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7638030 Electrolytic processing apparatus and electrolytic processing method  
An electrolytic processing apparatus which, while eliminating a CMP processing entirely or reducing a load on a CMP processing to the least possible extent, can process and flatten a conductive...
7625468 Electrode for electrochemical machining  
An electrode containing a dielectric layer on a surface of the electrode and an active zone containing a metal embedded below the surface of the electrode, wherein the electrode is configured to...
7611617 Method of manufacturing a dielectric component, and dielectric components manufactured by such a method  
A method of forming a dielectric component, such as a capacitor is disclosed. In such a method, a conductive surface is applied to a dielectric to form a coated dielectric. Then a portion of the...
7608173 Biased retaining ring  
A retaining ring for electrochemical mechanical processing is described. The ring has a conductive portion having an upper surface and a lower surface and an insulating portion. The insulating...
7594987 Method and device for electroerosive material machining of a workpiece  
A method and an apparatus for electroerosive material machining of a workpiece with an elongated tool electrode are described. The tool electrode is guided in an electrode guide, in which an oval...
7566385 Apparatus adapted for membrane-mediated electropolishing  
This invention provides a membrane-mediated electropolishing apparatus for polishing and/or planarizing metal work-pieces. The work-piece is wetted with a low-conductivity fluid. The wetted...
7524406 Processing apparatus including a reactor for electrochemically etching microelectronic workpiece  
Although there are several inventions disclosed herein, the present application is directed to a reactor for electrochemically processing a microelectronic workpiece. The reactor comprises a...
7524410 Methods and apparatus for removing conductive material from a microelectronic substrate  
A method and apparatus for removing conductive material from a microelectronic substrate is disclosed. One method includes disposing an electrolytic liquid between a conductive material of a...
7520968 Conductive pad design modification for better wafer-pad contact  
An apparatus and method for manufacturing and refurbishing a conductive polishing pad assembly for performing an electrochemical process on a substrate is disclosed. The conductive polishing pad...
7501049 ECM-machine  
ECM machine for electrochemically machining metallic workpieces by anodic dissolution of the workpiece by means of an electrolyte and an applied dc voltage, comprising at least one revolving table...
7479208 Electrode for electrochemical reduction  
An electrode ( 10 ) is provided for electrochemical reduction of a workpiece ( 20 ) that is to be treated. The electrode ( 10 ) has a predefined contour and contains an electrically conductive...
7476303 Electrolytic processing apparatus and electrolytic processing method  
There are provided an electrolytic processing apparatus and an electrolytic processing method which can regenerate an ion exchanger with an enhanced regeneration rate of ion-exchange capacity...
7473344 Segmented counterelectrode for an electrolytic treatment system  
In order to even out the electrolytic treatment of workpieces 9 made of electrically non-conductive material and having a very thin base metallising 6, 8, a device is employed in a manner...
7462273 Method and apparatus for forming by electrochemical material removal  
When forming metallic components, in particular three-dimensionally curved blades, which constitute a single piece with the blading of turbomachine rotor wheels, the linear oscillation of the...
7442282 Electrolytic processing apparatus and method  
An electrolytic processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate holder for holding a substrate; a first electrode to make contact with the substrate...
7427340 Conductive pad  
A method and apparatus for a processing pad assembly for polishing a substrate is disclosed. The processing pad assembly has a conductive processing pad having a plurality of raised features made...
7425250 Electrochemical mechanical processing apparatus  
A system for electrochemical mechanical polishing of a conductive surface of a wafer is provided. The system includes a wafer holder to hold the wafer and a belt pad disposed proximate to the wafer...
7399516 Long-life workpiece surface influencing device structure and manufacturing method  
A top layer comprises a flexible support and a plurality of hard elements anchored in a binder over the flexible support, and a method of forming the same is provided. In one embodiment, certain...
7378004 Pad designs and structures for a versatile materials processing apparatus  
An apparatus capable of assisting in controlling an electrolyte flow and an electric field distribution used for processing a substrate is provided. It includes a rigid member having a top surface...
7344431 Pad assembly for electrochemical mechanical processing  
Embodiments of a processing pad assembly for processing a substrate are provided. The processing pad assembly includes an upper layer having a processing surface and an electrode having a top side...
7344623 System and method for radially positioning a workpiece for electrochemical machining  
A system and method are described for radially positioning a workpiece for electrochemical machining. In one embodiment, a pressurized air chamber is configured to contain pressurized air. In...
7341649 Apparatus for electroprocessing a workpiece surface  
The present invention deposits a conductive material from an electrolyte solution to a predetermined area of a wafer. The steps that are used when making this application include applying the...
7338586 Vibratingly stirring apparatus, and device and method for processing using the stirring apparatus  
An insulated vibration-stirring apparatus comprising a vibration generating means containing a vibration motor and a vibrating member attached to that motor, and a vibrating rod attached by an...
7338580 Monolithic printhead with multiple ink feeder channels and relative manufacturing process  
A thermal ink jet printhead ( 40 ) for the emission of drops of ink on a print medium ( 46 ) comprises a tank ( 103 ) containing ink ( 142 ), a lamina ( 67 ), a groove ( 45 ) and a plurality of...
7329335 Device providing electrical contact to the surface of a semiconductor workpiece during processing  
Substantially uniform deposition of conductive material on a surface of a substrate, which substrate includes a semiconductor wafer, from an electrolyte containing the conductive material can be...
