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8178387 Methods for reducing recrystallization time for a phase change material  
A method for reducing recrystallization time for a phase change material of a memory cell element in conjunction with the manufacture of a memory cell device can be carried out as follows. A phase...
8173451 Etch stage measurement system  
Provided is a system for measuring an etch stage of an etch process involving one or more layers in a substrate, the etch stage measurement system configured to meet two or more etch stage...
8173450 Method of designing an etch stage measurement system  
Provided is a method for designing an etch stage measurement system involving an etch process for one or more layers on a substrate using an etch process tool. The etch process tool uses two or...
8163570 Method of initiating molecular bonding  
A method of initiating molecular bonding, comprising bringing one face of a first wafer to face one face of a second wafer and initiating a point of contact between the two facing faces. The point...
8163571 Multi-step deposition control  
For providing control of two-step or a multi-step deposition process, a method and a corresponding deposition system is provided comprising providing a deposition process having at least two...
8153450 Method for manufacturing SIMOX wafer  
At oxygen ion implanting steps in manufacture of a SIMOX wafer, a path is formed inside or on a back surface of wafer holding means, and oxygen ions are implanted while heating an outer peripheral...
8148175 Manufacturing apparatus for semiconductor device and manufacturing method for semiconductor device  
A manufacturing apparatus for a semiconductor device, treating a SiN film formed on a wafer with phosphoric acid solution, including a processing bath to store phosphoric acid solution provided for...
8143074 Semiconductor processing system and method of processing a semiconductor wafer  
A method of processing semiconductor wafers includes applying reactive gas through a plurality of inlets to the semiconductor wafers. The method further includes removing exhaust gas resulting from...
8126588 Method and system for controlling transport sequencing in a process tool by a look-ahead mode  
By providing a look-ahead functionality for a tool internal substrate handling system of process tools on the basis of a process history, the tool internal substrate sequencing may be significantly...
8110412 Integrated circuit wafer system with control strategy  
An integrated circuit wafer system includes an integrated circuit wafer, measuring thicknesses of the integrated circuit wafer, calculating a change in temperature ramp rates and thickness offsets...
8097474 Integrated circuit chip design flow methodology including insertion of on-chip or scribe line wireless process monitoring and feedback circuitry  
Disclosed are embodiments of a design and manufacturing system and an associated method that allow for design analysis and for insertion, during wafer manufacture, of intra-process monitoring...
8097473 Alignment method, exposure method, pattern forming method, and exposure apparatus  
An alignment method is provided in which a substrate including first and second layers is aligned in forming a second pattern in the second layer. The method includes storing first alignment...
8095230 Method for optimizing the routing of wafers/lots based on yield  
A method for increasing overall yield in semiconductor manufacturing including routing wafers or wafer lots based on process variation data obtained from the wafers or wafer lots and on process...
8088632 Elemental analysis method and semiconductor device manufacturing method  
Protons are entered into a substrate to be analyzed at a proton incident angle larger than 0° and smaller 90°. Excited by the entered protons and emitted from the substrate to be analyzed, the c...
8088693 Substrate treatment method  
There is provided a substrate treatment method for performing treatment by feeding a chemical liquid to a surface of a substrate, in which, before feeding the chemical liquid to a predetermined...
8071397 Semiconductor fabricating apparatus with function of determining etching processing state  
A semiconductor fabricating method including: placing the semiconductor wafer having a film thereon inside of a chamber; generating plasma; detecting a quantity of interference lights for each of...
8073667 System and method for using first-principles simulation to control a semiconductor manufacturing process  
A method, system and computer readable medium for controlling a process performed by a semiconductor processing tool includes inputting data relating to a process performed by the semiconductor...
8053748 Integrated circuits with phase change devices  
Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems with integrated circuits having phase change devices. One embodiment includes an integrated circuit die and a phase change die having a phase...
8053253 Method for manufacturing semiconductor device  
An object is to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device that has tolerance to external stress and electrostatic discharge. Another object is to prevent defective shapes and defective...
8053254 Apparatus for forming thin film and method of manufacturing semiconductor film  
An apparatus including a vacuum chamber having a substrate holding unit that holds a substrate and a plasma electrode facing the substrate, a first gas supply unit that supplies a H2 gas to the...
8050900 System and method for using first-principles simulation to provide virtual sensors that facilitate a semiconductor manufacturing process  
A method, system, and computer readable medium for facilitating a process performed by a semiconductor processing tool. The method includes inputting data relating to a process performed by the...
8048806 Methods to avoid unstable plasma states during a process transition  
In some implementations, a method is provided in a plasma processing chamber for stabilizing etch-rate distributions during a process transition from one process step to another process step. The...
8038401 Wind turbine blade with a light beacon at the tip  
Wind turbine blade (11) with a flashing beacon on its tip which is connected to the wind turbine rotor hub (13) where this beacon includes a lighting module (21) in the tip area of the blade (11)...
8036869 System and method for using first-principles simulation to control a semiconductor manufacturing process via a simulation result or a derived empirical model  
A method, system and computer readable medium for controlling a process performed by a semiconductor processing tool. The method includes inputting data relating to a process performed by the...
