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| 7435353 | Patterning by energetically-stimulated local removal of solid-condensed-gas layers and solid state chemical reactions produced with such layers The invention provides a method for forming a patterned material layer on a structure, by condensing a vapor to a solid condensate layer on a surface of the structure and then localized removal of selected regions of the condensate layer by directing a beam of energ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425349 | Method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon film A method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon film is provided. A first metal layer is formed on a substrate; and openings have been formed in the first metal layer. A second metal layer is formed on the first metal layer: and a hole corresponding to each ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422774 | Method for forming ultra low k films using electron beam The present invention generally provides a method for depositing a low dielectric constant film using an e-beam treatment. In one aspect, the method includes delivering a gas mixture comprising one or more organosilicon compounds and one or more hydrocarbon compound... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7372630 | Laser, irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Providing a method and apparatus for efficiently irradiating a uniform laser light on an irradiation surface even when a laser light of high coherence or a large size substrate is used. The laser irradiation apparatus of the invention comprises a laser; means for di... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351346 | Non-photolithographic method for forming a wire grid polarizer for optical and infrared wavelengths A method for forming a plurality of parallel metal lines on a substrate of thin film elastomeric material and a wire grid polarizer formed by such method. A sacrificial layer is formed by coating the substrate with a water soluble polymer while the substrate is stre... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7329622 | Method and device for partially applying a surface coating and breathable film with such a partial surface coating A vapor permeable, water impermeable film is coating partially with an adhesive surface coating. The partial adhesive coating is deposited on both surfaces of the film and coated areas on one surface of the film are at least partially in line with the coated areas o... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7288292 | Ultra low k (ULK) SiCOH film and method The present invention provides a multiphase, ultra low k film which exhibits improved elastic modulus and hardness as well as various methods for forming the same. The multiphase, ultra low k dielectric film includes atoms of Si, C, O and H, has a dielectric constan... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7258901 | Directed growth of nanotubes on a catalyst A nanostructure is fabricated using charged particle deposition to deposit a catalyst on a substrate. A charged particle beam is directed to location on the substrate where the catalyst is to be deposited, with a beam-activated precursor gas also being directed to t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245011 | Prevention of contamination on bonding pads of wafer during SMT A semiconductor device is disclosed for preventing contamination on its bonding pads during mounting an electronic component, such as surface mount device (SMD). The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of jointing material and at lea... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7223534 | Diffraction-based diagnostic devices A biosensor includes a substrate with a layer of receptive material disposed thereon. The receptive material is specific for an analyte of interest. A pattern of active and deactivated areas of the receptive material are defined in the receptive material layer by a ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7205022 | Method and device for depositing adhesive on an alveolar surface A glue film (11) on a cellular structure (10) in order to form a regular glue strip on the edges of the partitions of the cells of the cellular structure (10), and the glue film (11) is exposed to a source (24) that emits radiation... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199166 | Radiation-curable resins based on hydrogenated ketone-aldehyde and phenol-aldehyde resins and a process for preparing them Radiation-curable resins containing a carbonyl-hydrogenated ketone-aldehyde and/or a ring-hydrogenated phenyl-aldehyde resins, and a process for preparing them. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195798 | Method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon film A method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon film is provided. A first metal layer is formed on a substrate; and openings have been formed in the first metal layer. A second metal layer is formed on the first metal layer: and a hole corresponding to each ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186385 | Apparatus for providing gas to a processing chamber An apparatus for generating gas for a processing system is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating gas for a processing system includes a canister having at least one baffle disposed between two ports and containing a precursor material. The precurs... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7052786 | Engineered interface for low fly height A magnetic disk having a low surface microwaviness at a scale of about 200 microns and higher, and a high surface roughness at a scale of less than about a length of a pad of a slider for writing to the disk. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7033647 | Method of synthesising carbon nano tubes Method of synthesizing carbon nano tubes (CNTs) on a catalyst layer formed on a support member, by catalytic deposition of carbon from a gaseous phase, whereby an ion beam is used prior to, during, and/or after formation of the carbon nano tubes for modifying the ph... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026635 | Particle beam processing apparatus and materials treatable using the apparatus Methods, and materials made by the methods, are provided herein for treating materials with a particle beam processing device. According to one illustrative embodiment, a method for treating a material with a particle beam processing device is provided that includes... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022383 | Exchange bias structure for abutted junction GMR sensor Although it is known that exchange bias can be utilized in abutted junctions for longitudinal stabilization, a relatively large moment is needed to pin down the sensor edges effectively. Due to the inverse dependence of the exchange bias on the magnetic layer thickn... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6987277 | Systems and method for picking and placing of nanoscale objects utilizing differences in chemical and physical binding forces A method for manipulating a nanoscale object deposited on a substrate. The surface of the substrate is passive. A target position is formed on the passive surface by the action of the tip of a scanning probe microscope. The nanoscale object is picked from its initia... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6969541 | Method and device for structuring a surface to form hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions A method for structuring a surface includes, by an assigned modification device, creating a latent structure of at least a first layer of the surface, which has a polymer therein, so as to form hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions for producing a printing form for of... