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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083962 | Method for forming minute pattern and method for forming semiconductor memory device using the same A method for forming a minute pattern includes depositing a material layer on a semiconductor substrate having a conductive region, forming a first mask layer on the material layer, forming a recess region in the first mask layer, performing layer processing to form... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7951303 | Method of fabricating grabbing face of sample grabbing portion By working a grabbing portion by a charged particle beam of FIB or the like, the grabbing portion in parallel with the beam can be formed, and also dust adhered to the grabbing portion is removed. When a small sample represented by a TEM sample is fabricated by bein... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7622050 | Process for polishing glass substrate A process for polishing a glass substrate required to have high-degree of flatness and smoothness, is provided. A preliminarily polished glass substrate is applied with a surface treatment by a first-step gas-cluster ion beam etching to improve the flatness, and the... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7497964 | Plasma igniting method and substrate processing method A method to solve such a problem that plasma will not ignite in restarting operation of a processing container that has not been operated with the inside kept drawn to vacuum. Gas containing oxygen is passed in a processing container 21, and ultraviolet light... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7441321 | Method of manufacturing ultrasound transducer device having acoustic backing An ultrasonic transducer device comprising: an ultrasonic transducer array micromachined on a substrate; flexible electrical connections connected to the transducer array; and a body of acoustically attenuative material that supports the substrate and the flexible e... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442403 | Membrane architectures for ion-channel switch-based electrochemical biosensors The present invention is directed to a process of forming a bilayer lipid membrane structure by depositing an organic layer having a defined surface area onto an electrically conductive substrate, removing portions of said organic layer upon said electrically conduc... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434305 | Method of manufacturing a microphone A silicon condenser microphone package is disclosed. The silicon condenser microphone package comprises a transducer unit, substrate, and a cover. The substrate includes an upper surface having a recess formed therein. The transducer unit is attached to the upper su... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7420189 | Ultra precise polishing method and ultra precise polishing apparatus An ultra precise polishing method includes controlling an irradiation time of a surface position of an object to be processed irradiated by a gas cluster ion beam. A profile is created and polished on the surface of the object to be processed by controlling irradiat... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418778 | Method for producing a CPP thin-film magnetic head A CPP thin-film magnetic head includes a bottom shield layer; a top shield layer, the bottom shield layer and the top shield layer being disposed at a predetermined interval; a thin-film magnetic head element between the bottom shield layer and the top shield layer;... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419610 | Method of partial depth material removal for fabrication of CPP read sensor A method for fabricating a read head sensor for a magnetic disk drive is presented. The method includes providing a layered wafer stack to be shaped, where the layered wafer stack includes a free layer, a barrier layer and a pinned layer. A single- or multi-layered ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416990 | Method for patterning low dielectric layer of semiconductor device A method for patterning a low dielectric insulating layer of a semiconductor device improves adhesion between a photoresist and the low dielectric (Low-K) insulating layer by removing at least one hydroxyl group from a surface of the Low-K insulating layer with a be... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7398591 | Manufacturing method of a thin-film magnetic head The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a thin-film magnetic head whereby re-deposition and an overlapped part in a region of a magnetoresistive effect multi-layered structure opposite to an air bearing surface can be removed and also a width of a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396482 | Post exposure resist bake A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a method for forming an integrated circuit. The method comprises forming a resist layer on a substrate. Preferably, the photoresist layer comprises a photo acid generator (PAG). Embodiments include irradiating the res... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395595 | Method for manufacturing P3 layer of a perpendicular magnetic write head A method for forming a P3 layer with NiFe and alumina mask using resist shrink process for use in perpendicular magnetic write heads. The method includes forming a laminated layer, forming an alumina layer on top of the laminated layer, depositing a conductiv... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392579 | Method for protecting a slider mounted CPP GMR or TMR read head sensor from noise and ESD damage A slider mounted CPP GMR or TMR read head sensor is protected from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage and from noise and cross-talk from an adjacent write head by means of a balanced resistive/capacitative shunt. The shunt includes highly resistive interconnection... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389578 | Manufacturing method of a perpendicular recording magnetic head Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to methods wherein when a main pole is processed by using an ion milling technique, a re-adhesion layer created on the side face of the resist mask is removed with certainty. In one embodiment, an inorganic... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385183 | Substrate processing apparatus using neutralized beam and method thereof In a substrate processing apparatus using a neutralized beam and a method thereof, the substrate processing apparatus includes: an ion source for emitting an ion beam at an emitting angle; reflectors at which the ion beam emitted by the ion source is incident and su... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381344 | Method to reduce particle level for dry-etch The invention teaches a multi-step method for shutting down the dry-etch process. The ICP rf power is reduced between each of these consecutive power-down steps of the dry-etch process, the complete power-down sequence consists of six steps. These six steps are exec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378029 | Method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium is provided, by which a magnetic recording medium having a recording layer formed in a concavo-convex pattern, a sufficiently flat surface, and high recording and reproducing precision is efficiently manufacture... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378003 | Thin-film magnetic recording head manufacture using selective imaging A focused particle beam system, according to one embodiment of the invention, precisely shapes a pole-tip assembly formed by a multi-layer device having a first layer with a first structural element, a second layer with a second structural element, and a shielding l... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370405 | Fabrication method of a high gradient-field recording head for perpendicular magnetic recording A thin film magnetic head for perpendicular recording of a single-pole type has a flux enhanced part and a flux enhanced end arranged on a leading side of the main pole in parallel with the cross track direction. The side surface of the main pole intersecting the cr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363699 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in hard magnetic bias layers A magnetoresistive sensor having a hard bias layer with an engineered magnetic anisotropy in a direction substantially parallel with the medium facing surface. The hard bias layer may be constructed of CoPt, CoPtCr or some other magnetic material and is deposited ov... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364942 | Process for wafer level treatment to reduce stiction and passivate micromachined surfaces and compounds used therefor This invention discloses a process for forming durable anti-stiction surfaces on micromachined structures while they are still in wafer form (i.e., before they are separated into discrete devices for assembly into packages). This process involves the vapor depositio... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360299 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic in-stack bias layer A magnetoresistive sensor having an in stack bias layer with an engineered magnetic anisotropy in a direction parallel with the medium facing surface. The in-stack bias layer may be constructed of CoPt, CoPtCr or some other magnetic material and is deposited over an... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360302 | Manufacturing method of a magnetic sensor A magnetic sensor comprises magnetoresistive elements and permanent magnet films, which are combined together to form GMR elements formed on a quartz substrate having a square shape, wherein the permanent magnet films are paired and connected to both ends of the mag... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360300 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic pinning layer A magnetoresistive sensor having a hard magnetic pinning layer with an engineered magnetic anisotropy in a direction substantially perpendicular to the medium facing surface. The hard magnetic pinning layer may be constructed of CoPt, CoPtCr, or some other magnetic ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360301 | Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head The invention is directed to improvement of a write element of a thin film magnetic head. The first pole portion projects from a flat surface of a first yoke portion at a medium-facing surface side and having a reduced width at its upper end. The second pole portion... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357115 | Wafer clamping apparatus and method for operating the same A wafer clamping apparatus is provided to secure a wafer within a chamber during wafer processing. The wafer clamping apparatus creates a pressure differential between a top surface and a bottom surface of the wafer. The pressure differential serves to pull the wafe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343669 | Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head A manufacturing method of a thin film magnetic head is provided. In the manufacturing method of a thin film magnetic head, an inorganic insulating layer is formed along at least a sidewall surface of each conductor part. A gap of each conductor part is filled by an ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343666 | Methods of making magnetic write heads with use of linewidth shrinkage techniques In one illustrative example, a method for use in making a magnetic write head includes the steps of forming a first pole piece layer of a first pole piece; forming a patterned resist over the first pole piece layer; electroplating a pedestal over the first pole piec... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343668 | Method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of highly precisely defining gap distance A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head is provided. The method accurately defines a gap layer. The method includes forming a lower gap layer made of a non-magnetic material on a main magnetic pole layer. An upper gap layer is formed on the... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337665 | Method for electronically tuning the readout vibration of a coriolis gyroscope In a method for electronic tuning of the frequency of the read oscillation to the frequency of the stimulation oscillation in a Coriolis gyro, the resonator of the Coriolis gyro has a disturbance force applied to it such that the stimulation oscillation remains esse... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335600 | Method for removing photoresist A method for removing photoresist is described. A substrate having a photoresist to be removed thereon is provided, and then an ashing process is performed to remove most of the photoresist. The substrate is then subjected to a surface treatment that provides suffic... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332099 | Ion bombardment of electrical lapping guides to decrease noise during lapping process A method for reducing noise in a lapping guide. Selected portions of a magnetoresistive device wafer are bombarded with ions such that a magnetoresistive effect of lapping guides is reduced. The device is lapped, using the lapping guides to measure an extent of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323699 | Apparatus and method for modifying an object A method and apparatus includes positioning a reactant on a surface in specific location and then directing an energy source from a device at the reactant such that it modifies the surface to either remove material or add material. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320170 | Xenon ion beam to improve track width definition Using a beam of xenon ions together with a suitable mask, a GMR stack is ion milled until a part of it, no more than about 0.1 microns thick, has been removed so that a pedestal, having sidewalls comprising a vertical section that includes all of the free layer, has... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7313854 | Method of manufacturing a tactile sensor A method of manufacturing a tactile sensor, which is capable of implementing a wide range of senses, including sensing contact pressure (vertical force and horizontal force) with an external object and heat caused by the contact pressure, comprises forming a side bl... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314574 | Etching method and apparatus An etching apparatus comprises a workpiece holder (21) for holding a workpiece (X), a plasma generator (10, 20) for generating a plasma (30) in a vacuum chamber (3), an orifice electrode (4) disposed between the workpiece holder ( | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313863 | Method to form a cavity having inner walls of varying slope An improved mold, for use in the formation of a perpendicular magnetic write head, is described, together with a process for its manufacture. Conventional alumina is replaced by tantalum in the yoke portion of the mold. When both the tantalum and the alumina areas a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312100 | In situ patterning of electrolyte for molecular information storage devices This invention pertains to methods assembly of organic molecules and electrolytes in hybrid electronic. In one embodiment, a method is provided that involves contacting a surface/electrode with a compound of formula: R-L2-M-L1-Z1 whe... | 12/25/2007 |