8032348 System and method for using first-principles simulation to facilitate a semiconductor manufacturing process  
A method, system and computer readable medium for facilitating a process performed by a semiconductor processing tool. The method includes inputting data relating to a process performed by the...
8026515 Platform-independent system and method for controlling a temperature of an integrated circuit  
A platform-independent temperature controller system and method are provided. Included is a sensor is in communication with an integrated circuit. Further, a platform-independent temperature...
8021984 Method for manufacturing semiconductor  
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor includes forming an active region for an ESD device, an active region for a first polygate and the semiconductor, and a second polygate having a form of a...
8021563 Etch depth determination for SGT technology  
A method for determining the depth etch, a method of forming a shielded gate trench (SGT) structure and a semiconductor device wafer are disclosed. A material layer is formed over part of a...
8014991 System and method for using first-principles simulation to characterize a semiconductor manufacturing process  
A method, system and computer readable medium for facilitating a process performed by a semiconductor processing tool. The method includes inputting data relating to a process performed by the...
8010468 Method for wafer analysis with artificial neural network and system thereof  
A method for wafer analysis with artificial neural network and the system thereof are disclosed. The method of the system of the present invention has several steps, including: first of all,...
8010221 Cleaning apparatus and method for immersion light exposure  
A cleaning apparatus for immersion light exposure includes a cleaning apparatus main body including a mechanism configured to perform a cleaning process on the substrate, and a control section...
8002463 Method and device for determining the temperature of a substrate  
The publication discloses a method for determining a temperature of a substrate, comprising: providing a gas channel that is confined by at least one wall having a certain wall temperature;...
8003411 Device for processing a substrate, method of processing a substrate and method of manufacturing semiconductor device  
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which are hard to cause a defect in processing a substrate owing to that a pressure inside a...
7993937 DC and RF hybrid processing system  
The invention can provide apparatus and methods for processing substrates and/or wafers in real-time using at least one Direct Current (DC)/Radio Frequency (RF) Hybrid (DC/RFH) processing system...
7993698 Techniques for temperature controlled ion implantation  
Techniques for temperature-controlled ion implantation are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for temperature-controlled ion...
7993800 Multilayer active mask lithography  
An active mask emits a patterned energy flux in response to an energy input.
7993801 Multilayer active mask lithography  
An active mask emits a patterned energy flux in response to an energy input.
7986146 Method and system for detecting existence of an undesirable particle during semiconductor fabrication  
One exemplary embodiment is a method for detecting existence of an undesirable particle between a planar lithographic object, such as a semiconductor wafer or a lithographic mask, and a chuck...
7981700 Semiconductor oxidation apparatus and method of producing semiconductor element  
A semiconductor oxidation apparatus is provided with a sealable oxidation chamber defined by walls, a base provided within the oxidation chamber and configured to support a semiconductor sample, a...
7973386 ESD protection bipolar device with internal avalanche diode  
In a bipolar device an intrinsic Zener like diode is formed for controlling the triggering voltage and leakage current, the Zener-like diode being formed between the n-collector and the p-base,...
7968353 Apparatus and methods for manufacturing thin-film solar cells  
Improved methods and apparatus for forming thin-film layers of semiconductor material absorber layers on a substrate web. According to the present teachings, a semiconductor layer may be formed in...
7960187 Recovery processing method to be adopted in substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing apparatus and program  
The present invention provides a recovery processing method to restore the substrate processing apparatus to an operating state after correcting an abnormality having occurred in the substrate...
7955986 Capacitively coupled plasma reactor with magnetic plasma control  
A plasma reactor includes a vacuum enclosure including a side wall and a ceiling defining a vacuum chamber, and a workpiece support within the chamber and facing the ceiling for supporting a planar...
7957827 Method of controlling statuses of wafers  
A method of controlling statuses of a plurality of wafers is described. A status of a wafer among the wafers is determined. An action related to the status is taken, according to the status...
7955874 Method of producing bonded silicon wafer  
A bonded silicon wafer is produced by a method comprising a step of implanting oxygen ions from one surface of a silicon wafer for active layer to form an oxygen ion implanted layer, a step of...
7955943 High voltage sensor device and method therefor  
In one embodiment, a high voltage element is formed overlying a doped semiconductor region that can be depleted during the operation of the high voltage element includes a conductor overlying a...
7951672 Measurement and control of strained devices  
A method that includes measuring stress on at least one of a monitor substrate, a production substrate, and a proxy device on a production substrate to produce stress data, measuring shape on at...
7935545 Method and apparatus for performing a site-dependent dual patterning procedure  
The present invention includes a method of performing a double-patterning (DP) processing sequence using a plurality of Site-Dependent (S-D) procedures, the method including receiving a first set...
7935549 Seminconductor device  
The present invention provides a signal transmitting/receiving method comprising: disposing a ferromagnetic film between a semiconductor device having an inductor and an external device which...
7927892 Thermal treatment apparatus, thermal treatment method and method of manufacturing semiconductor device  
A thermal treatment apparatus having a first light source emitting a first light having light diffusion property, a reflectance measuring unit irradiating a treatment target with the light from...