Formation of air gap structures for inter-metal dielectric application
The principal object of the present invention is to provide an effective and manufacturable method of forming air gaps between conductive layers of material. Another objective of the present invention... Read More
Inventors: Soo, Choi Pheng; Tee, Kheng Chok; Ong, Kok Keng; Chan, Lap;, Assignee: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Singapore, SG); National University of Singapore (Singapore, SG); Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (Singapore, SG) |
Method of forming integrated circuit dielectric by evaporating solvent to yield phase separation
The present invention provides silica xerogel dielectrics with essentially 100% porosity in minimal gaps but lower porosity in bulk regions to achieve mechanical strength for use as a multilevel integ... Read More
Inventors: Jin, Changming; Luttmer, Joseph D.;, Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX) |
Integrated circuit (IC) package with a microcontroller having an n-bit bus and up to n-pins coupled to the microcontroller
What is claimed: 1. A method of operating a microcontroller in an integrated circuit package (IC), said method comprising the steps of: providing an IC chip with a microcontroller having a data bus; p... Read More
Inventors: Fink, Scott; Bingham, Gregory; Hull, Richard; Ellison, Scott;, Assignee: Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, AZ) |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a photoconductive semiconductor layer formed on a substrate and a pair of electrodes formed ... Read More
Inventors: Mochizuki, Chiori;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Integrated capacitor and method of fabricating same
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a method of fabricating an integrated capacitor having an extremely thin dielectric or insulating layer. A further object of the present... Read More
Inventors: Wright, James R.; Shiota, Philip;, Assignee: Teledyne Industries, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
MOS capacitor for improving electrostatic durability by using of a transistor
An object of the present invention is to improve electrostatic durability by forming an electrostatic discharge path. In order to achieve this object, a MOS capacitor according to the present inventio... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Ho-Jin;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon, KR) |
Method for simultaneously forming capacitor plate and metal contact structures for a high density DRAM device
It is an object of this invention to create a DRAM device, comprised of a stacked capacitor, (STC), structure, and metal contact structures. It is another object of this invention to use a single proc... Read More
Inventors: Yang, Fu-Liang; Chen, Bi-Ling; Jeng, Erik S.;, Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (Hsin-Chu, TW) |
Method of making a reverse self-aligned BIMOS transistor integrated circuit
What is claimed is: 1. The method of forming self-aligned field effect and bipolar transistors comprising: forming a heavily doped conductive layer of one conductivity type upon a monocrystalline semi... Read More
Inventors: Tsai, Nun-Sian; Tsai, Cliff Y.;, Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Hsinchu, TW) |
Method for fabricating VDMOS transistor with improved breakdown characteristics
What is claimed is: 1. A method for fabricating vertical-current-flow field-effect transistors, comprising the steps of: (a.) providing a substrate which includes at least one substantially monolithic... Read More
Inventors: Contiero, Claudio; Galbiati, Paola; Zullino, Lucia;, Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, IT) |
Advanced titanium silicide process for very narrow polysilicon lines
It is an object of this invention to form a low resistance, titanium silicide layer, for use as a component for narrow, less than 0.20 micrometer width, polycide word lines. It is another object of th... Read More
Inventors: Huang, Yuan-Chang; Hu, Ding-Dar; Hsiue, Hong-Che; Wang, Chao-Ray;, Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Hsin-Chu, TW) |
Method for fabricating a on-chip temperature controller by co-implant polysilicon resistor
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for fabricating a resistor in an on-chip temperature sensor that has an easily controllable cut off temperature. It is an object of the pre... Read More
Inventors: Chen, Shui-Hung; Lin, Chrong Jung; Shih, Jiaw-Ren;, Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Hsin-Chu, TW) |
Electrophoretic system and method for multidimensional analysis
Having thus described the invention, there is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent: 1. An apparatus for conducting electrophoretic analysis, the apparatus comprising means for su... Read More
Inventors: Shevitz, Jerry;, Assignee: |
Method for forming ultra fine deep dielectric isolation
In accordance with the present invention, a method is described for the formation of ultra fine grooves that can be filled with dielectric material which can then act as dielectric isolation for highl... Read More
Inventors: Venkataraman, Krishnamur; Yun, Bob H.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Reactive ion etching of III-V compounds including InP, GaAs-InP and GaAlAs
The following describes, in accordance with the present invention, a process for reactive ion etching of GaAs, InP and their derivative ternary and quartenary compounds, GaAlAs and the oxides of GaAs... Read More
Inventors: Howard, Richard E.; Hu, Evelyn L.;, Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Photoelectrochemical processing of III-V semiconductors
