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6423946 Apparatus for and method of developing fingerprints  
An apparatus for and method of developing fingerprints on an object by cyanoacrylate fuming. The apparatus includes a container having a chamber, an opening to the chamber and a mechanism for...
6419752 Structuring device for processing a substrate  
A structuring device (SD) for processing a surface of a substrate (SB), comprising a substrate chamber (VC) for mounting the substrate (SB) and a reaction chamber (GC) enabling a gas reaction at a...
6416577 Method for coating inner surfaces of equipment  
This invention concerns a method for coating the inner surfaces of equipment with a layer of material. According to the invention, of the inner space of the equipment limited by the surfaces to be...
6416584 Apparatus for forming a film on a substrate  
An apparatus for forming a film on a substrate includes a reaction chamber and gas supply lines. The gas supply lines supply gases for depositing and annealing the film. Depositing a dielectric...
6416889 Anti-corrosion ceramic member  
An anti-corrosion ceramic member having a substrate made of a ceramic material, a surface layer made of a fluoride and formed on the substrate, and an intermediate layer formed between the...
6416579 Apparatus for treating silicon wafers  
An apparatus for the chemical treatment of disc-shaped semiconduct or substrates comprises a fluid-tight treatment chamber, a carrier for holding a disc-shaped substrate in the chamber, and an...
6417626 Immersed inductively—coupled plasma source  
A plasma processing system having a plasma source that efficiently couple radiofrequency energy to a plasma within a vacuum processing space of a vacuum chamber. The plasma source comprises a...
6410434 Method and apparatus for formation of in-situ doped amorphous semiconductor film  
A LPCVD (Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition) process is used for formation of a doped amorphous semiconductor film with in-situ doping of the semiconductor film on a plurality of semiconductor...
6409838 Coating film formation apparatus and aging process apparatus  
An apparatus for forming a coating film, comprises a coating unit for coating a sol containing dielectric particles and a first solvent on a substrate, an aging unit for changing a sol-state...
6410089 Chemical vapor deposition of copper using profiled distribution of showerhead apertures  
A showerhead used for dispensing gas over a wafer in chemical vapor deposition (CVD), especially for CVD of copper in a thermal process using a precursor such as HFAC-Cu-TMVS. The patterns of holes...
6406543 Infra-red transparent thermal reactor cover member  
A cover member for a semiconductor processing thermal reactor. The cover member has a central quartz window portion and an outer flange portion. The central window portion has either an inward bow...
6407010 Single-substrate-heat-processing apparatus and method for semiconductor process  
A single-substrate-heat-processing method performs a reformation process for a tantalum oxide film on a wafer and a crystallization process for this film in this order. In the reformation process...
6406539 Process for producing silicon carbide single crystal and production apparatus therefor  
A process for producing a silicon carbide single crystal and a production apparatus therefor which enable, under stable conditions, continuous production of a silicon carbide single crystal which...
6402844 Substrate processing method and substrate processing unit  
Process gas supply/stop operations are intermittently performed. As the hydrophobic process progresses, the temperature of a gas contract portion of a wafer lowers. While the hydrophobic process...
6402848 Single-substrate-treating apparatus for semiconductor processing system  
In an annealing apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers one by one, a hermetic process chamber has a work table having an upper surface on which a wafer is placed. A shower head is disposed...
6402849 Process tube having slit type process gas injection portion and hole type waste gas exhaust portion, and apparatus for fabricating semiconductor device  
A semiconductor device fabrication apparatus is provided for increasing the deposition rate of a film. The apparatus includes a process tube. Process gas injection portions in a slit configuration...
6402847 Dry processing apparatus and dry processing method  
A dry processing apparatus includes a lower electrode for holding a substrate to be processed in a chamber, a shower head, provided to face a surface of the lower electrode, on which the substrate...
6395092 Apparatus for depositing high deposition rate halogen-doped silicon oxide layer  
A silicon oxide film is deposited on a substrate by first introducing a process gas into a chamber. The process gas includes a gaseous source of silicon (such as silane), a gaseous source of...
6395640 Apparatus and method for selectivity restricting process fluid flow in semiconductor processing  
A semiconductor processing apparatus ( 10 ) is disclosed which includes a process chamber ( 12 ) and at least one substrate support ( 18 ) disposed within the process chamber ( 12 ) operable to...
6391146 Erosion resistant gas energizer  
An apparatus and method for reducing hazardous gases exhausted from a process chamber 25 includes an effluent gas treatment system 200 with a gas energizing reactor 210 with an erosion...
6391116 Semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus and semiconductor device manufacturing method  
In a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus and a semiconductor device manufacturing method, a furnace tube port gas introducing pipe ( 9 ) for supplying gas to only one end portion of a...
6382249 Vacuum exhaust system  
A vacuum exhaust system comprising a vacuum chamber; means for introducing a gas into the vacuum chamber; a main pump for exhausting the vacuum chamber and reducing a pressure of the vacuum chamber...
6383298 Method and apparatus for pressure measurement in a CVI/CVD furnace  
An apparatus to determine the pressure within the furnace during thermal gradient forced flow processes as well as other CVI/CVD processes is disclosed. Further, a method to measure the pressure is...
6379492 Corrosion resistant coating  
A corrosion resistant part comprising a protective coating formed upon a component part. The protective coating comprises magnesium fluoride, which is substantially pure and substantially dense....
