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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422629 | Nonsludging zinc phosphating composition and process Electrolysis using a suitable electrolyte provides a completely nonsludging zinc phosphate conversion coating process that produces a high quality conversion coating in a very short time. The suitable electrolyte contains at least water, dissolved nitric acid, and d... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7368045 | Gate stack engineering by electrochemical processing utilizing through-gate-dielectric current flow A method is provided for electroplating a gate metal or other conducting or semiconducting material directly on a dielectric such as a gate dielectric. The method involves selecting a substrate, dielectric layer, and electrolyte solution or melt, wherein the combina... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347924 | Anodizing of optically transmissive substrate Metallization is disposed on at least a portion of an electrically nonconductive substrate. Plating is then disposed on the metallization, and an anodized layer of the plating is configured to provide the substrate with an anodized surface. The substrate may be glas... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334630 | Closed-loop microchannel cooling system Apparatus and methods according to the present invention utilize micropumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as well as the associated r... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7312515 | Semiconductor apparatus including a thin-metal-film resistor element and a method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor apparatus includes a wiring pattern, an insulating film, and a thin-metal-film resistor element. The insulating film is formed on the wiring pattern having connection holes vertically penetrating there-through to expose part of the wiring pattern at ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7282131 | Methods of electrochemically treating semiconductor substrates The invention includes methods of electrochemically treating semiconductor substrates. The invention includes a method of electroplating a substance. A substrate having defined first and second regions is provided. The first and second regions can be defined by a si... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7256386 | Fabrication of low leakage-current backside illuminated photodiodes Ultra-low leakage current backside-illuminated semiconductor photodiode arrays are fabricated using a method of formation of a transparent, conducting bias electrode layer that avoids high-temperature processing of the substrate after the wafer has been gettered. As... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250323 | Methods of making energy conversion devices with a substantially contiguous depletion regions A method of making an energy conversion device includes forming a plurality of pores within a substrate and forming a junction region within each of the plurality of pores. Each of the junction regions has a depletion region and each of the plurality of pores define... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247227 | Buffer layer in flat panel display In devices such as flat panel displays, an aluminum oxide layer is provided between an aluminum layer and an ITO layer when such materials would otherwise be in contact to protect the ITO from optical and electrical defects sustained, for instance, during anodic bon... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7230965 | Anodes for fluorine gas discharge lasers Electrodes for a fluorine gas discharge laser are disclosed which may comprise a crown straddling the centerline axis between the pair of side walls and the pair of end walls, comprising a first material, forming at least a portion of the discharge region of the ele... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7208931 | Constant current generating circuit using resistor formed of metal thin film A circuit for generating a constant current includes a reference voltage generating circuit configured to generate a reference voltage and a constant current circuit including one or more resistors configured to determine an amount of an electric current generated i... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204646 | Substrate, optical fiber connection end member, optical element housing member, and method of fabrication of an optical module and the substrate The present invention provides a substrate, an optical fiber connecting end member, an optical element-housing member, a light module, and a manufacturing method of the substrate. The substrate has a feature that can be stably realizable and having a simple structur... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204014 | Magnetic head with thin gap layers A method for fabricating a magnetic head wherein a read head portion of the magnetic head includes a second gap insulation layer that includes a first portion that is fabricated upon the electrical leads of the read head and a second portion that is fabricated upon ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7189917 | Stacked photovoltaic device To provide a stacked photovoltaic device including: at least one pair of a first photovoltaic device and a second photovoltaic device stacked in order from a light incident side; and a selective reflection layer formed between the at least one pair of the first phot... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7139459 | Spectral filter for green and longer wavelengths Visible and infra-red spectral filters based on arrays of uncoupled identical waveguides having coherently modulated cross sections offer many unique advantages, such as independence of the spectral position of the Bragg-resonance based transmission or reflection fe... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134486 | Control of electrolysis gases in electroosmotic pump systems Apparatus and methods according to the present invention preferably utilize electroosmotic pumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as wel... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131486 | Electroosmotic microchannel cooling system Apparatus and methods according to the present invention preferably utilize electroosmotic pumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as wel... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132371 | Dopant barrier for doped glass in memory devices A semiconductor device has a diffusion barrier formed between a doped glass layer and surface structures formed on a substrate. The diffusion barrier includes alumina and optionally a nitride, and has a layer thickness satisfying the high aspect ratio of the gaps be... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7061104 | Apparatus for conditioning power and managing thermal energy in an electronic device In one aspect, the present invention is a technique of, and a system for conditioning power for a consuming device. In this regard, a power conditioning module, affixed to an integrated circuit device, conditions power to be applied to the integrated circuit device.... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060622 | Method of forming dummy wafer According to the present invention, a dummy wafer is formed by forming a masking film on a rear surface of a silicon wafer; spray coating aluminum and depositing an aluminum film on a front surface of the silicon wafer; spray coating ceramics or carbon and depositin... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060630 | Method of forming isolation film of semiconductor device Disclosed is a method of forming the isolation film in the semiconductor device. The method comprises the steps of sequentially forming a pad oxide film and a pad nitride film on a silicon substrate, forming a photoresist pattern through which an isolation region is... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7014748 | Anodizing method, substrate processing method, and substrate manufacturing method This invention is to reduce the influence of a gas generated by an anodizing reaction. A silicon substrate (101) to be processed is horizontally held. A negative electrode (129) is arranged on the upper side of the silicon substrate (101), and a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7005308 | Electro-optic device, method to manufacture the same and electronic apparatus To provide an organic EL display capable of displaying an accurate color and reducing or preventing a decrease in light transmittance, an organic EL display includes a display portion having a plurality of organic EL elements arrayed therein, a circuit element porti... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994479 | Substrate, optical fiber connection end member, optical element housing member, and method of fabrication of an optical module and the substrate The present invention provides a substrate, an optical fiber connecting end member, an optical element-housing member, a light module, and a manufacturing method of the substrate. The substrate has a feature that can be stably realizable and having a simple structur... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964527 | Substrate, optical fiber connection end member, optical element housing member, and method of fabrication of an optical module and the substrate The present invention provides a substrate, an optical fiber connecting end member, an optical element-housing member, a light module, and a manufacturing method of the substrate. The substrate has a feature that can be stably realizable and having a simple structur... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6942018 | Electroosmotic microchannel cooling system Apparatus and methods according to the present invention preferably utilize electroosmotic pumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as wel... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943414 | Method for fabricating a metal resistor in an IC chip and related structure According to one exemplary embodiment, an integrated circuit chip comprises a first interconnect metal layer. The integrated circuit chip further comprises a first intermediate dielectric layer situated over the first interconnect metal layer. The integrated circuit... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6933655 | Self-powered wireless switch A wireless switch is provided having a twenty-year life energy harvesting arrangement for self-powering a wireless transmitter. The energy harvesting arrangement is implemented in one embodiment using a piezoelectric switch element. A tritium light source and photov... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6919226 | Method for producing a multi-chip circuit module including a multi-layered wiring section utilizing a via-on-via structure A multi-chip circuit module on which semiconductor chips are loaded and which is provided with circuit patterns, input/output terminals or the like for interconnecting the semiconductor chips. A multi-layered wiring section (2) is formed by respective unit wi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6823693 | Anodic bonding A controller is used with an anodic bonding system that has a charge flowpath for supplying charge to bond materials together. The controller includes a switch and a circuit. The switch is configured to control a flow of the charge through the charge flowpath. The c... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6814849 | Luminescence stabilization of anodically oxidized porous silicon layers A porous silicon structure is stabilized by anodically oxidizing the structure and then subjecting it to chemical functionalization to protect non-oxidized surface regions, preferably in the presence of 1-decene under thermal conditions. This process creates a prote... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6736952 | Method and apparatus for electrochemical planarization of a workpiece An electrochemical planarization apparatus for planarizing a metallized surface on a workpiece includes a polishing pad and a platen. The platen is formed of conductive material, is disposed proximate to the polishing pad and is configured to have a negative charge ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6663760 | Method of fabricating two-terminal nonlinear element using non-aqueous electrolyte A non-aqueous electrolyte comprises an organic solvent and a solute, and also has an electrolytic conductivity that is greater than or equal to 1 mS/cm but less than or equal to 100 mS/cm. This solute preferably includes at least one of a carboxylate and ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6576112 | Method of forming zinc oxide film and process for producing photovoltaic device using it The present invention provides a method of forming a zinc oxide film on a conductive substrate, which comprises dipping the conductive substrate and a counter electrode in an aqueous solution containing at least nitric acid ion and zinc ion and supplying ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6464853 | Method of producing structure having narrow pores by anodizing A method of producing a structure having narrow pores includes a first step of bringing pore-guiding members into contact with upper and lower surfaces of a member comprising aluminum as a principal ingredient and a second step of anodizing the member com... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6436591 | Conductive color filter, method for manufacturing the same, and liquid crystal display element Disclosed is a method for manufacturing conductive color filters having a fine, complicated pixel pattern, a high resolution, high surface smoothness, and a high, uniform conductivity. The method comprises the selective formation of a black matrix on a li... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6387771 | Low temperature oxidation of conductive layers for semiconductor fabrication A method for forming a valve metal oxide for semiconductor fabrication in accordance with the present invention is disclosed and claimed. The method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor wafer, depositing a valve metal on the wafer, placing the ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6340544 | Process for recording image using photoelectrodeposition method and process for producing color filter using the same To provide a process for recording an image using a photoelectrodeposition method having high general-purpose properties that require no restriction on the selection of a material used as a substrate, a process for recording an image having (A) arranging ... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6312581 | Process for fabricating an optical device A process for fabricating a silica-based optical device on a silicon substrate is disclosed. The device has a cladding formed in a silicon substrate. The device also has an active region, and that active region is formed on the cladding. The cladding is f... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6309782 | Color filter and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a color filter having a high resolution and excellent controllability, in few steps without using a photolithographic process is disclosed. The method includes: preparing a substrate produced by sequentially forming a transparen... | 10/30/2001 |
