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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6937915 | Apparatus and methods for detecting transitions of wafer surface properties in chemical mechanical polishing for process status and control In chemical mechanical polishing apparatus, a wafer carrier plate is provided with a cavity for reception of a sensor positioned very close to a wafer to be polished. Energy resulting from contact between a polishing pad and an exposed surface of the wafer is transm... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6922796 | Method and apparatus for performing failure recovery in a Java platform An invention is disclosed for performing failure recovery in a Java platform. An application is executed that includes a service module and a control module. The control module includes application-specific polices for the application. When an error is detected in a... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922688 | Computer system storage A method to access an object in a computer system storage includes receiving a reference to the object, obtaining a referential map based on the reference (the referential map indicating a plurality of logical storage locations), each logical storage location associ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6906730 | Method and system for image templates A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first edi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896596 | Polishing pad ironing system An ironing assembly for use in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) is provided. The ironing assembly is designed for use over a linear polishing pad which has a plurality of asperities and applied slurry. The ironing assembly includes an ironing disk having a co... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6893860 | Microorganisms and methods for producing threonine The present invention relates to methods and microorganisms for producing L-threonine. In particular, the present invention relates to the production of L-threonine using microorganisms, and Escherichia coli strains in particular, which require L-methionine f... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6894491 | Method and apparatus for metrological process control implementing complementary sensors A method for detecting a thickness of a layer of a wafer is provided. The method includes defining a particular radius of a wafer carrier configured to engage the wafer to be processed. The method also includes providing a plurality of sensors configured to create a... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6880724 | System and method for supplying photoresist A photoresist supply system includes a storage bottle and a reservoir coupled in flow communication therewith. A vacuum pump is coupled in flow communication with the reservoir and creates a vacuum within the reservoir that draws photoresist out of the storage bottl... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6880033 | Methods for configuring separate accessibility of each channel of a dual channel SCSI chip A method for configuring channels of a dual channel SCSI chip is provided which includes setting at least one bit in a first configuration space within a first channel control in the dual channel SCSI chip where the first configuration space returns a device identif... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6873916 | Application specific integrated circuitry for controlling analysis of a fluid A circuit for determining characteristics of a fluid under-test is provided. The circuit includes analog-to-digital processing circuitry for interfacing with a sensor and host electronics. The analog-to-digital processing circuitry includes a frequency generator for... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6868122 | Distributed intraframe transmission in digital video compression The present invention provides a method and apparatus for distributed intraframe transmission. In one embodiment of the present invention, digital images are divided into regions. In this embodiment, an I-frame is not transmitted all at once. Instead, in each transm... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865669 | Methods for optimizing memory resources during initialization routines of a computer system Methods for optimizing of memory resources during an initialization routine of a computer system which prepares the computer system for loading of an operating system is disclosed. One exemplary method includes receiving a request from a system BIOS to locate an amo... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6865600 | System and method for selecting internet media channels A system and method provide for selecting Internet media channels. Generally speaking, the selection involves choosing target channels based on user preferences. In one example embodiment, the system and method receive a user preference relating to a data item avail... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6865119 | Negatively charged wordline for reduced subthreshold current An invention is provided for reducing subthreshold current in memory core cells. A memory array having a plurality of memory core cells is provided. Each memory core cell in the memory array is selectable using a word line. A selected word line addressing a particul... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6864625 | Color pixel element cathode ray tube Color CRTs, used in large display screens, have a plurality of three color electron beams that are strongly focused so that they crossover and become divergent in both the X and Y axes if the CTR's face. The strength of the focusing determines the size of the illumi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6862721 | Method for identification of faulty or weak functional logic elements under simulated extreme operating conditions A method for testing a circuit is provided. The method includes providing a normal internal clock signal for use in accessing functional logic, where the functional logic has access to redundant functional logic during normal operation. The method then applies a str... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6862642 | Expander device and method for resetting bus segments in I/O subsystem segmented with expanders Expander device and method for resetting bus segments in I/O subsystem to clear bus hang in an I/O subsystem having a plurality of bus segments. Each bus segment in the I/O subsystem includes a set of devices and a bus that is coupled to the set of devices. In addit... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6862655 | Wide word search using serial match line computation in content addressable memory A content addressable memory (CAM) is provided that can perform wide word searches. At least one CAM memory core having a plurality of bit pattern entry rows is included in the CAM. In addition, search logic is included that, is capable searching particular rows dur... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6859213 | Method and apparatus for selecting attachments A method and apparatus for selecting attachments. When a sender indicates in an e-mail application or applet that an attachment is to be associated with an e-mail message, an attachment chooser window is presented. The attachment chooser window provides a browser-ba... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6858171 | Method for making reinforced belt pad for linear chemical mechanical planarization In a method for making a stainless steel reinforced belt pad for linear chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), a stainless steel band is disposed around an inner mold having positioners configured to hold the stainless steel band in place during a molding process.... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857435 | Method and apparatus for cooling a resonator of a megasonic transducer A method for cleaning a semiconductor substrate with a sonic cleaner is provided. The method initiates by introducing a cooling fluid into an inner jacket region of a sonic cleaner to cool a sonic resonator positioned within the inner jacket region. Then, a cleaning... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6859103 | Bias circuit for improving linearity of a radio frequency power amplifier A bias circuit is provided for improving linearity of a radio frequency power amplifier. The bias circuit includes a bias transistor having a collector, an emitter, and a base. The collector is connected to a DC voltage source, the emitter is connected to a radio fr... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851436 | Substrate processing using a fluid re-circulation system in a wafer scrubbing system A system and method for re-circulating processing fluids in a substrate processing system is provided. A fluid re-circulation system for a brush box processing tool includes a supply tank into which processing chemicals, DI water, or other processing fluids are intr... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6851151 | Brush drive assembly in a substrate processing brush box A modular brush drive assembly used in a brush box for processing a substrate is provided. The modular brush drive assembly includes a pair of brush drives. Each of the pair of brush drives has a mandrel capable of receiving a brush for processing a substrate, a man... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6851794 | Reduction of dependence of color appearance on light source A look up table LUT with specific gray reproduction characteristics is used for converting RGB image data to multi-tone data of ink colors. The gray reproduction characteristics of LUT are set such that the color difference ΔE of a gray color area with an arbitrary... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6851117 | Supplanting motif dialog boxes via modifying intercepted function calls from an application A technique for supplanting the display of a Motif dialog box is disclosed. In a first aspect, the invention includes a method for supplanting a Motif dialog box. The method comprises interposing a functionality between a graphical interface of an application and an... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6848194 | Apparatus for monitoring a semiconductor wafer during a spin drying operation An apparatus for spin drying a semiconductor wafer includes a hollow core spindle and a chuck assembly having grippers for supporting a wafer at an edge thereof. A sleeve is disposed in the central opening of the spindle and a manifold is disposed in the upper end o... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6847757 | Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer A reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer includes first and second input terminals, first and second output terminals, an optical device and a switching device. The first input terminal receives a multi-wavelength optical signal including a to-be-dropped optica... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6848028 | Microprocessor having a page prefetch cache for database applications A microprocessor cache configuration for reducing database cache misses and improving the processing speed, comprising a level-1 data cache, and a page prefetch cache. The page prefetch cache is adjacent the level-1 data cache. The page prefetch cache is configured ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843707 | Methods for aligning a surface of an active retainer ring with a wafer surface for chemical mechanical polishing CMP methods reduce a cause of differences between an edge profile of a chemical mechanical polished edge of a wafer and a center profile of a chemical mechanical polished central portion of the wafer within the edge. The wafer is mounted on a carrier surface of a wa... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6840634 | Reflective projection display system A reflective projection display system for receiving a light ray and projecting it onto a screen in a light-state mode. The reflective projection display system includes a reflective micro-mirror panel, a projecting device and a prism set. Before reaching the reflec... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6842891 | Dynamic attributes for distributed test framework An invention is provided for customizing attributes of a distributed processing system. An embodiment includes a lookup service capable of advertising attributes of a processing resource, and a processing resource executing an agent process, which is in communicatio... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6839647 | Same virtual machine mode for distributed test execution An invention is provided for testing in a Java based environment. The method includes launching a test harness in a first JVM, and starting a virtual machine (VM) agent in a second JVM. The VM agent is placed in communication with the test harness. The VM agent then... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6839064 | Image file generation A CPU 200 displays on the display screen of a display device 20 the image data of an image received file via a memory card MC or a connecting cable CV. The CPU 200 displays color-correction parameters entered via an input device 240, as w... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6833028 | Particle deposition system with enhanced speed and diameter accuracy In a method for depositing particles onto a substrate a flow of gas containing particles is provided along a flow path that bypasses a deposition chamber. The flow path may direct the flow of the gas containing the particles to a vacuum. To deposit particles onto a ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6833624 | System and method for row decode in a multiport memory The invention provides overlapping row decode in a multiport memory. Overlapping row decode includes predecode wires positioned on a first metallization layer and configured to address wordline drivers of a first port. A second plurality of predecode wires is locate... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6831697 | Surveillance camera with rotary camera lens The present invention provides a surveillance camera with rotary camera lens comprising a body having a pair of opposed and spaced pivot supports with a receiving space formed therebetween, a pivotable lens seat having two ends and a pivot portion at each of these t... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6832294 | Interleaved n-way set-associative external cache An n-way interleaved set-associative external cache utilizes standard burst memory devices such as DDR (double data rate) memory devices. The interleaved set-associative cache organization scheme is designed to fully utilize burst efficiencies during snoop and inval... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6832238 | Local transaction management The present invention defines a transaction management contract between an application server and a resource adapter and its underlying resource manager that allows an application server to utilize local transactions on a resource manager and avoid the overhead of a... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6832180 | Method for reducing noise in integrated circuit layouts A method for minimizing noise in an integrated circuit is described, the method including choosing a net to be analyzed, determining that the total path length of conductive paths coupled to a driver within the net exceed a maximum acceptable length for that given d... | 12/14/2004 |
