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7622308 Process control using process data and yield data  
A method for monitoring a manufacturing process features acquiring metrology data for semiconductor wafers at the conclusion of a final process step for the manufacturing process (“Step a”)....
7622052 Methods for chemical mechanical planarization and for detecting endpoint of a CMP operation  
Methods are provided for chemical mechanical planarization of a layer and for determining the endpoint of a CMP operation. In accordance with one embodiment the method for determining an endpoint...
7611922 Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same  
A method for manufacturing an image sensor includes forming first to third photodiodes and first to third color filters corresponding thereto; forming a photoresist film including photosensitive...
7605008 Plasma ignition and complete faraday shielding of capacitive coupling for an inductively-coupled plasma  
A method and apparatus for igniting a gas mixture into plasma using capacitive coupling techniques, shielding the plasma and other contents of the plasma reactor from the capacitively-coupled...
7598100 Manufacturing method of semiconductor integrated circuit device  
As the thickness of the card holder for preventing warping of a multilayered wiring substrate 1 is increased, there occurs a problem that a thin film sheet 2 is buried in a card holder and...
7592190 Method of evaluating characteristics of and forming of an insulating film for a semiconductor device  
A method of evaluating characteristics of an insulating film 1 is disclosed. The insulating film 1 is formed of an insulative inorganic material as a main material, the insulative inorganic...
7582490 Controlled fabrication of gaps in electrically conducting structures  
A method for controlling a gap in an electrically conducting solid state structure provided with a gap. The structure is exposed to a fabrication process environment conditions of which are...
7573006 Apparatus relating to the reconstruction of semiconductor wafers for wafer-level processing  
Apparatus, systems and methods relating to the reconstruction of semiconductor wafers for wafer-level processing are disclosed. Selected semiconductor dice having alignment cavities formed in a...
7556971 Testing electromigration at multiple points of a single node  
Systems and methods for testing the reliability of a semiconductor component are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a method for testing reliability, among others, comprises providing simulation...
7553679 Method of determining plasma ion density, wafer voltage, etch rate and wafer current from applied bias voltage and current  
Plasma parameters such as plasma ion density, wafer voltage, etch rate and wafer current in the chamber are determined from external measurements on the applied RF bias electrical parameters such...
7537941 Variable overlap of dummy shapes for improved rapid thermal anneal uniformity  
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, structure, service, etc. for variable overlap of dummy shapes for improved rapid thermal anneal uniformity. A method of providing uniform temperatures...
7510884 Semiconductor production system and semiconductor production process  
A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a treating unit that treats a substrate to manufacture thereon a semiconductor device; a fluid supplying...
7498192 Methods of providing a family of related integrated circuits of different sizes  
Methods of manufacturing a family of packaged integrated circuits (ICs) having at least two different logic capacities. A first IC die includes two different portions, of which at least one portion...
7488937 Method and apparatus for the improvement of material/voltage contrast  
A method and system for registering a CAD layout to a Focused Ion Beam image for through-the substrate probing, without using an optical image and without requiring biasing, includes an improved...
RE40623 Method and apparatus for identifying integrated circuits  
An integrated circuit and method for identifying same is described. The integrated circuit includes a programmable identification circuit for storing electronic identification information. The...
7422913 Method for checking a condition of a heat treatment  
A method for connecting terminals is provided. The method includes steps of a) providing a board having a first terminal thereon; b) performing a check of a heat treatment by using a thermal...
7421358 Method and system for measurement data evaluation in semiconductor processing by correlation-based data filtering  
By performing a contingency-based correlation test of measurement data, such as defect data, with respect to electrical test data after progressively filtering the measurement data, an enhanced...
7407874 Plasma doping method  
A plasma doping method that can control a dose precisely is realized. In-plane uniformity of the dose is improved. It has been found that, if a bias is applied by irradiating B 2 H 6 /He plasma...
7402801 Inspecting method of a defect inspection device  
An inspecting method comprises the following steps. A plurality of defect inspection devices is formed on a wafer. Each defect inspection device comprises an insulating layer and a conductive layer...
7397047 Technique for tuning an ion implanter system  
A technique for tuning an ion implanter system is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for tuning an ion implanter system having multiple...
7395170 Methods and apparatus for data analysis  
A method and apparatus for data analysis according to various aspects of the present invention is configured to automatically select one or more outlier identification algorithms for identifying...
7384802 ESD protection device for high voltage  
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The structure includes a substrate having a buried layer, and a first and a second high-voltage...
7354778 Method for determining the end point for a cleaning etching process  
A method is provided for determining the end point during cleaning etching of processing chambers by means of plasma etching, which is used for carrying out coating or etching processes during the...
7351596 Method and system for operating a physical vapor deposition process  
A method for fabricating semiconductor wafers using physical vapor deposition. The method includes maintaining a substrate on a susceptor in a chamber. The substrate has a face positioned within a...
7351595 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device  
In a manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, a main body wafer having an interlayer insulating film is formed, and a monitor wafer on which a monitor element is formed is provided....
