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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181844 | Method for the permanent connection of two components by means of glass or metal solder The invention is a method for permanent connection of two components by soldering employing a glass or metal solder as the solder material. A layer system providing adhesion is applied to both components, between which the solder material is introduced. the layer sy... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167191 | High temperature seal for joining ceramic components such as cells in a ceramic oxygen generator A multi-layer seal arrangement includes a dissolution barrier between a braze alloy and a ceramic component. The inventive seal is useful for joining a ceramic component to another ceramic component or a metal component, for example. In one example, the braze compri... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167192 | Manufacturing method for ceramic heater Disclosed herein is a manufacturing method for a ceramic heater. The manufacturing method includes the step of manufacturing a sintered ceramic substrate using a ceramic material and forming a conductive through hole in the ceramic substrate, the step of screen prin... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8025203 | Process for applying material to a component, a fiber and a fiber mat Short fibers in a solder or a welding material often do not have the desired strength. Fiber mats that are introduced onto a surface or into a recess of a metallic component are provided. In addition a process for applying material to a metallic component is provide... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7926695 | Method for the permanent connection of two components by means of glass or metal solder The invention is a method for permanent connection of two components by soldering employing a glass or metal solder as the solder material. A layer system providing adhesion is applied to both components, between which the solder material is introduced. the layer sy... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7845546 | Method for producing a vacuum measuring cell of the membrane type Method for producing a vacuum measuring cell having a pressure transducer diaphragm with housing plates sealed on opposite sides to form reference and measuring vacuum chambers. An opening in one plate communicates with the measuring vacuum chamber and has a sealed ... | 12/07/2010 |
| RE41266 | Composite electrode for plasma processes An electrode assembly for a plasma reactor, such as a plasma etch or plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition reactor, comprises an electrode plate having a support frame attached to one surface thereof. The electrode plate is composed of a substantially pure mater... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7520416 | Transparent window with non-transparent contact surface for a soldering bonding A transparent pane, in particular a glass pane, having at least one electroconducting, non-transparent contact surface placed on one of its surfaces, to connect it by soldering to a connection piece. In the region of the soldering location, the contact surface has a... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7478742 | Method for brazing ceramic surfaces A method for producing a brazed joint having at least one of a metal/ceramic joint and a ceramic/ceramic joint. The method includes forming bores in at least one ceramic surface to be brazed, and the bores have an average diameter of greater than 550 μm. The instan... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7407083 | Bonded silicon, components and a method of fabricating the same A heat pipe housing assembly (22) includes a pair of silicon housing pieces (24, 26) and a bond joint (42) between the housings (24, 26), with the bond joint (42) preferably including a eutectic layer (43). ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357293 | Soldering an electronics package to a motherboard In some example embodiments, a method includes engaging a first contact on a motherboard with a second contact on an electronic package. A portion of one of the first and second contacts is covered with an interlayer that has a lower melting temperature than both of... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358604 | Multichip circuit module and method for the production thereof A multichip circuit module includes a main board, at least one carrier substrate mounted on and in electrical contact with the main board, and at least one semiconductor chip arranged on the carrier substrate and in electrical contact therewith. The carrier substrat... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353979 | Method of fabricating substrate placing stage A method of fabricating a substrate placing stage includes the step of providing a plate-shaped ceramic base having a substrate placing surface on a side of the ceramic base. The method includes the step of providing a plate-shaped ceramic base formed of a composite... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335611 | Copper conductor annealing process employing high speed optical annealing with a low temperature-deposited optical absorber layer A method of forming a conductor in a thin film structure on a semiconductor substrate includes forming high aspect ratio openings in a base layer having vertical side walls, depositing a dielectric barrier layer comprising a dielectric compound of a barrier metal on... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325306 | Method of manufacturing a fibre reinforced metal matrix composite article and a cassette for use therein A method of manufacturing a fibre reinforced metal matrix composite article (10) comprises forming an annular groove (32) in the first metal component (30), forming a second metal component (36) and forming a number of fibre preforms (... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323401 | Semiconductor substrate process using a low temperature deposited carbon-containing hard mask A method of processing a thin film structure on a semiconductor substrate using an optically writable mask includes placing the substrate in a reactor chamber, the substrate having on its surface a target layer to be etched in accordance with a predetermined pattern... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320734 | Plasma immersion ion implantation system including a plasma source having low dissociation and low minimum plasma voltage A system for processing a workpiece includes a plasma immersion ion implantation reactor with an enclosure having a side wall and a ceiling and defining a chamber, and a workpiece support pedestal within the chamber having a workpiece support surface facing the ceil... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318547 | Method for assembling parts made of materials based on SiC by non-reactive refractory brazing, brazing composition, and joint and assembly obtained by said method Method for assembling at least two pieces of silicon carbide based materials by non reactive refractory brazing, wherein these pieces are put into contact with a non reactive brazing solder composition and the assembly formed by the pieces and the brazing solder com... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311140 | Heat sink assembly with overmolded carbon matrix A net-shape molded heat sink is provided which includes a thermally conductive main body and a number of thermally conductive fins integrally connected to and emanating from the main body. The heat sink is formed by overmolding a carbon-carbon matrix core plate with... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312162 | Low temperature plasma deposition process for carbon layer deposition A method of depositing a carbon layer on a workpiece includes placing the workpiece in a reactor chamber, introducing a carbon-containing process gas into the chamber, generating a reentrant toroidal RF plasma current in a reentrant path that includes a process zone... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312148 | Copper barrier reflow process employing high speed optical annealing A method of forming a barrier layer for a thin film structure on a semiconductor substrate includes forming high aspect ratio openings in a base layer having vertical side walls, depositing a dielectric barrier layer comprising a dielectric compound of a barrier met... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303982 | Plasma immersion ion implantation process using an inductively coupled plasma source having low dissociation and low minimum plasma voltage A method for implanting ions in a surface layer of a workpiece includes placing the workpiece on a workpiece support in a chamber with the surface layer being in facing relationship with a ceiling of the chamber, thereby defining a processing zone between the workpi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299964 | Method and apparatus to create electrical junctions for information routing in textile structures Disclosed are systems or apparatuses and methods for forming a junction between conductive fibers that are incorporated into a fabric. Briefly, one method includes the steps of removing insulation from two intersecting individually insulated conductive fibers to exp... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294563 | Semiconductor on insulator vertical transistor fabrication and doping process A process for conformally doping through the vertical and horizontal surfaces of a 3-dimensional vertical transistor in a semiconductor-on-insulator structure employs an RF oscillating torroidal plasma current to perform either conformal ion implantation, or conform... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291360 | Chemical vapor deposition plasma process using plural ion shower grids A chemical vapor deposition process is carried out in a reactor chamber having a set of plural parallel ion shower grids that divide the chamber into an upper ion generation region and a lower process region, each of the ion shower grids having plural orifices in mu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291545 | Plasma immersion ion implantation process using a capacitively couple plasma source having low dissociation and low minimum plasma voltage A method of ion implanting a species in a workpiece to a selected ion implantation profile depth includes placing a workpiece having a semiconductor material on an electrostatic chuck in or near a processing region of a plasma reactor chamber and applying a chucking... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288491 | Plasma immersion ion implantation process One method of performing plasma immersion ion implantation on a workpiece in a plasma reactor chamber includes initially depositing a seasoning film on the interior surfaces of the plasma reactor chamber before the workpiece is introduced, by introducing a seasoning... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273765 | Solid-state imaging device and method for producing the same A solid-state imaging device includes: a planar substrate; an imaging element fixed onto the substrate; a rib provided on the substrate so as to surround the imaging element; a transparent plate fixed to a top face of the rib; a plurality of wirings for conducting e... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270888 | Composite body made of ceramic layers and method for its manufacture A composite body made of at least two ceramic layers, in which the ceramic layers are permanently bonded to one another at defined bonding points by a contact layer made of a bonding material. To achieve a permanent, thermally stable bond of ceramic layers having di... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270713 | Tunable gas distribution plate assembly A gas distribution plate assembly and a method for distributing gas in a processing chamber are provided. In one embodiment, a gas distribution plate assembly includes a tuning plate coupled to a diffuser plate. The tuning plate has a plurality of orifice holes form... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270885 | Method for brazing ceramic-containing bodies, and articles made thereby Ceramic-containing bodies can be bonded to other ceramic-containing bodies, or to metals or metal-containing bodies, by way of an aluminum-silicon brazing alloy. Such alloys feature high thermal conductivity and a melting range intermediate to Cu—Sil and Au—Si. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267187 | Braze alloy and method of use for drilling applications A down hole cutting tool includes a cutting element support structure. The cutting element support structure has at least one cavity formed therein. A cutting element is disposed in the cavity. Braze alloy is also disposed in the cavity between the cutting element a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251873 | Method of manufacturing surface acoustic wave device Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a surface acoustic wave device comprising the steps of forming a drive electrode having a surface acoustic wave element function on a piezoelectric substrate wafer, providing a resist coat on an upper region of the drive electr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247509 | Method for manufacturing solid-state imaging devices A solid-state imaging device is manufactured according to the steps below. A lattice-shaped rib forming member, which is an aggregation of a plurality of frame-shaped ribs for configuring a plurality of solid-state imaging devices, is resin-molded. An aggregate wiri... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243426 | Method for the manufacture of a combustion chamber of a gas-turbine engine This invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a gas-turbine combustion chamber which consists of individual wall sections produced by casting. To make up the combustion chamber, the wall sections are joined by laser welding. Preferably, the individual wa... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244474 | Chemical vapor deposition plasma process using an ion shower grid A chemical vapor deposition process is carried out in a reactor chamber with an ion shower grid that divides the chamber into an upper ion generation region and a lower process region, the ion shower grid having plural orifices oriented in a non-parallel direction r... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7223629 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a transistor-outline (TO) can having a ceramic header A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic packaging comprises placing a solder preform between a metal cover and an insulating base, applying pressure to the metal cover and the insulating base, and applying a current through multiple conductive vias to heat the s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223676 | Very low temperature CVD process with independently variable conformality, stress and composition of the CVD layer A low temperature process for depositing a coating containing any of silicon, nitrogen, hydrogen or oxygen on a workpiece includes placing the workpiece in a reactor chamber facing a processing region of the chamber, introducing a process gas containing any of silic... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220937 | Plasma reactor with overhead RF source power electrode with low loss, low arcing tendency and low contamination A gas distribution ceiling electrode for use as a capacitive source power applicator and gas distribution showerhead in a plasma reactor includes a metal base and a process-compatible protective layer on the interior surface of he electrode having a dopant impurity ... | 05/22/2007 |
