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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8048331 | Etching composition and etching process An etching composition which comprises at least one organic carboxylic acid compound selected from acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, succinic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, malonic acid, maleic acid, glutaric acid, aconitic acid,... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7399430 | Method for manufacturing phosphor, phosphor and plasma display panel It is an object of the present invention to control damage of a phosphor caused by an etching solution. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a phosphor having the steps of: (a) crushing phosphor particles via a crushing treatment process, and (b) surface-treating ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396484 | Methods of fabricating complex blade geometries from silicon wafers and strengthening blade geometries Ophthalmic surgical blades are manufactured from either a single crystal or poly-crystalline material, preferably in the form of a wafer. The method comprises preparing the single crystal or poly-crystalline wafers by mounting them and etching trenches into the wafe... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7368334 | Silicon-on-insulator chip with multiple crystal orientations A silicon-on-insulator chip includes an insulator layer, typically formed over a substrate. A first silicon island with a surface of a first crystal orientation overlies the insulator layer and a second silicon island with a surface of a second crystal orientation a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357878 | Etchant, and method for fabricating a thin film transistor subtrate including conductive wires using the etchant and the resulting structure Provided are an etchant, a method for fabricating a wire using the etchant, and a method for fabricating a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate using the etchant. The etchant includes a material having the formula 1, ammonium acetic acid, and the remainder of deioni... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354861 | Polishing method and polishing liquid Disclosed is a method for polishing a surface of a substrate containing Ru or a Ru compound in a surface region, said method comprising a polishing step with a polishing liquid containing tetravalent cerium ions. The polishing liquid is prepared by adding a compound... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354890 | Cleaning composition and method Cleaning compositions composed of specific amounts of carbonic acid and/or carbonate, hydrogen peroxide, aluminum fluoride and water are highly effective for cleaning electronic devices of resist, resist residues, titanium dioxide, aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7329365 | Etchant composition for indium oxide layer and etching method using the same An etchant for removing an indium oxide layer includes sulfuric acid as a main oxidizer, an auxiliary oxidizer such as H3PO4, HNO3, CH3COOH, HClO4, H2O2, and a Compound A that is obtained b... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311942 | Method for binding halide-based contaminants during formation of a titanium-based film A method and apparatus are presented for reducing halide-based contamination within deposited titanium-based thin films. Halide adsorbing materials are utilized within the deposition chamber to remove halides, such as chlorine and chlorides, during the deposition pr... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306637 | Anionic abrasive particles treated with positively charged polyelectrolytes for CMP The invention provides chemical-mechanical polishing systems, and methods of polishing a substrate using the polishing systems, comprising (a) an abrasive, (b) a liquid carrier, and (c) a positively charged polyelectrolyte with a molecular weight of about 15,000 or ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7288208 | Method of manufacturing ZnO substrate from ZnO crystal formed by hydrothermal synthesis method Li impurities are removed from a substrate of ZnO formed by a hydrothermal synthesis method. The surface layer of the substrate with Li impurities removed, is etched to planarize the substrate. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7276175 | Semiconductor device fabrication method A semiconductor device fabrication method comprises (1) forming a patterned mask layer on an oxide layer of a Mn-containing perovskite type oxide; (2) heat-treating the oxide layer; and (3) patterning the oxide layer with an etching solution containing at least one ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7240718 | Method for casting core removal A thermal-oxidative process is used to remove a casting core from a cast part. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238388 | Ferroelectric thin film and method for forming the same A composition for forming a ferroelectric thin film includes: a PZT sol-gel solution including at least one of: a whole or partial hydrolysate of a lead precursor and a whole or partial hydrolyzed and polycondensated product thereof; a whole or partial hydrolysate o... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238291 | Method for removing oxides from a Ge semiconductor substrate surface This invention relates to a method for removing oxides from the surface of a Ge semiconductor substrate comprising the step of subjecting the surface to a Ge oxide etching solution characterized in that the Ge oxide etching solution removes Ge oxides and Ge sub-oxid... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7164103 | Electrical heating resistance element An electrical resistance heating element having a glow zone and two power supply terminals. The glow zone of the element is tubular. A tubular union is provided between each of the power supply terminals and a respective end of the glow zone, wherein the inner diame... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7147794 | Coating for forming a high definition aperture An optical thin film stack for a dark aperture is deposited using thermal ion-assisted deposition (“IAD”). The IAD provides an energetic deposition of chromium and chromium oxide that results in a dark mirror optical thin film stack with superior etch properties... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145482 | Method, system, and apparatus for remote data calibration of a RFID tag population A method, system, and apparatus for remotely calibrating data symbols received by a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag population are described. Tags are interrogated by a reader, which may be located in a network of readers. The reader transmits data symbols... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7129093 | Quantitative method of determining beryllium or a compound thereof in a sample A method of determining beryllium or a beryllium compound thereof in a sample, includes providing a sample suspected of comprising beryllium or a compound thereof, extracting beryllium or a compound thereof from the sample by dissolving in a solution, adding a fluor... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115193 | Sputtering target producing very few particles, backing plate or apparatus within sputtering device and roughening method by electric discharge machining Provided is a sputtering target, backing plate or apparatus inside a sputtering device in which an electrical discharge machining mark is formed on the face to which unwanted films during sputtering are deposited, and the electrical discharge machining mark is forme... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115212 | Method for etching A method of etching a metal oxide film includes depositing a metal (M) on the metal oxide film and contacting the metal oxide film and the metal (M) with an etch liquid comprising an acid (A) and a metal dissolution agent (X). The method can avoid patchwise etch. | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105103 | System and method for the manufacture of surgical blades A method for manufacturing surgical blades from either a crystalline or poly-crystalline material, preferably in the form of a wafer, is disclosed. The method includes preparing the crystalline or poly-crystalline wafers by mounting them and machining trenches into ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102523 | Radio frequency identification tag antenna configurations A radio frequency identification (RFID) architecture is described. RFID tags are interrogated by a reader, which may be located in a network of readers. The reader transmits symbols to the tags. Tags respond to the interrogations with symbols that each represent one... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087183 | Method of using an etchant solution for removing a thin metallic layer A method for removing a thin metallic layer using an etchant solution is provided for essentially eliminating undercutting in a thin metallic layer such as a seed layer in a magnetic recording head. The etchant solution has a suitable solvent additive such as glycer... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7074634 | Surface micromachining process for manufacturing electro-acoustic transducers, particularly ultrasonic transducers, obtained transducers and intermediate products A surface micromachining process for manufacturing Electro-acoustic transducers, particularly ultrasonic transducers, the transducers comprising a silicon semiconductor substrate (1), on an upper surface of which one or more membranes (18) of resilient... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061363 | Passive, high-temperature-resistant resistor element for measuring temperature in passenger and commercial vehicles A passive, high-temperature-resistant resistor element for measuring temperature is provided, the resistor element having an essentially interior insulating layer and two exterior conducting layers of a ceramic composite structure; the conducting layers being connec... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7025893 | Structure and method to compensate for thermal edge loss in thin film heaters A thin film heater includes at least two open regions formed along each of two spaced-apart edges of the thin film material, which edges are parallel to two spaced-apart edges of the underlying substrate. The open regions expose areas of underlying substrate. When e... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004953 | Device for separating the epithelium layer from the surface of the cornea of an eye A device is disclosed for separating the epithelial layer of a cornea from the eye. The device includes a separator having an edge to remove the epithelial layer as the separator moves across the eye. The edge includes a thickness thicker than the thickness of at le... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994884 | High performance fuel cell electrode and method for manufacturing same A method of fabricating a support electrode for a solid oxide fuel cell includes (a) providing a solid support electrode having an upper surface, the solid electrode comprising an electronically non-conductive material and an electronically conductive material; (b) ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964716 | Gas generating composition Provided is a gas generating composition having a low combustion temperature and having a low produced amount of toxic carbon monoxide, ammonia and nitrogen oxides at the time of combustion. The gas generating composition includes the following components (a), (b) a... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6956509 | Method, system, and apparatus for remote data calibration of a RFID tag population A method, system, and apparatus for remotely calibrating data symbols received by a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag population are described. Tags are interrogated by a reader, which may be located in a network of readers. The reader transmits data symbols... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6933011 | Two-step atomic layer deposition of copper layers A method of forming copper films at low temperatures is provided. The method comprises two steps of forming a copper oxide layer from a non-fluorine containing copper precursor on a substrate and reducing the copper oxide layer to form a copper layer on the substrat... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6846428 | Thin film lithium niobate and method of producing the same Metal oxide films such as lithium niobate are formed in an amorphous state on a substrate such as lithium niobate and can be readily etched by conventional liquid or dry etchants. The amorphous film may then be converted by annealing to a crystalline form well suite... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6835319 | Method of patterning a substrate A method of patterning a substrate includes forming a liquid film on the substrate surface and directing laser energy from a laser through the film to etch the substrate surface. Etched material is carried away from the substrate surface via evaporation of the film ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6827871 | Ruthenium and ruthenium dioxide removal method and material A method for removing at least a portion of a structure, such as a layer, film, or deposit, including ruthenium metal and/or ruthenium dioxide includes contacting the structure with a material including ceric ammonium nitrate. A material for removing ruthenium metal... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6800326 | Method of treating a surface of a surface of a substrate containing titanium for an ornament A method for treating surfaces of titanium or titanium alloys which includes the steps of applying a treatment for removing surface adhesion substances from the surface and then forming a transparent protective layer on the surface. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6800214 | Method for correcting characteristics of attenuated phase-shift mask A method for correcting characteristics of an attenuated phase-shift mask having an attenuated layer including (a) storing a data in a memory, which shows a correlation between characteristics and process conditions, (b) measuring the characteristics of the attenuat... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6776810 | Anionic abrasive particles treated with positively charged polyelectrolytes for CMP The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing systems, and methods of polishing a substrate using the polishing systems, comprising (a) an abrasive, (b) a liquid carrier, and (c) a positively charged polyelectrolyte with a molecular weight of about 15,000 o... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6774041 | Polishing method, metallization fabrication method, method for manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device Described is a polishing technique adapted for multilevel metallization of an electronic circuit device, which comprises polishing a metal film with a polishing liquid containing an oxidizing substance, a phosphoric acid and a protection-layer forming agent. The pre... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6758985 | Method of removing a ceramic coating A method of removing a ceramic coating, such as a thermal barrier coating (TBC) of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), from the surface of a component, such as a gas turbine engine component. The method generally entails subjecting the ceramic coating to an aqueous so... | 07/06/2004 |