6379466 Temperature controlled gas distribution plate  
The temperature controlled gas distribution plate of the present invention includes a liquid cooling passage, with inlet and outlet ports, that is formed within the gas distribution plate. In the...
6380081 Method of vaporizing liquid sources and apparatus therefor  
A method and apparatus for vaporizing liquid source materials, where such vaporized source materials are supplied to a deposition tool such as Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) apparatus, and more...
6375739 Apparatus and process for crystal growth  
Apparatus for bulk vapor phase crystal growth comprising: at least one source zone and at least one sink zone each associated with means for independent temperature control within the zone; and at...
6375748 Method and apparatus for preventing edge deposition  
A substrate support having a removable edge ring, which is made of a material having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), than that of the substrate support is provided. The edge ring...
6375743 Method for improved chamber bake-out and cool-down  
A method and apparatus for baking-out and for cooling a vacuum chamber are provided. In a first aspect, an inert gas which conducts heat from the vacuum chamber's bake-out lamps to the shield and...
6375744 Sequential in-situ heating and deposition of halogen-doped silicon oxide  
A low dielectric constant insulating film on a substrate is formed by introducing a process gas comprising a silicon source, a fluorine source, and oxygen into a chamber. The process gas is formed...
6373159 Substrate rotating apparatus  
A rotor is placed in a space communicating with a processing chamber. Stator-side constituent members of magnetic bearings and a stator-side constituent member of a motor are placed in a space...
6371737 Conveying pumped gases in a vacuum pump or in pipes  
A vacuum-generating device including at least one vacuum pump associated with a suction pipe and with a delivery pipe, at least a portion of the vacuum-generating device is separated from the...
6368411 Molecular contamination control system  
The system and method for molecular contamination control permits purging a SMIF pod to desired levels of relative humidity, oxygen, or particulates. The SMIF pod includes an inlet port including a...
6368880 Barrier applications for aluminum planarization  
The present invention provides an effective barrier layer for improved via fill in high aspect ratio sub-micron apertures at low temperature, particularly at the contact level on a substrate. In...
6367410 Closed-loop dome thermal control apparatus for a semiconductor wafer processing system  
A closed-loop, dome thermal control apparatus containing a high-volume fan, a heat exchange chamber, and an enclosure that encloses the fan and the heat exchange chamber. The fan blows air over a...
6368451 High voltage feedthrough for non-thermal plasma reactor  
High voltage feedthrough connectors provide a means for isolating high voltage through a reactor housing while providing thermal expansion tolerance along with ease of assembly. The connectors...
6364954 High temperature chemical vapor deposition chamber  
An apparatus for wafer processing, which comprises a chamber body and a heated liner which are thermally isolated from each other by isolating pins. During wafer processing, e.g., deposition of...
6365013 Coating method and device  
The invention relates to a coating process, particularly for coating a gas turbine blade ( 1 ) having cooling passageways ( 4 ) opening out onto the surface ( 2 ). During the coating operation, a...
6365229 Surface treatment material deposition and recapture  
A method and system for applying a surface treatment to an object. The system comprises: a source chamber ( 106 ) for holding a source of surface treatment material ( 102 ); a deposition chamber (...
6364949 300 mm CVD chamber design for metal-organic thin film deposition  
The present invention relates to plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and related chamber hardware. Embodiments of the present invention include a PECVD system for depositing a film of...
6361607 Apparatus for controlling polymerized teos build-up in vacuum pump lines  
A TEOS trap for controlling TEOS polymerization from reaction furnace effluent in a vacuum pump line a SiO 2 CVD process includes a molecular species-selective flow impeding medium that adsorbs...
6358323 Method and apparatus for improved control of process and purge material in a substrate processing system  
A deposition system for performing chemical vapor deposition comprising deposition chamber having a lid and a vaporizer attached to the lid is provided. Additionally, one or more valves disposed...
6354109 Process and apparatus for providing a film with a gradient  
The subject of the invention is a glazing panel comprising a transparent substrate ( 1 ) especially one made of glass, provided with at least one functional, conductive and/or low-emissivity,...
6355106 Deposition of copper with increased adhesion  
A method and apparatus for improving the adhesion of a copper layer to an underlying layer on a wafer. The layer of copper is formed over a layer of material on a wafer and the copper layer...
6354241 Heated electrostatic particle trap for in-situ vacuum line cleaning of a substrated processing  
An apparatus and method for preventing particulate matter and residue build-up within a vacuum exhaust line of a semiconductor-processing device. The apparatus includes a vessel chamber having an...
6352591 Methods and apparatus for shallow trench isolation  
The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatus for high temperature (at least about 500-800° C.) processing of semiconductor wafers. The systems, methods and apparatus of the...
6352592 Free floating shield and semiconductor processing system  
A protective shield and a semiconductor processing system including a protective shield is provided. The shield includes a frame assembly including a pair of spaced end walls and a pair of side...
6350320 Heater for processing chamber  
A gas delivery apparatus and method for directing a flow of gas to the edge of a substrate at an angle to the radial direction of the substrate is provided. The apparatus directs the gas from a gas...
6350319 Micro-environment reactor for processing a workpiece  
An apparatus for processing a workpiece in a micro-environment is set forth. The apparatus includes a rotor motor and a workpiece housing. The workpiece housing is connected to be rotated by the...
6347749 Semiconductor processing reactor controllable gas jet assembly  
A gas jet assembly includes a gas injector having a longitudinal axis, a first motor coupled to the gas injector and a second motor coupled to the gas injector. The first motor controls a position...