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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7622388 | Methods of forming titanium-containing materials The invention includes methods of forming titanium-containing materials, such as, for example, titanium silicide. The invention can use alternating cycles of titanium halide precursor and one or more reductants to form the titanium-containing material. For instance,... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7453112 | Integrated circuit memory cells and methods of forming An integrated circuit memory cell includes a combined first capacitor electrode and first transistor source/drain, a second capacitor electrode, a capacitor dielectric between the first and second electrodes, and a vertical transistor above and including the first s... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7368372 | Methods of fabricating multiple sets of field effect transistors The invention includes methods of fabricating multiple sets of field effect transistors. In one implementation, an etch stop layer is formed over an insulative capping layer which is formed over a conductive gate layer formed over a substrate. The etch stop layer, t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368366 | Methods of forming trench isolation in the fabrication of integrated circuitry, methods of fabricating memory circuitry, integrated circuitry and memory integrated circuitry The invention includes methods of forming trench isolation in the fabrication of integrated circuitry, methods of fabricating integrated circuitry including memory circuitry, and integrated circuitry such as memory integrated circuitry. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7262089 | Methods of forming semiconductor structures The invention includes semiconductor structures having buried silicide-containing bitlines. Vertical surround gate transistor structures can be formed over the bitlines. The surround gate transistor structures can be incorporated into memory devices, such as, for ex... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7226707 | Methods of printing structures The invention encompasses a radiation-patterning tool. The tool is configured to be utilized to print a pair of structures in a radiation-sensitive material. The tool includes two separate and discrete features, with one of the features corresponding to one of the s... | 06/05/2007 |
| 6995655 | Method of simultaneously reading multiple radio frequency tags, RF tags, and RF reader An RF tag system, comprising an RF reader configured to issue a plurality of different RF commands and to provide a continuous RF illumination field, and a plurality of RF tags respectively including a permanent identification; wherein the plurality of RF tags are c... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6946039 | Physical vapor deposition targets, and methods of fabricating metallic materials The invention includes a physical vapor deposition target composed of a face centered cubic unit cell metal or alloy and having a uniform grain size less than 30 microns, preferably less than 1 micron; and a uniform axial or planar texture. Also described is a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6887753 | Methods of forming semiconductor circuitry, and semiconductor circuit constructions The invention includes a method of forming semiconductor circuitry wherein a first semiconductor structure comprising a first monocrystalline semiconductor substrate is bonded to a second semiconductor structure comprising a second monocrystalline semiconductor subs... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6844243 | Methods of forming semiconductor constructions The invention includes a method of forming a semiconductor construction. A first substrate is provided which comprises silicon-containing structures separated from one another by an insulative material. The silicon-containing structures define an upper surface. A se... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6833291 | Semiconductor processing methods The invention includes a semiconductor processing method wherein an insulative mass is formed across a first electrical node and a second electrical node. The mass has a pair of openings extending therethrough to the electrical nodes. The individual openings each ha... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6825914 | System for flushing at least one internal space of an objective In a system for flushing at least one internal space of an objective, in particular an exposure projection objective for semiconductor lithography, flushing is performed by mixing at least two inert gasses in such a way that the refractive index resulting therefrom ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6822328 | Integrated circuitry The invention includes integrated circuitry having an electrically insulative layer over a substrate and an opening within the electrically insulative layer. The opening has a periphery defined at least in part by a bottom surface and a sidewall surface. A first tit... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6794261 | Methods of forming void regions, dielectric regions and capacitor constructions In one aspect, the invention includes a method of forming a void region associated with a substrate, comprising: a) providing a substrate; b) forming a sacrificial mass over the substrate; c) subjecting the mass to hydrogen to convert a component of the mass to a vo... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6716802 | Polishing systems, methods of polishing substrates, and methods of preparing liquids for semiconductor fabrication processes The invention encompasses polishing systems for polishing semiconductive material substrates, and encompasses methods of cleaning polishing slurry from semiconductive substrate surfaces. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of cleaning a polishing slurry f... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6601789 | Rock crusher impact shoe Disclosed is an impact shoe system generally for use in rock crushers, namely centrifugal rock crushers. This impact shoe system generally includes a plurality of wear inserts patterned within the impact shoe to substantially reduce the wear on the impact... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6596577 | Semiconductor processing methods of forming dynamic random access memory (DRAM) circuitry Methods of forming dynamic random access memories (DRAM) are described. In one embodiment, an insulative layer is formed over a substrate having a plurality of conductive lines which extend within a memory array area and a peripheral area outward of the m... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6579756 | DRAM processing methods A capacitor processing method includes forming a capacitor comprising first and second electrodes having a capacitor dielectric region therebetween. The first electrode interfaces with the capacitor dielectric region at a first interface. The second elect... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6555863 | Semiconductor circuit constructions, capacitor constructions, and methods of forming semiconductor circuit constructions and capacitor constructions In one aspect, the invention encompasses a semiconductor circuit construction including a material which comprises Q, R, S and B. In such construction, Q comprises one or more refractory metals, R is selected from the group consisting of one or more of tu... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6545604 | Methods for electronic tracking of units originating from a common source, and assemblies comprising transponders attached to meat spikes In one aspect, the invention encompasses a method for electronic tracking of units originating from a common source which comprises a plurality of units physically joined with one another. A first transponder is physically associated with the common sourc... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6537728 | Structures, lithographic mask forming solutions, mask forming methods, field emission display emitter mask forming methods, and methods of forming plural field emission display emitters The present invention includes structures, lithographic mask forming solutions, mask forming methods, field emission display emitter mask forming methods, and methods of forming plural field emission display emitters. One aspect of the present invention p... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6443034 | Rotary actuator and system An actuator system comprising a rotary actuator having an input member, a first output and a second output, the first and second outputs being arranged to move at substantially the same regular speed upon rotation of the input member, a drive shaft couple... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6376301 | Methods of forming a capacitor and methods of forming a monolithic integrated circuit The invention encompasses methods of forming DRAM constructions, methods of forming capacitor constructions, DRAM constructions, and capacitor constructions. The invention includes a method in which a) a first layer is formed over a node location; b) a se... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6372669 | Method of depositing silicon oxides The invention comprises methods of depositing silicon oxide material onto a substrate. In but one aspect of the invention, a method of depositing a silicon oxide containing layer on a substrate includes initially forming a layer comprising liquid silicon ... | 04/16/2002 |
