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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7947581 | Formation of graphene wafers on silicon substrates Processes for forming full graphene wafers on silicon or silicon-on-insulator substrates. The processes comprise formation of a metal carbide layer on the substrate and annealing of the metal carbide layer under high vacuum. For volatile metals, this annealing step ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7794523 | Method for the recovery and re-use of process gases The present invention relates to methods and systems for processing an exhaust stream containing a recyclable component mixed with other components and impurities to produce a high purity product that contains all of the recyclable component. One or more waste strea... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7514119 | Method and apparatus for using solution based precursors for atomic layer deposition A unique combination of solution stabilization and delivery technologies with special ALD operation is provided. A wide range of low volatility solid ALD precursors dissolved in solvents are used. Unstable solutes may be stabilized in solution and all of the solutio... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7470172 | Water reuse in food processing Methods and systems enable reuse of water in processing of animals into food. In one method, water used in processing of animals into food is received. The water is treated so as to convert the water into a treated from capable of being reused in the processing of t... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7395823 | Method and apparatus for local fluorine and nitrogen trifluoride production The present invention relates to a process for production, shipment, and treatment of a NH4F(HF)x feedstock for local production of fluorine and NF3 for semiconductor chamber cleaning without the need for storage of large quantities ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7368000 | Treatment of effluent gases A method is described for recovering a noble gas, such as xenon or krypton, from a first gas mixture comprising a plurality of components, one of which is the noble gas and the others are typically helium and/or nitrogen, argon, and relatively light fluorocarbons. T... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7332017 | Method and apparatus for separation of moisture from fluids Apparatus and methods useful for removal or reduction of moisture from fluids are described. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises a moisture separation unit comprising a thermally regenerable moisture adsorption material having feed and waste sides, and means f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7263858 | Method and apparatus for producing a purified liquid The present invention provides generally a method and apparatus for purifying a liquid. More particularly, purification of a bulk liquid is performed by introducing a liquid stream to a purification vessel, which comprises both a distillation chamber for forming a p... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7147782 | Method and apparatus for metal removal by ion exchange The present invention provides a method for selectively removing metal ions of interest from a solution (12), such as the wastewater from a chemical mechanical polishing process. The method comprises contacting a solution (12) containing solid particle... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134781 | Self-mixing tank A tank comprising a rounded bottom section with an inlet located at the lowest point of the rounded bottom section having openings to direct fluid against the curved side walls to form a circulation cell. An outlet is provided inside the tank located above and in cl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128885 | NF3 production reactor A process for the production of nitrogen trifluoride by reacting fluorine gas and liquid ammonia acid fluoride in a first reaction zone having a relatively low energy input followed by treatment of the resulting reaction product in a second reaction zone having a re... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7048857 | Method and apparatus for metal removal ion exchange The present invention provides a method for selectively removing metal ions of interest from a solution (12), such as the wastewater from a chemical mechanical polishing process. The method comprises contacting a solution (12) containing solid particle... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6997053 | Systems and methods for measurement of low liquid flow rates The invention relates to systems and methods of measuring low liquid flow rates. The system provides a controller, flow system components, and one or more load cells coupled to a collection vessel. The collection vessel includes a weir that serves as a passage to al... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6998044 | Electrophoretic cross-flow filtration and electrodeionization: method for treating effluent waste and apparatus for use therewith The present invention provides a method and apparatus for purifying effluent wastewater utilizing electrophoretic cross-flow filtration and electrodeionization. The method first comprises filtering the water in a cross-flow direction with a filter membrane (120 | 02/14/2006 |
| 6998054 | Selective fluoride and ammonia removal by chromatographic separation of wastewater A process for fluoride removal from wastewater streams produced during industrial operation for further industrial use or to comply with environmental regulations. The process segregates the removal of fluoride and fluorosilicate ions, from the totality of ions in t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6986874 | Method and apparatus for the production of nitrogen trifluoride The present invention provides a method and apparatus for producing nitrogen trifluoride. The method comprises contacting a fluorine-containing feed stream with liquid ammonium acid fluoride in a reaction zone for time and under conditions sufficient to produce nitr... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6977049 | Treatment process for industrial waste stream A process for treating an industrial waste stream containing a borane compound including contacting the industrial waste stream with a resin carrying an oxidation catalyst that is capable of oxidizing the borane compound to boric acid. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975709 | Triggered playback of recorded messages to incoming telephone calls to a cellular phone The present invention provides system and method for delayed answering of a call to a cellular phone which can operate in either a distributed or a centralized manner. In particular, the system and method according to the present invention allows the cellular phone ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6965576 | Automatic configuration of WLAN for mobile users The present invention provides a system and method for automatically configuring a mobile host in a Wireless Local Access Network (WLAN) environment. In particular, the present invention employs GPS technology and an Information Gateway to provide preconfigured info... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6955707 | Method of recycling fluorine using an adsorption purification process A method and apparatus is disclosed for producing fluorine by providing a contained fluorine precursor source located proximate to or remotely from an adsorbent bed, optionally in a replaceable unit that may be a replaceable module comprising both the fluorine sourc... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6947126 | Dilution apparatus and method of diluting a liquid sample A dilution apparatus for continuously producing a diluted liquid sample, e.g., a chemical-mechanical polishing slurry, for analysis, e.g., particle size distribution, comprises a mixer manifold, a diluent-introducing means, e.g., a flow controlling device, for intro... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942810 | Method for treating metal-containing solutions A method for treating an electroless plating liquid or other metal-containing solution that also contains reducing agents. The method includes providing a reaction vessel containing an anode, a cathode, and a hydrogen ion-permeable membrane separating the anode and ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936537 | Methods for forming low-k dielectric films The use of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane compound and linking agent to form an ultra low-k dielectric film on semiconductor or integrated circuit surfaces is disclosed. The reaction between the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane compound and linking agent... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923076 | Flushing a multi-port valve manifold A method for flushing gas pockets from a manifold that forms a part of a liquid sampling system that is compatible with a chemical-mechanical polishing system is described. A flushing liquid, e.g., ultra pure water, is introduced into, and expelled from, the manifol... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912872 | Method and apparatus for producing a purified liquid The present invention provides generally a method and apparatus for purifying a liquid. More particularly, purification of a bulk liquid is performed by introducing a liquid stream to a purification vessel, which comprises both a distillation chamber for forming a p... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902625 | Multiple pocket electron beam source An improved crucible cover for multiple pocket electron beam sources has been invented. The invention provides selection between one of the multiple pockets for evaporative heating and a noncontacting, line-of-sight blocking baffle between heated and unheated pocket... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6890414 | Purification system and method A system for use with a plating cell configured to plate objects in a plating process. At least one byproduct is created in a plating substance used in the plating cell. The system includes a purification system configured to remove at least a portion of the at leas... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6852644 | Atmospheric robot handling equipment A semiconductor-manufacturing tool has two load locks, one for semiconductor wafers entering the tool for processing and the other for wafers leaving the tool after being processed. The load locks are of a new generation capable of being evacuated or vented in short... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6846380 | Substrate processing apparatus and related systems and methods An apparatus and method for processing a microelectronic substrate comprises a main chamber and a movable boundary. The main chamber comprises a main chamber wall enclosing a main chamber interior. The movable boundary is disposed within the main chamber interior, a... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6818566 | Thermal activation of fluorine for use in a semiconductor chamber A method and system for thermally activating a oxidizing cleaning gas for use in a semiconductor process chamber cleaning process. The oxidizing cleaning gas is thermally activated by reacting the oxidizing cleaning gas with heated inert gas. The resulting thermally... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6796703 | Conductivity feedback control system for slurry bending The invention provides a process and system that utilizes conductivity measurements during mixing of chemical components to provide a slurry having a solids content within a qualification range. That is, by providing a reference conductivity value indicative of when... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6799080 | Configurable PLC and SCADA-based control system The present invention provides an automated configurable control system (CCS) for a manufacturing process system, which permits a user to address menus on screen images for initially configuring the process, and for subsequently rapidly adding, modifying, and deleti... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6790364 | Process for stripping amine borane complex from an electroless plating solution A process for separation and environmentally benign disposal of amine borane complexes includes adsorbing amine borane complex onto a solid support, treating the adsorbed amine borane complex with an oxidizing agent in situ on the adsorbent thereby forming decomposi... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6560204 | Method of estimating call level traffic intensity based on channel link measurements Methods and systems are provided for estimating the source-destination traffic in a packet-switched network. Source-destination traffic is critical input to a variety of network engineering and planning functions. However, it is difficult and prohibitivel... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6517972 | High energy density hybrid battery/supercapacitor system A rechargeable hybrid battery/supercapacitor electrical storage system capable of providing high energy and high power densities comprises a negative intercalation electrode (17) and a positive capacitor electrode (13) comprising an anion-adsorbing compon... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6513218 | Accessing fiber fracture surfaces in fiber optic connectors Methods and apparatus for extracting a fiber from connector. In accordance with our method the extraction does not compromise any failure evidence located within the ferrule of the fiber connector. The method comprises the steps of metallic etching, follo... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6515796 | Saturated amplifier generating burst support signal Circuitry and a concomitant methodology for generating a burst support signal to augment an input bursty optical signal in an optical channel. The burst support signal is produced whenever the input bursty optical signal falls below a predetermined thresh... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6482548 | Lithium-aluminum dual-cation rechargeable electrochemical battery cell A rechargeable battery cell (10) having high operating voltage and significantly increased specific capacity comprises a positive electrode member (13), a negative electrode member (17), and an interposed separator member (15) containing an electrolyte co... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6432581 | Rechargeable battery including an inorganic anode The present invention relates to secondary lithium batteries which include inorganic compound for the negative electrode and a cathode compound for the positive electrode which comprises Li2 Mn2-x Mex O4-z F | 08/13/2002 |
| 6383682 | Yttrium-ion rechargeable battery cells A rechargeable yttrium-ion battery cell comprising a source of yttrium ions, an electrolyte providing ion mobility, and an electrode material capable of reversibly accepting and yielding yttrium ions exhibits substantially increased specific capacity due ... | 05/07/2002 |
