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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6608353 | Thin film transistor having pixel electrode connected to a laminate structure An electronic circuit formed on an insulating substrate and having thin-film transistors (TFTs) comprising semiconductor layers. The thickness of the semiconductor layer is less than 1500 Å, e.g., between 100 and 750 Å. A first layer consisting mainly o... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6607947 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with fluorinated layer for blocking alkali ions A method of manufacturing a gate-insulated thin film transistor is disclosed. One improvement is that the thin film transistor is formed on a substrate with a blocking layer in between so that it is possible to prevent the transistor from being contaminat... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605826 | Light-emitting device and display device Although an organic resin substrate is highly effective at reducing the weight and improving the shock resistance of a display device, it is required to improve the moisture resistance of the organic resin substrate for the sake of maintaining the reliabi... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6602761 | Process for production of SOI substrate and process for production of semiconductor device A process for producing an adhered SOI substrate without causing cracking and peeling of a single-crystal silicon thin film. The process consists of selectively forming a porous silicon layer in a single-crystal semiconductor substrate, adding hydrogen in... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6599468 | Powder compacting apparatus and method of making rare-earth alloy magnetic powder compact The present invention provides a powder compacting apparatus including: a die having a through hole forming a cavity; a first punch and a second punch for pressing a rare-earth alloy magnetic powder filled in the cavity; and a magnetic field generator for... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6595754 | Blade bracket connector for ceiling fans A blade bracket to releasably connect a blade of a ceiling fan to the rotor, the blade bracket comprising a mount adapted for attachment to the rotor and a blade support securable to the blade and releasably attachable to the mount, the mount comprising m... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6593592 | Semiconductor device having thin film transistors There is provided a semiconductor device including a storage capacitor having sufficient capacity and a minimum area. The storage capacitor of a pixel region has such a structure that a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor are stacked on... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6589829 | Semiconductor device and method for forming the same A semiconductor device and a method for forming the same. The semiconductor device comprises an insulating or semiconductor substrate, a thermally-contractive insulating film which is formed on said substrate and provided with grooves, and a semiconductor... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589824 | Process for fabricating semiconductor device A process for fabricating a semiconductor device including the steps of: introducing into an amorphous silicon film, a metallic element which accelerates the crystallization of the amorphous silicon film; applying heat treatment to the amorphous silicon f... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6585831 | Method of making iron base magnetic material alloy powder A method of making an iron base magnetic material alloy powder includes the steps of: preparing an iron base magnetic material alloy containing at least 50% by mass of iron; and pulverizing the magnetic material alloy using a pin mill. A portion of the mi... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6583472 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof To provide a liquid crystal display device having high quality display by obtaining a high aperture ratio while securing a sufficient storage capacitor (Cs), and at the same time, by dispersing a load (a pixel writing-in electric current) of a capacitor w... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6579736 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof By appropriately selecting the structure of top gate type or staggered type TFTs disposed in the respective circuits of a semiconductor device depending on the function of the circuits, the operating characteristics and the reliability of the semiconducto... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6576924 | Semiconductor device having at least a pixel unit and a driver circuit unit over a same substrate A semiconductor device in which TFTs of suitable structures are arranged depending upon the performances of the circuits, and storage capacitors are formed occupying small areas, the semiconductor device featuring high performance and bright image. The th... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6573564 | Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof To provide a semiconductor device having high mass production performance and high reliability and reproducibility by simple fabrication steps, in a constitution of a semiconductor device of a bottom gate type formed by a semiconductor layer having a crys... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6569719 | Semiconductor device and method for producing the same In the production of thin film transistor (TFT), a gate insulating film is formed to cover an active layer, a titanium nitride film is formed on the gate insulating film, and an aluminum film used as the gate electrode is formed on the titanium nitride fi... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6567219 | Laser irradiation apparatus In annealing of a non-single crystal silicon film by a linear laser beam, it is performed so as irradiation tracks caused by the linear laser beam do not remain in the silicon film. Laser light is partitioned by an integrally formed cylindrical array lens... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6566175 | Method of manufacturing gate insulated field effect transistors A method of manufacturing thin film field effect transistors is described. The channel region of the transistors is formed by depositing an amorphous semiconductor film in a first sputtering apparatus followed by thermal treatment for converting the amorp... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6562672 | Semiconductor material and method for forming the same and thin film transistor A semiconductor material and a method for forming the same, said semiconductor material having fabricated by a process comprising irradiating a laser beam or a high intensity light equivalent to a laser beam to an amorphous silicon film containing therein... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6558230 | Method for polishing and chamfering rare earth alloy, and method and machine for sorting out ball media A method for polishing and chamfering a rare earth alloy including the steps of: preparing rare earth alloy work, feeding the rare earth alloy work, ball media, a liquid medium, and spacer particles (in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by volume of the liquid med... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6557572 | Tent pole and connecting structure thereof A tent pole and a connecting structure thereof include a shaft tube part of a prescribed length formed at an end portion of the tent pole, a stopper disposed outside a slanted part of the shaft tube part to restrict an inserted depth of the shaft tube par... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6555875 | EL display device with a TFT A strip-like first insulating layer is formed on a glass substrate, and a second insulating layer is formed on the first insulating layer. Furthermore, an island-like semiconductor layer is formed on the second insulating layer. The island-like semiconduc... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553845 | Coriolis flowmeter utilizing three-forked plate vibrator mode A highly sensitive Coriolis flowmeter, which is also utilizable as a density meter, is composed of: a substrate having two conduits through which a fluid to be measured flows; a curved tube fixed to the substrate in such manner that one end connects with one c... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6548014 | Suspension application apparatus and method for manufacturing rare earth magnet A suspension application apparatus for applying a suspension containing powder particles of an oxide dispersed in a liquid to a plate for magnet sintering, the oxide having a specific gravity greater than the liquid. The apparatus includes: a container fo... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6545320 | Electro-optical device and semiconductor device A high performance circuit is formed by using a TFT with less fluctuation in characteristics, and a semiconductor device including such a circuit is formed. When the TFT is formed, first, a base film and a semiconductor film are continuously formed on a q... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6545248 | Laser irradiating apparatus Disclosed is a laser irradiating apparatus which forms a laser beam having an improved and uniform energy distribution on or near its irradiation surface in case where a laser oscillator having a high coherence is used. The laser irradiating apparatus for... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6541636 | Process for preparing quinolylacrylonitrile and intermediates therefor 3-[2-Cyclopropyl-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-quinolyl]prop-2-enenitrile is prepared by reacting 2-cyclopropyl-4-(4-fluorophenyl)quinoline-3-carbaldehyde with acetonitrile in the presence of a base and then adding a dehydrating to the reaction mixture to con... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6541313 | Transistor and process for fabricating the same A process for fabricating a thin film transistor, which comprises crystallizing an amorphous silicon film, forming thereon a gate insulating film and a gate electrode, implanting impurities in a self-aligned manner, adhering a coating containing a catalys... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6538890 | Heat sink element and high-frequency electronic circuit substrate using such A heat sink element in the form of a coil with a high thermal conductivity is formed. One end of the heat sink element is directly connected to a circuit element connection conductor under a high potential in a high-frequency circuit mounted on an electro... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6537385 | Rare earth magnet and method for manufacturing the same The method for manufacturing alloy powder for R--Fe--B type rare earth magnets of the present invention includes a first pulverization step of coarsely pulverizing a material alloy for rare earth magnets and a second pulverization step of finely pulverizi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6534832 | Display device and glass member and substrate member having film comprising aluminum, nitrogen and oxygen A process for fabricating a semiconductor device comprising the step of, after patterning the silicon film crystallized to a low degree by thermally annealing an amorphous silicon film into an island by etching, irradiating an intense light of a visible l... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532827 | Clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter A clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter has a pair of ultrasonic transmitting-receiving devices. Each device is composed of a ultrasonic propagating element in the form of wedge having a bottom surface and a slanting surface extending from one edge of the bottom ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532132 | Methods for marking a sintered product and for fabricating magnetic head substrate A marking method for a sintered product of the invention includes forming a concave portion on the sintered product by irradiating the sintered product with laser light thereby to write identification information on the sintered product. The depth of the ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6531090 | Method for producing powder compact and method for manufacturing magnet A method for manufacturing a magnet using an apparatus including a die, a first punch, and a second punch for compacting magnet powder is disclosed. Magnet powder is compacted with the first and second punches to produce a compact of the magnet powder. Th... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6528358 | Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A novel and very useful method for forming a crystal silicon film by introducing a metal element which promotes crystallization of silicon to an amorphous silicon film and for eliminating or reducing the metal element existing within the crystal silicon f... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6525795 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device is characterized by comprising first and second substrates on a surface of which electrodes are formed, a liquid crystal material with ferroelectricity or antiferroelectricity interposed between the first and second electro... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6525658 | Method and device for event detection utilizing data from a multiplicity of sensor sources A method and apparatus for event detection utilizing data from a multiplicity of sensors is provided. In a first step, actual detections from a plurality of sensors identified with predetermined sensor sequences, each indicative of an event, are compared ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6525261 | Resin composition and an electronic device using the same An electronic device, such as a solar cell, having improved moisture, heat, and wear resistance, formed by applying an insulating film over the surfaces of the electronic device utilizing a screen printing process and curing the film with heat. The insula... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6520189 | CVD apparatus An improved CVD apparatus for depositing a uniform film is shown. The apparatus comprises a reaction chamber, a substrate holder and a plurality of light sources for photo CVD or a pair of electrodes for plasma CVD. The substrate holder is a cylindrical c... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6516829 | Vent valve A vent valve for an air braking system of a vehicle comprises an elastomeric valve member (11) held in relation to a vent (17) and having a restricted vent passageway. A continuous depending rib (23) is engageable with a valve seat (28) to close the vent ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6509602 | Nonvolatile memory and manufacturing method thereof Memory elements, switching elements, and peripheral circuits to constitute a nonvolatile memory are integrally formed on a substrate by using TFTs. Since semiconductor active layers of memory element TFTs are thinner than those of other TFTs, impact ioniz... | 01/21/2003 |
