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7614934 Double-side polishing apparatus  
The double-side polishing apparatus for polishing both faces of a wafer is capable of reliably measuring not only a thickness of an outer part of the wafer but also a thickness of a center part...
7607968 Apparatus on a flat card or roller card for grinding a fibre processing clothing disposed on a rotating cylinder or a card flat  
In an apparatus on a carding machine for grinding a fiber processing clothing on a roller or a card flat, grinding equipment includes at least one grinding element and an infeed device serving to...
7602985 Multi-scale enveloping spectrogram signal processing for condition monitoring and the like  
A signal processing technique that decomposes complex, dynamically changing non-stationary signals from machine components such as bearings into different scales by means of a continuous wavelet...
7592104 Mask blank substrate, mask blank, exposure mask, mask blank substrate manufacturing method, and semiconductor manufacturing method  
In a mask blank substrate to be chucked by a mask stage of an exposure system, the flatness of a rectangular flatness measurement area excluding an area of 2 mm inward from an outer peripheral end...
7591709 Blasting device  
The present invention provides a blasting device, comprising: a container in which a blast medium is stored; a suction pipe which is inserted in the container to be rotatably supported, and is...
7588674 Method and apparatus for maintaining parallelism of layers and/or achieving desired thicknesses of layers during the electrochemical fabrication of structures  
Some embodiments of the present invention provide processes and apparatus for electrochemically fabricating multilayer structures (e.g. mesoscale or microscale structures) with improved endpoint...
7585202 Computer-implemented method for process control in chemical mechanical polishing  
A computer-implemented method for process control in chemical mechanical polishing in which an initial pre-polishing thickness of a substrate is measured at a metrology station, a parameter of an...
7584532 Apparatus for processing a magnetic head slider  
An apparatus for processing a magnetic head slider used for a magnetic disk apparatus for performing a magnetic recording/reproducing process in a discoid recording medium. The apparatus for...
7581305 Method of manufacturing an optical component  
A method of manufacturing an optical component comprising a substrate and a mounting frame with plural contact portions disposed at predetermined distances from each other is provided. The method...
7578723 Polishing tape and polishing device using same  
A polishing device has a reel core around which a polishing tape is wound and a reel plate with flanges that engage with the polishing tape and sandwich it from both sides. A memory element with...
7575503 Vacuum-assisted pad conditioning system  
A method and apparatus for conditioning polishing pads that utilize an apertured conditioning disk for introducing operation-specific slurries, without the need for additional tooling, platens, and...
7575501 Advanced workpiece finishing  
An apparatus for processing, finishing, and planarizing is disclosed. A methods of processing are disclosed. New methods of control for processing are disclosed. The methods and apparatus, can help...
7564363 Method and measuring arrangement for monitoring the condition of a grinder stone of a pulp grinder  
A method and a measuring arrangement for monitoring the condition of a grinder stone of a pulp grinder. A temperature profile for a grinding surface of the grinder stone is determined substantially...
7563153 Method of preparing eyeglass lenses for mounting on the frame selected by the wearer  
The method comprises the following steps: a centering step during which the optical frame of reference of the lens is acquired and a blocking accessory is fastened thereto; and a step of...
7556554 Apparatus and method for manufacturing optical objects  
The invention relates to an apparatus for forming or working optical elements and/or optical forming elements ( 1 ) comprising a working apparatus ( 18 ) for forming surfaces of form parts by...
7549909 Methods for optical endpoint detection during semiconductor wafer polishing  
A method of measuring a change in thickness of a layer of material disposed on a wafer while polishing the layer. Light is directed at the surface of the wafer from an optical sensor disposed...
7547244 Sonic razor blade sharpener  
An apparatus for sharpening one or more razor blades secured within a holder is disclosed. The holder includes a head for retaining the one or more razor blades in a cutting position and a handle...
7544113 Apparatus for controlling the forces applied to a vacuum-assisted pad conditioning system  
An apparatus for conditioning polishing pads that utilizes an apertured conditioning disk for introducing operation-specific slurries, without the need for additional tooling, platens, and...
7541767 Decentralized error response in cam disk axes  
The invention relates to a method for error response when an error occurs in response to a motion, particularly of a drive mechanism in a machine, the motion taking place while using at least one...
7540800 Rough polishing method of semiconductor wafer and polishing apparatus of semiconductor wafer  
A rough-polishing method for conducting a rough polishing before mirror-finish polishing on a semiconductor wafer (W) using a polishing apparatus ( 1 ) includes a first polishing step for polishing...
7540799 System for adjusting an end effector relative to a workpiece  
A system ( 46 ) for adjusting an end effector ( 48 ) of an apparatus ( 44 ) includes a linear actuator ( 58 ) attachable with an arm ( 52 ) of the apparatus ( 44 ). The system ( 46 ) further...
7536773 Method of configuring a sensor for a hard disk drive  
A nano-sized CPP aperture is precisely positioned to within a few nanometers of a slider ABS surface to maximize a signal from the disk and to prevent lapping damage to the aperture itself. A...
7534162 Grooved platen with channels or pathway to ambient air  
A polish pad ( 120 ) and platen ( 130 ) assembly for use in chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor devices includes a platen ( 130 ) having a grooved or channeled surface ( 136 ) which is...
7530877 Semiconductor processor systems, a system configured to provide a semiconductor workpiece process fluid  
Semiconductor processor systems, systems configured to provide a semiconductor workpiece process fluid, semiconductor workpiece processing methods, methods of preparing semiconductor workpiece...
