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| 8142260 | Methods and apparatus for removal of films and flakes from the edge of both sides of a substrate using backing pads Apparatus and methods are provided to polish an edge of a substrate. The invention includes a polishing head adapted to retain a backing pad having a selected contour, wherein the polishing head is adapted to press the backing pad against an edge of a substrate. Num... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8109808 | Method of surface-finishing glass substrate for magnetic disks and glass substrate for magnetic disks An inner peripheral edge of a toroidal glass substrate for a magnetic disk is subjected to mechanical polishing in such a manner that the surface roughness is no greater than 9 nm in terms of Rmax. Then, the inner peripheral edge is subjected to chemical polishing t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8092278 | Reclamation method of semiconductor wafer Chamfer correction is performed to a chamfered portion at least on a front side of a silicon wafer after an incoming inspection. Thereby, a thickness of the chamfered portion on the front side of the wafer is restored, and thus the number of reclamation cycles of th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087973 | Slider with leading edge blend and conformal step features A method of forming a slider includes forming a leading edge blend on a leading edge of the slider. After the leading edge blend is formed, the method further includes forming at least one step feature conformal to the leading edge blend. A slider having an air bear... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8066550 | Wafer polishing method and apparatus A wafer polishing method, in which the outer circumferential edge of a polishing member is first cut by a cutting tool fixed to a table base, thereby forming the polishing member into a completely round shape and also positioning the polishing member in a Y directio... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8021212 | Apparatus for polishing edge surface of glass substrate for magnetic recording media, and process for producing glass substrate An apparatus for polishing an edge surface of a glass substrate for magnetic recording media. The apparatus includes a grindstone including abrasive grains mixed with a resin. The grindstone is configured to polish at least the edge surface of the glass substrate. T... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7976361 | Polishing apparatus and polishing method A polishing apparatus is suitable for use in polishing a periphery of a substrate, such as a semiconductor wafer. The polishing apparatus includes a holding section configured to hold a workpiece and a polishing head configured to bring a polishing tape into contact... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7806751 | Method of manufacturing disk substrate A method of manufacturing a disk substrate includes a disk substrate forming step of forming a disk substrate; and an outer chamfering step of chamfering an outer edge of the disk substrate. The outer chamfering step includes chamfering the outer edge by bringing an... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7704126 | Method for producing a semiconductor wafer with profiled edge Semiconductor wafers with profiled edges, are produced with decreased losses due to edge or other damage by separating a semiconductor wafer from a crystal; profiling the edge in a profile producing step wherein the edge is mechanically machined to a profile that is... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7607971 | Method for fabricating liquid crystal display panels A cut section checking/aligning unit simultaneously checks cut sections of unit liquid crystal display panels that are separated from within first and second base substrates and aligns the unit liquid crystal display panels to a reference position. A grinding unit g... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7494401 | Polishing method, polishing device, glass substrate for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium There are disclosed a polishing method and a polishing device in which cleaning of a glass substrate surface can be achieved to a high level. A glass substrate (MD substrate 1) in the shape of a circular disc having a circular hole in a center portion is poli... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7488237 | Optical filter, production method for this optical filter and optical device using this optical filter and housing structure for this optical filter An optical low pass filter is constituted by a quartz birefringent plate a quarter wavelength plate and a quartz birefringent plate layered in that order. Curved chamfered portions are formed at a periphery of an outgoing light surface (main surface) of one of the q... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7438630 | Polishing method, polishing device, glass substrate for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium There are disclosed a polishing method and a polishing device in which cleaning of a glass substrate surface can be achieved to a high level. A glass substrate (MD substrate 1) in the shape of a circular disc having a circular hole in a center portion is poli... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7419421 | Slider having rounded corners and edges, and method for producing the same A slider body characterized by rounded corners and edges and smooth surfaces, formed by polishing with a polymeric fiber and a free abrasive slurry of submicron particles. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7387562 | Blade sharpening device A blade sharpening device is provided for honing a cutting edge of a blade. The device includes a block with a top honing surface, and a jig assembly mounted on the block. The jig assembly holds a blade in a fixed position adjacent the honing surface, and directed t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7367873 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus has a polishing tape and a polishing head for pressing the polishing tape against a peripheral portion of a semiconductor wafer. The substrate processing apparatus polishes the wafer due to sliding contact of the polishing tape and t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351282 | Cutting method and apparatus for ingot, wafer, and manufacturing method of solar cell Cutting method of ingot into wafers along cleavage plane. Onto surface of single crystal ingot 10 is implanted ion beam 23 to generate lattice defects in a direction defined by the crystal axes that corresponds to the cleavage plane. Cleavage is genera... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351131 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and polishing apparatus In manufacturing a semiconductor device, a part of an element is formed on the surface of a substrate, and at least a periphery of the substrate is polished using a polishing member stretched around the periphery of the substrate so that a polishing face of the poli... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7314403 | Apparatus and method for fabricating liquid crystal display panel An apparatus and method for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel are disclosed. In case of the single mode that liquid crystal display panels are fabricated with the same size on a large glass substrate, unit liquid crystal display panels are kept and discarde... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303464 | Contact wheel A composite contact wheel, grinding assemblies comprising the same, and methods of abrading cylindrical workpieces using coated abrasive belts. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303463 | Semiconductor wafer polishing apparatus, and method of polishing semiconductor wafer Aimed at thoroughly preventing abrasive and dusts from adhering onto the circuit-forming region of a wafer, improving yield ratio of semiconductor devices, and thereby improving operation rates of the individual manufacturing apparatuses in the succeeding stage, a s... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294045 | Apparatus and method for edge processing of a glass sheet An apparatus for edge processing of a glass sheet, the apparatus including a shroud, a finishing member and a wiping device. The finishing member is substantially enclosed by the shroud. The apparatus uses pressurized air emitted by at least one slot in the wiping d... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288465 | Semiconductor wafer front side protection There is provided a method for making a wafer comprising the steps of providing a substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface, and at least one side edge defining a thickness of the substrate, the at least one side edge having a first peripheral reg... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278909 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and polishing apparatus In manufacturing a semiconductor device, a part of an element is formed on the surface of a substrate, and at least a periphery of the substrate is polished using a polishing member stretched around the periphery of the substrate so that a polishing face of the poli... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275979 | Apparatus for treating edges of panels and method An apparatus for treating edge surfaces of panels, comprises conveyor tables to displace panels in sequence, two of the conveyor tables being configured such that panels are sequentially displaced in longitudinal alignment between the two conveyor tables with a long... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7252579 | Apparatus and process for cylindrically grinding workpieces An apparatus for cylindrically grinding workpieces includes a first holding tool (10), a second holding tool (12), and a grinding wheel (14). The first holding tool is configured for positioning un-ground workpieces (18), and the first ho... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240791 | Method of packaging and selling natural stone This invention comprises a unique method for the sale of natural stone, special packaging for the stone and a method of doing business to make the stone available in high volume stores to the average consumer. The method comprises prefabricating the stone into slabs... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241205 | Method of processing a substrate A method of processing a substrate is disclosed, wherein a sidewall surface of a notch portion formed in a circumferential portion of a substrate to be processed is polished by using a cylindrical polishing head rotatable with an axis as a rotational center. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235002 | Method and system for making glass sheets including grinding lateral edge(s) thereof A method and system for making glass sheets is provided. At least one grinding wheel is provided for grinding a lateral edge of a glass sheet. An airbag and corresponding air pressure regulator are provided for biasing the grinding wheel against the lateral edge of ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220167 | Gentle chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) liftoff process A method for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) wafers having high aspect ratio surface topography. A wafer is positioned on a plate. A polishing pad is coupled to a platen. A polishing solution (e.g., slurry) is added between the polishing pad and the wafer. CMP i... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217662 | Method of processing a substrate There is disclosed a method of processing a substrate, which comprises applying a surfactant or a water soluble polymer agent onto a surface of a substrate to be processed, and sliding a circumferential portion of the substrate and a polishing member against each ot... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210984 | Shaped polishing pads for beveling microfeature workpiece edges, and associated systems and methods Systems and methods for beveling microfeature workpiece edges are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment is configured to remove material from a microfeature workpiece having a first face, a second face facing opposite from the first face, an edge sur... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210983 | Apparatus and method for grinding workpieces An exemplary method for grinding workpieces is provided. Firstly, a plurality of workpieces (18) are bonded together. The bonded workpieces have a central axis (181). Secondly, a grinding wheel (10) is provided. The grinding wheel has a rotating... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210985 | Shaped polishing pads for beveling microfeature workpiece edges, and associated systems and methods Systems and methods for beveling microfeature workpiece edges are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment is configured to remove material from a microfeature workpiece having a first face, a second face facing opposite from the first face, an edge sur... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207866 | Pressure feed grinding of AMLCD substrate edges The present invention is directed to an apparatus for grinding or polishing at least one edge of a glass substrate. The apparatus includes an air bearing support member configured to pivot about an axis of rotation with zero frictional resistance opposing said pivot... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201639 | Powder for disks A plurality of disks include a first disk and a second disk stacked upon the first disk. The first disk and the second disk are each formed from glass or glass-ceramic. A powder is disposed between the first disk and the second disk. The powder is selected from the ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198547 | Lens edger A lens edger which is capable of measuring the curvature of an eyeglass lens is disclosed. The lens edger includes a carriage which rotatably fixes a pair of lens fixing shafts and moves the position of the lens fixing shafts clamping a lens to be processed; a lens ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195545 | Chamfered freestanding nitride semiconductor wafer and method of chamfering nitride semiconductor wafer Technology of making freestanding gallium nitride (GaN) wafers has been matured at length. Gallium nitride is rigid but fragile. Chamfering of a periphery of a GaN wafer is difficult. At present edges are chamfered by a rotary whetstone of gross granules with weak p... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182080 | Apparatus and method for finishing stone tiles The present invention relates to several embodiments of tools for finishing stone particularly stone tiles. The first embodiment is a production table on which a plurality of tiles can be secured within a cabinet so a worker may finish and polish the edges of the al... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179154 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a wafer bevel edge and notch using a pin and an abrasive film cassette An apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor wafer edge is provided. The apparatus includes a film with an abrasive layer configured to contact the edge surface of a semiconductor substrate coated with a contaminant residue layer. A first reel having the film wound the... | 02/20/2007 |
