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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7838083 | Ion beam assisted deposition of thermal barrier coatings Methods and apparatus for depositing thermal barrier coatings on gas turbine blades and vanes using Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition (EBPVD) combined with Ion Beam Assisted Deposition (IBAD). ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7435443 | Method to prevent low temperature degradation of zirconia The invention is directed to a method of producing the material that is unaffected by the low-temperature degradation, humidity-enhanced phase transformation typical of yttria-stabilized zirconia, as well as of yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7389580 | Method and apparatus for thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7369360 | Perpendicular recording head having controlled permeability and saturation moment A method and apparatus having magnetic properties. The apparatus includes a main pole and a return pole spaced apart from the main pole. The return includes at least one multilayer block having a plurality of alternating layers of magnetic material and non-magnetic ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7338683 | Superconductor fabrication processes A method of forming a superconductive device is provided, including providing a substrate having a dimension ratio of not less than about 102, depositing a buffer film to overlie the substrate by ion beam assisted deposition utilizing and ion beam, monito... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7320815 | Method for forming oriented film, oriented film, substrate for electronic device, liquid crystal panel, and electronic device A method for forming an oriented film is provided for forming an oriented film on a base material by irradiating the surface of the base material where the oriented film will be formed with an ion beam comprising nitrogen ions from a direction inclined at a prescrib... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7284461 | Colored razor blades Colored razor blades are provided. Methods for manufacturing such blades are also provided, including methods involving subjecting a blade material to a hardening process; and, during the hardening process, oxidizing the blade material to form an oxide layer on the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7229675 | Protective coating method for pieces made of heat resistant alloys The invention relates to metallurgy and mechanical engineering, in particular to the development of methods for providing metallic pieces with protective coatings with a view to improving the performance characteristics thereof. In accordance with the inventive meth... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7204013 | Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive sensor In a method of forming a magnetoresistive sensor, first and second magnetic leads are formed. Next, a junction of magnetic and electrically conductive material is formed between the first and second magnetic leads. Finally, the magnetic and electrical conductivity o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7147931 | Metal strip product A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant coating on one side or both sides of said strip substrate is provided. The thickness of said coating is in total maximally 25 μm, the hardness of said coating is at least 600 HV and the tensile s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147932 | Metal strip product A coated steel strip product with a dense and hard abrasion resistant coating on one side or both sides of said strip. The thickness of said coating is in total maximally 25 μm, the hardness of said coating is at least 600 HV and the tensile strength of the steel s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147413 | Precision cemented carbide threading tap A precision cemented carbide threading tap is designed for use in precision tool holders in synchronous high speed tapping. The precision tap includes a fully cylindrical shank without the aid of squares, flats or other notches. The precision tap further includes a ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7112453 | Retentate chromatography and protein chip arrays with applications in biology and medicine This invention provides methods of retentate chromatography for resolving analytes in a sample. The methods involve adsorbing the analytes to a substrate under a plurality of different selectivity conditions, and detecting the analytes retained on the substrate by d... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7105460 | Nitrogen-free dielectric anti-reflective coating and hardmask Methods are provided for depositing a dielectric material. The dielectric material may be used for an anti-reflective coating or as a hardmask. In one aspect, a method is provided for processing a substrate including introducing a processing gas comprising a silane-... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097745 | Method of forming a tunneling magnetoresistive head A method of forming a tunneling magnetoresistive head begins by forming a tunneling magnetoresistive stack having a tunnel barrier. An air bearing surface is formed of the tunneling magnetoresistive stack. The air bearing surface is ion etched causing a deficiency o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7052585 | Coated article including titanium oxycarbide and method of making same A coated article is provided which includes a layer including titanium oxycarbide. In order to form the coated article, a layer of titanium oxide is deposited on a substrate by sputtering or the like. After sputtering of the layer including titanium oxide, an ion be... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7001672 | Laser based metal deposition of implant structures A method of depositing a hard wear resistant surface onto a porous or non-porous base material of a medical implant. The medical implant device formed by a Laser Based Metal Deposition (LBMD) method. The porous material of the base promotes bone ingrowth allowing th... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6977465 | Image intensifier with improved electromagnetic compatibility An image intensifier includes a photocathode (11) with a face plate (22). A conductive layer (24) is disposed outwardly from the face plate (22). A grounded conductor (16) is electrically coupled to the conductive layer (24)... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962613 | Low-temperature fabrication of thin-film energy-storage devices A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step, especially a cathode anneal of thin-film batteries. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955578 | Method of varying transmittance of transparent conductive layer, flat panel display device and manufacturing method thereof A method of varying a transmittance of a transparent conductive film includes forming the transparent conductive film on a substrate and injecting a high energy source into the transparent conductive film to vary the transmittance of the transparent conductive film.... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6919138 | Titanium dioxide cobalt magnetic film and its manufacturing method A mixture of TiO2 and Co is placed in a vacuum chamber under selected oxygen pressure and irradiated in the vacuum chamber with a selected laser light to cause TiO2 and Co to evaporate from the target and a layer of TiO2-Co to epitax... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6899928 | Dual ion beam assisted deposition of biaxially textured template layers The present invention is directed towards a process and apparatus for epitaxial deposition of a material, e.g., a layer of MgO, onto a substrate such as a flexible metal substrate, using dual ion beams for the ion beam assisted deposition whereby thick layers can be... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6864415 | Photoelectric cell and process for producing metal oxide semiconductor film for use in photoelectric cell A photoelectric cell that includes a first insulating base, having on its surface a first electrode layer, which has on its surface a metal oxide semiconductor film, which includes anatase titanium oxide particles, on which a photosensitizer is absorbed and a second... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6797339 | Method for forming thin film with a gas cluster ion beam A method of forming a thin film on the surface of a substrate such as silicon, in which a gas cluster (which is a massive atomic or molecular group of a reactive substance taking the gaseous form at room temperature under atmospheric pressure) is formed and then ion... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6787198 | Hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films The present invention involves the hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured films to form high k PMOD™ films for use in applications that are temperature sensitive, such as applications using a polymer based substrate. After a PMOD™ precursor is deposited and co... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6787199 | Composite device and manufacturing method therefor This invention provides a composite device whereby surface reflection and interference colors can be inhibited, photocatalytic decomposition performance may be improved and hydrophilicity-acquiring rate may be improved. A mixture film (14) is deposited on the... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6723388 | Method of depositing nanostructured films with embedded nanopores This invention comprises methods for making nanostructured and nanoporous thin film structures of various compositions. These films can be directly patterned. In these methods, precursor films are deposited on a surface and different components of the precursor film... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6683012 | Method for epitaxially growing crystalline insulation layer on crystalline silicon substrate while simultaneously growing silicon oxide, nitride, or oxynitride Metal which forms a crystalline insulation layer is sputtered at a target and deposited as a film on a silicon substrate, the metal is chemically combined with reactive gas around the silicon substrate to thereby grow a crystal layer of a crystalline insu... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6638857 | E-beam deposition method and apparatus for providing high purity oxide films An e-beam deposition method and apparatus uses a metallic target and localized oxygen ambient to produce an oxide film for deposition. A metallic target is first heated, then exposed to a stream of oxide, resulting in the formation of a relatively thin la... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6627320 | Method for producing composition for vapor deposition, composition for vapor deposition, and method for producing optical element with antireflection film A method for producing a composition for vapor deposition comprising sintering a vapor source mixture prepared by mixing vapor sources that contain titanium dioxide and niobium pentoxide. The method is capable of forming a high-refraction layer even in lo... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6602558 | Non-linear optical silica thin film manufacturing method and non-linear optical silica element A non-linear optical silica thin film (22) whose main material is SiO2 --GeO2 is formed by irradiating positive or negative polar particles and polarization orientation is carried out in the silica thin film. For example, by repeatin... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6541079 | Engineered high dielectric constant oxide and oxynitride heterostructure gate dielectrics by an atomic beam deposition technique A method of forming a layer of oxide or oxynitride upon a substrate including first placing a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface in a high vacuum chamber and then exposing the upper surface to a beam of atoms or molecules, or both, of o... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6538194 | Photoelectric cell and process for producing metal oxide semiconductor film for use in photoelectric cell A photoelectric cell that includes a first insulating base, having on its surface a first electrode layer, which has on its surface a metal oxide semiconductor film, which includes anatase titanium oxide particles, on which a photosensitizer is adsorbed a... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6517687 | Ultraviolet filters with enhanced weatherability and method of making An ultraviolet radiation absorbing layer formed over a polymeric substrate is disclosed herein. The layer is a doped metal oxide coating. The layer exhibits excellent weatherability and UV absorbing properties. The layer is preferably deposited by arc pla... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6511718 | Method and apparatus for fabrication of thin films by chemical vapor deposition A venturi mist generator creates a mist comprising droplets having a mean diameter less than one micron from liquid precursors containing multi-metal polyalkoxide compounds. The mist is mixed and then passed into a gasifier where the mist droplets are gas... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6509066 | Sensitized photoconductive infrared detectors A series of processes have been discovered whereby uniform oxygen doping of lead chalcogenides have been achieved by using vapor deposition combined with in situ or ex situ ion implantation allowing the high yield manufacture of high S/N infrared detector... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6475573 | Method of depositing DLC inclusive coating on substrate A substrate is coated with a coating system including at least one diamond-like carbon (DLC) inclusive layer(s) using an ion beam deposition technique. Prior and/or during the ion beam deposition of the DLC inclusive layer, the substrate (e.g., glass subs... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6368425 | Ion treatments for magnetic recording heads and magnetic recording media Techniques are disclosed for improving the tribology between an air bearing surface of a magnetic recording head and a magnetic recording medium. In addition, techniques are described for reducing resistance to wear and corrosion of the air bearing surfac... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6352741 | Planar high temperature superconductive integrated circuits for using ion implantation High temperature superconductive (HTS) integrated circuits can be fabricated in three ways according to the invention. First, a planar multiple layer HTS integrated circuit is fabricated using multiple HTS layers. The layers include altered regions which ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6350961 | Method and device for improving surfaces The invention relates to a method and device for improving the surface of a substrate. Plasma is produced by a luminous discharge, close to the substrate to be treated, using a hollow cathode and an anode assigned thereto. A reactive gas located in the ar... | 02/26/2002 |