The invention is a process for making a semiconductor device in which intrinsic compound semiconductor material is etched by a photoelectrochemical etching procedure. The process is useful for a varie... Read More
Inventors: Kohl, Paul A.; Ostermayer, Jr., Frederick W.;, Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Light power controlling apparatus
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a light power controlling apparatus which operates stably against temperature change to produce a constant light power, has an invariable ... Read More
Inventors: Yoshikawa, Shoji; Sakamoto, Masaharu;, Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Gas discharge structure for an R.F. excited gas laser
I claim: 1. A gas discharge structure for an R.F. discharge excited gas laser comprising: an R.F. electrode; a ground electrode; and means for cooling said R.F. electrode, said means including a metal... Read More
Inventors: Allcock, Geoffrey;, Assignee: Coherent, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Money buckle
In accordance with this invention, a money buckle is provided for secretly carrying valuables and the like for use with a belt having a first end which folds back upon itself for attachment to a buckl... Read More
Inventors: Craighead, James W.;, Assignee: |
Tile cutter
What is claimed is: 1. A tile cutter for cutting tile placed thereon, comprising: a base; a guide rod above and parallel to said base; prop means extending upward from said base for supporting said gu... Read More
Inventors: Yasuga, Masaki;, Assignee: |
Tape dispenser with blade guard
OF THE INVENTION Referring now to the accompanying drawing wherein like reference numerals appear on like parts throughout, there is disclosed a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape dispenser 6 comprisin... Read More
Inventors: Niles, Gerald J.;, Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (St. Paul, MN) |
Device for monitoring yarn motion on a textile machine
It is a primary objective of the invention to provide a sensing device for monitoring ballooning motion of travelling threads or yarns. It is another object of the invention to provide such sensing de... Read More
Inventors: Loepfe, Erich;, Assignee: Gebruder Loepfe AG (Zurich, CH) |
Semiconductor scribing method
The present invention contemplates the scribing and breaking of a semiconductor wafer into individual die by anodizing the silicon in regions corresponding to desired die boundaries. The regions are s... Read More
Inventors: Cook, Jr., Charles R.;, Assignee: International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation (Nutley, NJ) |
Etch method of cleaving semiconductor diode laser wafers
OF THE INVENTION The description that follows is given generally in terms of double heterostructure (DH) (Al,Ga)As diode lasers having a stripe geometry. However, it will be appreciated that other co... Read More
Inventors: Woolhouse, Geoffrey R.; Huggins, Harold A.; Anderson, Stephen I.; Scholl, Frederick R.;, Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering Co. (Florham Park, NJ) |
Method for controlling fuel injector lift
FIG. 1 is an example of a top feed fuel injector 10 utilizing the spacer 12 of the present invention. The injector housing member 14 as shown in FIG. 3 contains the solenoid coil 16 and the pole piec... Read More
Inventors: Hensley, Thomas E.;, Assignee: Allied Corporation (Morris Township, Morris County, NJ) |
Silicon-polysilicon infrared image device with orientially etched detector
The invention is an infrared imaging device. The device is made by SIP chip growth technology to form a two-dimensional array of incremental extrinsic detectors. ODE is used to make the detectors each... Read More
Inventors: King, Gerard J.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC) |
Phenolic compound, preparation thereof and recording material employing same
OF THIS INVENTION Ihe present invention relates to a novel phenolic compound, a process for producing it and a heat-or pressure-sensitive recording material containing the phenolic compound. More par... Read More
Inventors: Shinmoto, Masaki;, Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Fabrication of FETs with source and drain contacts aligned with the gate electrode
FIGS. 1-11 illustrate various stages in the fabrication of a field effect transistor in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. It will be appreciated that the device shown is meant to illus... Read More
Inventors: Lynch, William T.; Vratny, Frederick;, Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Junction arrays for superconducting and nonsuperconducting application
What is claimed is: 1. A superconduction junction array device comprising: a substrate base; a photoresist material covering one side of said base, said resist having a series of closely spaced, paral... Read More
Inventors: Wang, Shyh; Tsang, Won-Tien;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air (Washington, DC) |
Adjusting mechanism for a tape recorder capstan
What is claimed is: 1. A recording and/or playback apparatus for a record carrier in the form of a tape, comprising a drive shaft rotatable about a longitudinal direction for transport of a tape; two ... Read More
Inventors: Ketzer, Manfred;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Method of providing a light bar for storage apparatus
In accordance with the present invention, an inexpensive and versatile light bar is provided that reliably indicates the particular bin of a vertical storage and retrieval system conveyor shelf that c... Read More
Inventors: Dahnert, Dean L.;, Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) |
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