method of determining a source/drain junction overlap and a channel length of a small device, such as a MOS transistor. A large reference device having a known channel length is provided, and a source, drain, a... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6632283 | System and method for illuminating a semiconductor processing system The present invention relates to illuminating an interior portion of a processing chamber in a semiconductor processing system. A light emitting diode is located in the chamber to illuminate the interior of the chamber to facilitate viewing the interior o... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6602727 | Scatterometry based active control of exposure conditions A system for regulating an exposure condition determining process is provided. The system includes one or more light sources, each light source directing light to one or more gratings exposed on one or more portions of a wafer. Light reflected from the gr... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6593748 | Process integration of electrical thickness measurement of gate oxide and tunnel oxides by corona discharge technique The present invention relates to a system for controlling a thin film formation process using a corona discharge measurement technique. The system includes a thin film formation system operative to form a thin film based on one or more process parameters,... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6593623 | Reduced channel length lightly doped drain transistor using a sub-amorphous large tilt angle implant to provide enhanced lateral diffusion A method of reducing an effective channel length of a lightly doped drain transistor (50), includes the steps of forming a gate electrode (52) and a gate oxide (54) over a semiconductor substrate (56) and implanting a drain region (58) of the substrate (5... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6370785 | Strip counting gauge The present invention relates to a leadframe stip counting gauge and comprises a gauge member having an engagement portion adapted for association with a leadframe carrier having leadframes contained therein. The leadframe strip counting gauge further com... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6372563 | Self-aligned SOI device with body contact and NiSi2 gate A self-aligned SOI device with body contact and silicide gate. The SOI device is formed using an ordinary substrate such as silicon. A silicide gate is self-aligned and formed from re-crystallization of nickel and amorphous silicon. The self-aligned silic... | 04/16/2002 |