7338817 Body bias compensation for aged transistors  
Embodiments of the invention include on-chip transistor degradation detection and compensation. In one embodiment of the invention, an integrated circuit is provided including a circuit with a body...
7335602 Charge-free layer by layer etching of dielectrics  
A method for etching a dielectric film is provided herein. In accordance with the method, a device ( 201 ) is provided which comprises a first chamber ( 203 ) equipped with a first gas supply ( 209...
7332368 Light guide for image sensor  
A new method to form an image sensor device is achieved. The method comprises forming an image sensing array in a substrate comprising a plurality of light detecting diodes with spaces between the...
7332358 MOSFET temperature sensing  
A MOSFET has its gate voltage controlled to provide a constant drain current of the MOSFET, for example to limit inrush current for charging a capacitance of a power supply arrangement. A decrease...
7323350 Method of fabricating thin film calibration features for electron/ion beam image based metrology  
A method of making and using thin film calibration features is described. To fabricate a calibration standard according to the invention raised features are first formed from an electrically...
7282374 Method and apparatus for comparing device and non-device structures  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for comparing device and non-device structures. The method includes determining at least one characteristic parameter associated with at least...
7276135 Vacuum plasma processor including control in response to DC bias voltage  
A plasma processor chamber includes a bottom electrode and a top electrode assembly having a center electrode surrounded by a grounded electrode. RF excited plasma between the electrodes induces a...
7258838 Solid state molecular probe device  
A solid state nanopore device including two or more materials and a method for fabricating the same. The device includes a solid state insulating membrane having an exposed surface, a conductive...
7256399 Non-destructive in-situ elemental profiling  
A non-destructive in-situ elemental profiling of a layer in a set of layers method and system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first emission of a plurality of photoelectrons is caused from the...
7220603 Method for manufacturing display device and manufacturing apparatus  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing a display device, which can display images favorably by insulating a short-circuit portion between an anode and a...
7214549 Correcting device, exposure apparatus, device production method, and device produced by the device production method  
A correcting device that properly maintains the flatness of a mask, an exposure apparatus in which overlay accuracy is increased by making use of the correcting device, and a device production...
7208327 Metal oxide sensors and method of forming  
A metal oxide sensor is provided on a semiconductor substrate to provide on-chip sensing of gases. The sensor may include a metal layer that may have pores formed by lithography to be of a certain...
7205165 Method for determining the reliability of dielectric layers  
The present invention is generally directed to various methods for determining the reliability of dielectric layers. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises providing a device having a...
7192789 Method for monitoring an ion implanter  
A method for monitoring an ion implanter is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a wafer, forming a barrier layer on the surface of the wafer wherein the barrier layer has a...
7192505 Wafer probe for measuring plasma and surface characteristics in plasma processing environments  
There is provided by this invention a wafer probe for measuring plasma and surface characteristics in plasma processing environment that utilizes integrated sensors on a wafer substrate. A...
7183122 Physical nano-machining with a scanning probe system for integrated circuit modification  
Nano-machining for circuit edits through the front side or backside of an integrated circuit may be performed using a scanning probe system. The system may create access holes with smaller...
7162400 Simulation method, simulation program, and semiconductor device manufacturing method each employing boundary conditions  
An aspect of the present invention provides a method of carrying out a simulation with simulation data, including, determining whether or not the simulation data includes boundary conditions set...
7141440 Apparatus and method for measuring a property of a layer in a multilayered structure  
A property of a layer is measured by: (1) focusing a heating beam on a region (also called “heated region”) of a conductive layer (2) modulating the power of the heating beam at a predetermined...
7139671 Semiconductor device fabrication method  
A semiconductor device fabrication method comprises; a first step S 1 of fabricating a plurality of semiconductor chips on a plurality of semiconductor wafers, respectively; a second step S 4 of...
7135412 Method to control a management system to control semiconductor manufacturing equipment  
In the control method in a management system of semiconductor manufacturing equipment to enhance a product yield through a control of etching process, information of a corresponding lot for the...
7135344 Design-based monitoring  
A method for monitoring fabrication of an integrated circuit (IC) on a semiconductor wafer includes generating a product design profile (PDP) using an electronic design automation (EDA) tool, the...
7129099 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device  
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device which is capable of manufacturing the semiconductor device with a high quality in high yields while reducing variations in electric characteristic...
7127358 Method and system for run-to-run control  
A method and system of controlling a process from run-to-run for semiconductor manufacturing. The method of control utilizes a process model to establish a relationship between process control...
7115425 Integrated circuit process monitoring and metrology system  
A method for monitoring polishing process parameters for an integrated circuit structure on a substrate. A first metrology site is constructed on the substrate. The first metrology site represents...
7105364 Method of increasing reliability of packaged semiconductor integrated circuit dice  
Semiconductor dice are electrically tested prior to final assembly. Dice failing the test are identified and not packaged. However, “good dice” (i.e., those dice that passed testing) in...
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