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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7964081 | Enhanced magnetic plating method An apparatus for plating a magnetic film on a substrate includes: a track including a plurality of stopping points along the track; a permanent magnet placed on the track such that the permanent magnet can be moved along the track towards and away from the stopping ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7351593 | Method of improving on-chip power inductor performance in DC-DC regulators A method is provided for forming the ferromagnetic core of an on-chip inductor structure. In accordance with the method, a static, permanent magnet is placed in proximity to a semiconductor wafer upon which the ferromagnetic core is being electroplated. The permanen... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7291565 | Method and system for treating a substrate with a high pressure fluid using fluorosilicic acid A method and system is described for treating a substrate with a high pressure fluid, such as carbon dioxide in a supercritical state. A process chemistry is introduced to the high pressure fluid for treating the substrate surface. The process chemistry comprises fl... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7270941 | Method of passivating of low dielectric materials in wafer processing A method of passivating silicon-oxide based low-k materials using a supercritical carbon dioxide passivating solution comprising a silylating agent is disclosed. The silylating agent is preferably an organosilicon compound comprising organo-groups with five carbon a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267757 | Magnetic head utilizing a CoNiFe alloy with 60-80 weight percent Fe and method for production therefor At least one of lower and upper magnetic cores is composed of magnetic films each of which contains two or more elements of Co, Ni, and Fe, which are formed by electroplating in a plating bath with pH 2 or less, and which have a saturation magnetic flux density of 2... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255772 | High pressure processing chamber for semiconductor substrate A high pressure chamber comprises a chamber housing, a platen, and a mechanical drive mechanism. The chamber housing comprises a first sealing surface. The platen comprises a region for holding the semiconductor substrate and a second sealing surface. The mechanical... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250374 | System and method for processing a substrate using supercritical carbon dioxide processing A method and system for processing a substrate in a film removal system. The method includes providing the substrate in a substrate chamber of a film removal system, where the substrate has a micro-feature containing a dielectric film on a sidewall of the micro-feat... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7179360 | Soft magnetic film having improved saturated magnetic flux density, magnetic head using the same, and manufacturing method therefore A lower magnetic pole layer and/or an upper magnetic pole layer are formed of a CoFeα alloy in which the component ratio X of Co is 8 to 48 mass %, the component ratio Y of Fe is 50 to 90 mass %, the component ratio Z of the element α (the element α is at least o... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7140393 | Non-contact shuttle valve for flow diversion in high pressure systems A valve for redirecting flow in a supercritical fluid or other high pressure processing system is disclosed. In high pressure supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) equipment for semiconductor wafer processing, a major hurtle in providing clean equipment and clean waf... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135103 | Preparation of soft magnetic thin film A soft magnetic thin film of CoFe alloy having a high Br and low Hc is prepared by furnishing a plating tank including cathode and anode compartments which are separated by a diaphragm or salt bridge so as to permit charge transfer, but inhibit penetration of Fe ion... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7112264 | Plating apparatus and method A plating apparatus includes a plating vessel for holding a plating bath containing at least metal ions, a conveying device for conveying a long conductive substrate and immersing the long conductive substrate in the plating bath, a facing electrode disposed in the ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7087144 | Contact ring with embedded flexible contacts A contact assembly for supporting a substrate in an electrochemical plating system, wherein that contact assembly includes a contact ring and a thrust plate assembly. The contact ring includes an annular ring member having an upper surface and a lower surface, an an... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7067733 | Thermoelectric material having crystal grains well oriented in certain direction and process for producing the same Thermoelectric material is produced through a process sequence including a liquid quenching, a primary solidification such as a hot pressing or extrusion and an upset forging; although the C-planes of the crystal grains are directed in parallel to the direction in w... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062840 | Method for forming permanent magnet targets for position sensors A process for forming magnetic targets for position and speed sensors, and magnetic targets formed according to the process. The targets are formed on a conductor-clad substrate by first applying a layer of photoresist material and then patterning and etching the ph... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048840 | Method for metal coating the surface of high temperature superconductors The invention relates to a method for metal coating the surface of high temperature superconductors with a copper-oxygen base structure. The aim of the invention is to achieve a method as above, which requires a low production complexity, serves for the production o... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044662 | Developing photoresist with supercritical fluid and developer An apparatus for developing a polymeric film without the need for a water rinse step is disclosed. An object having a surface supporting a polymeric film is placed onto a support region within a pressure chamber of the apparatus. A fluid and developer is introduced ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025861 | Contact plating apparatus Embodiments of the invention generally provide a substrate processing system and method. The substrate processing system generally includes a fluid basin configured to contain a plating solution therein, an anode assembly positioned in a lower portion of the fluid b... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6919011 | Complex waveform electroplating A method of electroplating an object includes providing a electroplating bath solution with one or more anodes therein, disposing an object to be electroplated in the bath, and passing a complex current waveform between the anode nodes and the object. The waveform i... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6919007 | Apparatus for mounting chips Disclosed is a method of mounting chips, including the steps of: dipping a mounting board in a solvent in which chips are dispersed; and mounting the chips on the mounting board by forming electric field gradients on the mounting board in correspondence with positio... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6890412 | Electrodeposition apparatus and method using magnetic assistance and rotary cathode for ferrous and magnetic particles A method and apparatus for microencapsulating or electrodeposited coating of ferromagnetic and soft-magnetic sub-micron or nano sized powderized material comprising use of a rotary flow-through device assisted by an electromagnet within the electrode ring to alterna... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6855239 | Plating method and apparatus using contactless electrode A plating method and apparatus using contactless electrode is described. In one embodiment an inductive element is placed proximally to a substrate and a moving electromagnetic field generates an emf in the substrate to plate the surface. In another embodiment, a co... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6776891 | Method of manufacturing an ultra high saturation moment soft magnetic thin film A method for forming a plated magnetic thin film of high saturation magnetization and low coercivity having the general form Co100−a−bFeaMb, where M can be Mo, Cr, W, Ni or Rh, which is suitable for use in magnetic recording head... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6716331 | Electrolysis method and apparatus An electrolytic method is disclosed by which occlusion of hydrogen or sticking of atoms or molecules in plating and so forth is not disturbed by electronic magnetic force produced by main electric current and ion current flowing from the positive electrode to the ne... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6576110 | Coated anode apparatus and associated method An anode is configured to be used within a metal film plating apparatus. The anode has a substantially planar electric field generating portion and an electrolyte solution chemical reaction portion. The planar electric field generating portion is coated w... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6451195 | System and method for electrolytic plating using a magnetic field An electrolytic plating system includes a coil for generating a magnetic field in the direction perpendicular to the subject surface of a wafer on which a Cu film is to be formed. The current components perpendicular to the magnetic field stirs the electr... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6346181 | Electroplating process for preparing a Ni layer of biaxial texture Disclosed is an Ni-plated layer of biaxial texture, which is formed by electroplating. In the Ni-plated layer,peaks measured on a θ-rocking curve have a FWHM of 7° or less in terms of the misorientation on the c-axis; and peaks measured on $c;-scan h... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6346182 | Process of making bipolar electrodeposited catalysts and catalysts so made This invention relates to a bipolar electrochemical process for toposelective electrodeposition of a catalytic substance on an electrically conductive particulate substrate to produce a catalyst, as well as to the catalyst so produced. The process compris... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6284127 | Catalytic dewaxing with trivalent rare earth metal ion exchanged ferrierite A process for dewaxing waxy hydrocarbonaceous materials, such as hydrocarbon fuel and lubricating oil fractions to reduce their cloud and pour points comprises reacting the material with hydrogen in the presence of a dewaxing catalyst comprising at least ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6274022 | Method for producing electro- or electroless-deposited film with a controlled crystal orientation A method for producing electro- or electroless-deposited-film, in which the crystal orientation of the film is controlled to provide improved product properties. A paramagnetic material or diamagnetic material in its electrolytic-state is deposited on a s... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6251250 | Method of and apparatus for controlling fluid flow and electric fields involved in the electroplating of substantially flat workpieces and the like and more generally controlling fluid flow in the processing of other work piece surfaces as well A novel method and apparatus of wet processing workpieces, such as electroplating semiconductor wafers and the like, that incorporates reciprocating processing fluid agitation to control fluid flow at the workpiece, and where electric fields are involved ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5387893 | Permanent magnet magnetic circuit and magnetron plasma processing apparatus A permanent magnet magnetic circuit comprises a main magnet block having a pair of opposite outer surfaces. A pair of main magnetic poles of opposite polarities are disposed on the respective outer surfaces of the main magnet block. The main magnet block ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 4695351 | Method for producing magnetic heads The present technique involves the procedure of depositing magnetic material onto a substrate while subjecting the magnetic material, as it is deposited onto the substrate, to a magnetic bias field whose Oersted value is sufficient to substantially satura... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4666568 | Electrolytic codeposition of metals and nonmetallic particles A method of electrolytically codepositing a composite of a metal and nonmetallic insoluble particles on the cathode of an electroplating cell a magnetic field used to produce movement and suspension of the particles in an electrolyte containing the metal ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4582573 | Method for treating a single side of a metallic sheet A method for treating a single side surface of a metallic strip by applying two strips back to back with an insert disposed between the strips in engagement with the back surfaces of the strips for preventing introduction of the treatment solution between... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4576684 | Method for the continuous electrolytic deposition of metals There is disclosed a method and a device for the continuous electrolytic deposition of metals from aqueous solutions of metallic salts onto a metal strip using a high flow speed of the electrolyte between anode and cathode in order to obtain high current ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4124454 | Electrolytic treatment of metal sheet A ferromagnetic metal sheet, e.g. of mild steel to be tin-plated, is transported across the surface of a bath of electrolyte by means of a conveyor comprising a series of rollers. A magnetic field is produced in each roller, e.g. by permanent magnets, so ... | 11/07/1978 |
