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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7879410 | Method of fabricating an electrochemical device using ultrafast pulsed laser deposition A method of fabricating a multi-layered thin film electrochemical device is provided. The method comprises: providing a first target material in a chamber; providing a substrate in the chamber; emitting a first intermittent laser beam directed at the first target ma... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7776406 | Optical materials and optical devices Nanoscale particles, particle coatings/particle arrays and corresponding consolidated materials are described based on an ability to vary the composition involving a wide range of metal and/or metalloid elements and corresponding compositions. In particular, metallo... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7470454 | Non-thermal process for forming porous low dielectric constant films Low dielectric materials and films comprising same have been identified for improved performance when used as interlevel dielectrics in integrated circuits as well as methods for making same. In certain embodiments of the invention, there is provided a low-temperatu... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7387813 | Methods of preparation of hollow microstructures and nanostructures Structures in the nanoscale and mesoscale domain are provided. The structures typically have a shell which can be comprised of a porous polymeric material such as parylene. The surfaces of the shell can further comprise pendant functional groups that can provide rea... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7373259 | Method and apparatus for performing chemical reactions in a plurality of samples A method and apparatus for simultaneously performing chemical reactions and determining molecular transport dynamics on a plurality of samples such as thin film samples. The apparatus of the present invention is capable of containing multiple samples in individual s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7300743 | Radiation durable organic compounds with high transparency in the vacuum ultraviolet, and method for preparing This invention concerns radiation durable organic compositions which are well-suited for use in 157 nm lithography by virtue of their high transparency and excellent radiation durability, and to a process for the preparation thereof. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294364 | Method for curing composite materials A curing light system useful for curing light activated composite materials is disclosed. Various configurations of light emitting semiconductor chips and heat sinks are disclosed, as well as various structures and methods for driving, controlling and using them. | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288014 | Design, fabrication, testing, and conditioning of micro-components for use in a light-emitting panel A method of forming micro-components is disclosed. The method includes pretesting and conditioning of the micro-components. The micro-components that fail testing or conditioning are discarded, and those remaining are assembled into a panel. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282190 | Silicon layer production method and solar cell production method A solar cell is produced by dipping a multicrystalline silicon substrate 28 in a solution 24 containing silicon, growing a silicon layer on the substrate 28 while decreasing with time the temperature drop rate of the solution during the dipping ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7220318 | Semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus and semiconductor device manufacturing method A semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus which uses a thermal CVD reaction to deposit a film onto a substrate has a ring with an electrode terminal that makes contact with either the substrate or the deposited film thereon, a power supply that applies a curren... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201937 | Methods for forming composite coatings on MEMS devices The present invention provides unique methods of coating and novel coatings for MEMS devices. In general a two step process includes the coating of a first silane onto a substrate surface followed by a second treatment with or without a second silane and elevated te... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7140941 | Liquid manufacturing processes for panel layer fabrication A method for manufacturing a light-emitting panel sandwiches a plurality of micro-components between two flexible substrates in a web configuration. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplie... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137857 | Method for manufacturing a light-emitting panel An improved light-emitting panel having a plurality of micro-components sandwiched between two subtrates is disclosed. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplied across the micro-component v... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125305 | Light-emitting panel and a method for making An improved light-emitting panel having a plurality of micro-components sandwiched between two substrates is disclosed. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplied across the micro-component ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112351 | Methods and apparatus for vacuum thin film deposition The present invention provides a polymer coating method. In the method, in a vacuum chamber, a low temperature monomer evaporation chamber is used to heat a liquid monomer and a cooled substrate at a temperature lower than the liquid monomer reservoir or vapor. The ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7049233 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing thin film electrode of hydrous ruthenium oxide An apparatus and method are provided for manufacturing an electrode of hydrous ruthenium oxide thin film, consisting of an injector for spraying a precursor solution, a substrate for depositing the precursor solution, a base for supporting the substrate and a haloge... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033939 | Chemistry for chemical vapor deposition of titanium containing films Titanium-containing films exhibiting excellent uniformity and step coverage are deposited on semiconductor wafers in a cold wall reactor which has been modified to discharge plasma into the reaction chamber. Titanium tetrabromide, titanium tetraiodide, or titanium t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026635 | Particle beam processing apparatus and materials treatable using the apparatus Methods, and materials made by the methods, are provided herein for treating materials with a particle beam processing device. According to one illustrative embodiment, a method for treating a material with a particle beam processing device is provided that includes... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025648 | Liquid manufacturing processes for panel layer fabrication A method for manufacturing a light-emitting panel sandwiches a plurality of micro-components between two flexible substrates in a web configuration. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplie... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011868 | Fluorine-free plasma curing process for porous low-k materials Low dielectric constant porous materials with improved elastic modulus and material hardness. The process of making such porous materials involves providing a porous dielectric material and plasma curing the porous dielectric material with a fluorine-free plasma gas... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007974 | Airbag for a restraint system in motor vehicles An airbag for a restraint system in motor vehicles comprises a wall made of fabric. One surface of the fabric is subjected to a plasma treatment in order to increase the heat resistance of the fabric. There is also proposed a method of producing such airbag and a me... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005161 | Vapor deposition of solid oligomers A monomer is selected to produce a polymeric film having desirable characteristics for a particular application. The monomer is ppolymerized under controlled conditions to produce a solid oligomer having those characteristics at a molecular weight suitable for evapo... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005793 | Socket for use with a micro-component in a light-emitting panel An improved light-emitting panel having a plurality of micro-components at least partially disposed in a socket and sandwiched between two substrates is disclosed. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large vol... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6982206 | Mechanism for improving the structural integrity of low-k films According to one embodiment, a method of forming a low-k dielectric composite film is provided. A low-k interconnect dielectric layer is strengthened by forming whiskers in the low-k film. The whiskers are formed simultaneously with the low-k layer. In one embodimen... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6977138 | Reactive polymer coatings A method for coating of variable substrates with highly reactive polymers. Its combination with microcontact printing is used for generating several devices such as patterned arrays of ligands for high throughput screening. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975068 | Light-emitting panel and a method for making An improved light-emitting panel having a plurality of micro-components sandwiched between two substrates is disclosed. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplied across the micro-component ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6935913 | Method for on-line testing of a light emitting panel A method of testing a light-emitting panel and the component parts therein including an assembled web containing light-emitting micro-components is disclosed. The method utilizes radiometric measuring devices disposed throughout a continuous fabrication process. Qua... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929864 | Extensible, visible light-transmissive and infrared-reflective film and methods of making and using the film A film contains first and second metal or metal alloy layers separated by a crosslinked polymeric spacing layer whose thicknesses are such that the film is extensible visible light-transmissive and infrared reflective. The film can be joined or laminated into glazin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930025 | Transparent conductive film formation process, photovoltaic device production process, transparent conductive film, and photovoltaic device In a process for forming on a substrate a transparent conductive film having crystallizability, the process comprises a first step of forming a film at a first film formation rate and a second step of forming a film at a second film formation rate, and the relations... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6913796 | Plasma curing process for porous low-k materials Low dielectric constant porous materials with improved elastic modulus and hardness. The process of making such porous materials involves providing a porous dielectric material and plasma curing the porous dielectric material to produce a plasma cured porous dielect... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6903161 | Low-acid ethylene copolymers for improving the adhesion of LDPE to aluminum foil in extrusion coating This invention relates to a low-density polyethylene composition useful for coating polar substrates. This invention particularly relates to a low-density polyethylene composition useful for coating metal foils, wherein the composition comprises an ethylene/(meth)ac... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902456 | Socket for use with a micro-component in a light-emitting panel An improved light-emitting panel having a plurality of micro-components at least partially disposed in a socket and sandwiched between two substrates is disclosed. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large vol... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6811829 | Method of making a coating of a microtextured surface A method for conformally coating a microtextured surface. The method includes flash evaporating a polymer precursor forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge polymer precursor plasma from the evaporate, cryoc... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6803073 | Particle forming method A submicron particle forming method includes feeding a first set of precursors to a first energy application zone. Energy is applied to the first set of precursors in the first energy application zone effective to react and form solid particles having maximum diamet... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6793978 | Method and device for coating at least one wiper-blade element The invention is based on a method for coating at least one wiper blade element (10) made of an elastomer material, in which first, the surface of the wiper blade element (10) is cleaned and activated by means of a plasma, and then in a CVD process, a ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6767590 | Poled plasma deposition A poled polymer material is formed on the surface of a substrate by poling a nonlinear optical reactant during a plasma polymerizing deposition of the reactant onto the surface. The substrate is fixed between the positive plasma-generating and ground electrodes in a... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6756074 | Methods for the deposition and curing of coating compositions Systems and methods for creating a combinatorial coating library including a coating system operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of materials suitable for forming at least one coating layer on a surface of one or more substrates. The systems and method... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6703296 | Method for forming metal salicide A method for forming a metal salicide layer on a shallow junction is described. A substrate having a gate structure thereon and a shallow junction therein is provided. An atomic layer deposition (ALD) process is then performed to deposit a tungsten salici... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6682782 | Organic compound having an acetylene group, vacuum deposition polymerization thereof, deposited polymerized thin film, and electroluminescence device containing same The present invention relates to an organic compound having acetylene group(s), a thin film formed by vacuum deposition polymerization using said organic compound, vacuum deposition polymerization to form said thin film, and an electroluminescence device ... | 01/27/2004 |