7513818 Polishing endpoint detection system and method using friction sensor  
A system, method and apparatus to monitor a frictional coefficient of a substrate undergoing polishing is described. A polishing pad assembly includes a polishing layer including a polishing...
7507145 Automated sectioning tomographic measurement system  
A tomographic system includes a reporting device colocated and juxtaposed an object so that both are ground through grinding to various sectioning depths as the reporting device is ground down...
7503831 System and method for cutting soluble scintillator material  
A system and method for cutting soluble scintillator material are disclosed. The system includes a scintillator cutting apparatus including a filament rotated around a plurality of pulleys in at...
7500902 Thickness-measuring method during grinding process  
In a thickness-measuring method during a grinding process, which suppresses wear of a probe coming into contact with a chuck table subjected to self-grind and accurately grinds a workpiece,...
7500901 Data processing for monitoring chemical mechanical polishing  
Methods and apparatus to implement techniques for monitoring polishing a substrate. Two or more data points are acquired, where each data point has a value affected by features inside a sensing...
7489856 Electrical device for automatically adjusting operating speed of a tool  
Electrically powered devices are provided that are generally capable of automatically adjusting an operating speed of a tool removably connected to the device. The device includes circuitry that...
7485026 Sander  
A sander can include a housing, an indicator coupled to the housing, and a motor assembly in the housing. The motor assembly can include an output member. A platen can be driven by the output...
7479056 Automated drill bit re-sharpening and verification system  
An automated drill bit sharpening and verification system employing one or more electronic optical assemblies for gathering orientation data of a drill bit to be sharpened. The drill bit is rotated...
7476144 Sander  
A sander can include housing, and a motor assembly in the housing. The motor assembly can include an output member. A platen can be driven by the output member. A user feedback assembly can be...
7476143 Eyeglass lens processing system  
An eyeglass lens processing system includes a main processing apparatus having a first lens chuck, a roughing tool, a first bevel-finishing tool, a lens edge measuring unit, and a first computing...
7473161 Lapping machine and head device manufacturing method  
A lapping machine that polishes a head block in which plural head devices are connected in a row includes a jig that has a bottom surface that opposes to a grinding plane, and fixes the head block...
7473159 Detection of diamond contamination in polishing pad and reconditioning system therefor  
A reconditioning system for reconditioning a damaged polishing pad is disclosed. The reconditioning system includes a reconditioning disk including a plurality of diamonds for reconditioning the...
7467460 Method of manufacturing slider  
A slider manufacturing method includes: providing a row bar constructed from multiple slider bodies having a surface for forming an air bearing surface (ABS); forming multiple cutting lines on the...
7465214 Substrate holding apparatus and polishing apparatus  
A substrate holding apparatus holds a substrate such as a semiconductor and presses the substrate against a polishing surface. The substrate holding apparatus includes a top ring body ( 2 ) for...
7458879 Dressing apparatus and substrate holding apparatus  
A polishing apparatus for polishing a substrate comprises a polishing table having a polishing surface, and a substrate holding apparatus for holding a substrate to be polished and pressing the...
7458878 Grinding apparatus and method  
The present embodiments provide methods, systems and apparatuses for use in grinding work pieces, such as wafers. Some embodiments provide methods that position a grind spindle to contact a first...
7455568 Water jet-processing machine  
A water jet-processing machine comprising a workpiece holding table having a holding surface for holding a workpiece, a nozzle for emitting a jet of processing water to the workpiece held on the...
7448940 Polishing apparatus and polishing method  
A polishing apparatus comprises a first polishing table having a first polishing surface, a substrate carrier for holding a substrate and positioning the substrate so as to bring a surface of the...
7442112 Nozzle for spraying sublimable solid particles entrained in gas for cleaning surface  
A nozzle for spraying sublimable solid particles and preventing frost from forming at surfaces of the nozzle. The nozzle includes: a cleaning agent block for phase-changing a cleaning agent into a...
7438627 Polishing state monitoring method  
A polishing state monitoring apparatus measures characteristic values of a surface, being polished, of a workpiece to determine the timing of a polishing end point. The polishing state monitoring...
7438626 Apparatus and method for removing material from microfeature workpieces  
Machines and systems for removing materials from microfeature workpieces using fixed-abrasive mediums. One embodiment of a method for removing material from a microfeature workpiece comprises...
7431633 Plating removing apparatus for three-piece wheel  
To provide a plating removing apparatus for 3-piece wheels, which can easily and neatly remove plating at the welding planned portion of the superimposed part of the inner rim and the outer rim. A...
7429207 System for endpoint detection with polishing pad  
A method of forming a polishing pad with a polishing layer having a polishing surface and a back surface. A plurality of grooves are formed on the polishing surface, and an indentation is formed in...
7428064 Substrate film thickness measurement method, substrate film thickness measurement apparatus and substrate processing apparatus  
A jet of water in a cylindrical form is supplied from a jet nozzle onto a measurement surface of a substrate to form a column of the water extending between the nozzle and the measurement surface....
7427227 Method and apparatus for fluid polishing  
In a fluid polishing method for processing a fine aperture by slurry 7, the slurry is supplied from a cylinder 2 a in a slurry flow rate target process until the flow rate increases to a target...
7425172 Customized polish pads for chemical mechanical planarization  
A polishing pad for chemical mechanical planarization of a film on a substrate is customized by obtaining one or more characteristics of a structure on a substrate. For example, when the structure...