7318884 Apparatus for electrochemical precision machining  
On an apparatus for electrochemical precision machining, the tool holder ( 1 ) performing the oscillatory motion is supported by bearing bushes ( 25, 26 ) made of a swelling material within a...
7311808 Device and method for increasing mass transport at liquid-solid diffusion boundary layer  
A device and method for increasing the mass transport rate of a chemical or electrochemical process at the solid and fluid interface in a fluid cell. The device includes a membrane in close contact...
7303462 Edge bead removal by an electro polishing process  
A method and apparatus for the removal of a deposited conductive layer along an edge of a substrate using an electrode configured to electro polish a substrate edge are disclosed. The electro...
7297239 Method and apparatus for the electrochemical deposition and planarization of a material on a workpiece surface  
An electrochemical apparatus is provided which deposits material onto or removes material from the surface of a workpiece. The apparatus comprises a polishing pad and a platen which is in turn...
7294038 Process control in electrochemically assisted planarization  
In one embodiment, a pad assembly for electro-processing a substrate is provided which includes a first conductive layer having a working surface adapted to contact the substrate during a polishing...
7294244 Microelectronic workpiece processing tool including a processing reactor having a paddle assembly for agitation of a processing fluid proximate to the workpiece  
An integrated tool is provided including at least one workpiece processing station having a paddle assembly. In accordance with another independent aspect of the present invention, the workpiece...
7285036 Pad assembly for electrochemical mechanical polishing  
Embodiments of a pad assembly for processing a substrate are provided. The pad assembly includes a processing layer having a working surface adapted to process a substrate, a lower layer coupled to...
7270735 System and method for holding and releasing a workpiece for electrochemical machining  
A system and method are described for holding and releasing a workpiece for electrochemical machining. In one embodiment, a workpiece holder has a workpiece surface that couples to the workpiece...
7255778 Electrochemical machining method and apparatus  
An electrochemical machining apparatus comprises a machining chamber for holding ultrapure water, a cathode/anode immersed in the ultrapure water held in the machining chamber, and a workpiece...
7252746 Electropolishing apparatus and method for medical implants  
An electropolishing apparatus and method are provided for polishing stents and other medical implants. The apparatus includes a motor that rotates a roller. The roller continuously rotates the...
7244347 Method and system to provide electrical contacts for electrotreating processes  
Systems and methods to provide electrical contacts to a workpiece to facilitate electrotreating processes, including electroplating and electroetching processes are presented.
7238092 Low-force electrochemical mechanical processing method and apparatus  
The present invention relates to semiconductor integrated circuit technology and discloses an electrochemical mechanical processing system for uniformly distributing an applied force to a workpiece...
7239121 Quantative extraction of micro particles from metallic disk spacer rings  
Embodiments of the present invention include a method for quantitatively detecting embedded particles of a disk spacer ring comprising. The method includes dissolving a layer of a disk spacer ring...
7229535 Hydrogen bubble reduction on the cathode using double-cell designs  
An apparatus and method for planarizing a surface of a substrate using a chamber separated into two parts by a membrane, and two separate electrolytes is provided. The embodiments of the present...
7211175 Method and apparatus for potential controlled electroplating of fine patterns on semiconductor wafers  
Controlled-potential electroplating provides an effective method of electroplating metals onto the surfaces of high aspect ratio recessed features of integrated circuit devices. Methods are...
7211178 Fixture for electro-chemical machining  
On a fixture for electro-chemical machining for the production of long, curved cavities ( 11 ) in a component ( 12 ), the working electrode ( 3 ) of the electro-chemical machining tool ( 1 ) is...
7207878 Conductive polishing article for electrochemical mechanical polishing  
Embodiments of a polishing article for processing a substrate are provided. In one embodiment, a polishing article for processing a substrate comprises a fabric layer having a conductive layer...
7204918 High efficiency plating apparatus and method  
An improved apparatus for treating plate-like workpieces with a designated chemical solution, including printed circuit boards, includes: (1) a tray for holding the chemical solution, with the tray...
7204926 Tandem blisk electrochemical machining  
A tandem blisk is mounted in a multiaxis electrochemical machine. A first row of blades is electrochemically machined in sequence. A second row of blades is then electrochemically machined in...
7201829 Mask plate design  
The present invention includes a mask plate design that includes at least one or a plurality of channels portions on a surface of the mask plate, into which electrolyte solution will accumulate...
7198704 Methods of reducing interlayer discontinuities in electrochemically fabricated three-dimensional structures  
Disclosed methods reduce the discontinuities between individual layers of a structure that are formed at least in part using electrochemical fabrication techniques. Discontinuities may exist...
7186322 Methods of producing and polishing semiconductor device and polishing apparatus  
A method of production and a method of polishing a semiconductor device and a polishing apparatus, capable of easily flattening an initial unevenness of a metal film, excellent in efficiency of...
7153410 Methods and apparatus for electrochemical-mechanical processing of microelectronic workpieces  
Methods and apparatuses for electrochemical-mechanical processing of microelectronic workpieces. One embodiment of an electrochemical processing apparatus in accordance with the invention comprises...
7144482 Method and apparatus for forming grooves within journals and on flat plates  
An apparatus, method and means is provided for electrochemical machining of hydrodynamic bearing assemblies in spindle motors. In an aspect, a cartridge is provided that receives and accurately...
7137868 Pad assembly for electrochemical mechanical processing  
Embodiments of a pad assembly for processing a substrate are provided. The pad assembly includes a processing layer having a working surface adapted to process a substrate, a lower layer coupled to...