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966997 | Methods for patterning polymer films, and use of the methods In a method for patterning a polymer film forming a coating on a material surface, a thin film of polymer is deposited on the surface and the patterning takes place by applying to the material surface a stamp made of an elastomeric material in conformal contact with... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6905541 | Method and apparatus of generating PDMAT precursor A precursor and method for filling a feature in a substrate. The method generally includes depositing a barrier layer, the barrier layer being formed from pentakis(dimethylamido)tantalum having less than about 5 ppm of chlorine. The method additionally may include d... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6846513 | Method for fabricating a silicon thin-film Provided is a method of forming a silicon thin-film which comprises a step of arranging in one or more parts of a liquid arranging surface liquid which contains a silicide comprising ring silane and/or a derivative thereof, such ring silane comprising silicon and hy... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6834429 | Ablative method for forming RF ceramic block filters A method of forming metallization patterns on a block of dielectric material wherein the entire surface area of the dielectric block is encased with a conductive material and unwanted conductive metal is ablatively etched from a designated surface area of the dielec... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6830784 | Treatment of natural polymer based materials and the products based thereon A substrate containing a natural polymeric material is modified by: A) treating the substrate containing the natural polymeric material with a modifying agent selected from the group consisting of organo-functional coupling agents and multi-functional amine containi... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6787198 | Hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films The present invention involves the hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films to form high k PMOD™ films for use in applications that are temperature sensitive, such as applications using a polymer based substrate. After a PMOD™ precursor is deposited and co... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6777036 | Method for the deposition of materials from mesomorphous films A photoresist-free method for making patterned films of metal oxides, metals, or other metal containing compounds is described. The method involves applying a thin film coating of a metal complex, resulting in the formation of a liquid crystal film. This film can be... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6759096 | Method for making differential gloss coverings The foregoing differential gloss covering comprises a backing substrate, an ink layer, and a cured top layer having a first surface portion with a first gloss and a second surface portion, made by the process comprising providing the backing substrate; depositing an... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6756074 | Methods for the deposition and curing of coating compositions Systems and methods for creating a combinatorial coating library including a coating system operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of materials suitable for forming at least one coating layer on a surface of one or more substrates. The systems and method... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6749904 | Patterned magnetic media via thermally induced phase transition High areal storage density, patterned magnetic media comprising a patterned plurality of at least partially crystalline, ferromagnetic particles or grains are provided by means of a simple, economical process wherein a non-magnetic substrate is provided with a layer... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6730370 | Method and apparatus for processing materials by applying a controlled succession of thermal spikes or shockwaves through a growth medium A method and apparatus for locally raising the temperature of a material in order to facilitate chemical reactions or processes related to growth or removal of the material utilizes an electrode to apply, in the presence of a growth or removal medium, a controlled s... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6723388 | Method of depositing nanostructured films with embedded nanopores This invention comprises methods for making nanostructured and nanoporous thin film structures of various compositions. These films can be directly patterned. In these methods, precursor films are deposited on a surface and different components of the precursor film... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6699332 | Method of producing a magnetic recording medium A method of producing a magnetic recording medium comprising the steps of providing a substrate having a layer of a non-magnetic material that can be converted into a magnetic state by annealing, and then converting selected portions of the non-magnetic l... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6696173 | Conducting path structures situated on a non-conductive support material, especially fine conducting path structures and method for producing same Described are conductor track structures on a nonconductive support material, especially fine conductor track structures, which are comprised of a base containing a heavy metal and a metallized coating applied to this, and a method for their production. T... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6664030 | System for and method of constructing an alternating phase-shifting mask An exemplary method of constructing an alternating phase-shifting mask is described. This method can include providing a vapor in a vapor chamber containing a mask blank, and applying a laser to selected areas of the mask blank to deposit material on the ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6656538 | Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive device, method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head, and method of forming thin film pattern Provided are a method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive device and a method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head capable of efficiently forming a magnetoresistive device having an extremely small magnetoresistive film pattern, and capable of reduc... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6641705 | Apparatus and method for reducing differential sputter rates A charged particle beam uniformly removes material, particularly crystalline material, from an area of a target by compensating for or altering the crystal orientation or structure of the material to be removed. The invention is particularly suited for FI... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6589717 | Photon assisted deposition of hard mask formation for use in manufacture of both devices and masks An exemplary method of selectively patterning a hard mask or reticle using a laser to cause deposition of hard mask material in locations forming the hard mask pattern. This method can include providing a vapor in a vapor chamber containing an integrated ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589716 | Microoptical system and fabrication method therefor Microoptical systems with clear aperture of about one millimeter or less are fabricated from a layer of photoresist using a lithographic process to define the optical elements. A deep X-ray source is typically used to expose the photoresist. Exposure and ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6582777 | Electron beam modification of CVD deposited low dielectric constant materials A process for forming low dielectric constant dielectric films for the production of microelectronic devices. A dielectric layer is formed on a substrate by chemical vapor depositing a monomeric or oligomeric dielectric precursor in a chemical vapor depos... | 06/24/2003 |
