Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to forming a plurality of through silicon vias guard rings proximate the scribes streets of a microelectronic device wafer. The microelectronic device wafer includes a substrate wherein the through silicon via guard ring is fabricated by forming vias extending completely through the substrate. The through silicon via guard rings act as crack arresters, such that defects caused by cracks resulting from the dicing of the microelectronic wafer are substantially reduced or eliminated.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device having low depletion ratio capacitor comprising: forming hemispherical grains (HSG) on a poly-silicon; doping the hemispherical grained polysilicon in a phosphine gas; and rapid thermal oxidizing the doped hemispherical grained polysilicon at 850° C. for 10 seconds. The method further comprises nitridizing the rapid thermal oxidized hemispherical-grained polysilicon and depositing a alumina film on the silicon nitride layer. A semiconductor integrated circuit device having a low depletion ratio capacitor according to the disclosed manufacturing method is provided.
Abstract:
An atomic-layer-deposition process for forming a patterned thin film comprising providing a substrate, applying a deposition inhibitor material to the substrate, wherein the deposition inhibitor material is an organosiloxane compound; and patterning the deposition inhibitor material either after or simultaneously with or introducing applying the deposition inhibitor material to provide selected areas of the substrate effectively not having the deposition inhibitor material. The thin film is substantially deposited only in the selected areas of the substrate not having the deposition inhibitor material.
Abstract:
A method of making polymeric particles having a controlled size and size distribution, and in particular a method for the preparation of chemically prepared toners, via evaporative limited coalescence process, wherein basic silicate salts are employed to remove particulate stabilizer from precipitated polymer particles. The process includes the steps of dispersing polymeric binder materials and optional additives in an organic solvent to form an organic phase. The organic phase is dispersed by high shear agitation in an aqueous phase containing a particulate stabilizer, e.g. colloidal silica, to form a dispersion of small droplets of the organic phase in the aqueous phase. The dispersion is homogenized and the organic solvent is removed from the dispersed particles in the dispersion by evaporation, and polymeric particles are precipitated with particulate stabilizer on the surface thereof, which are then recovered, treated with a basic silicate salt to remove particulate stabilizer, and washed and dried.
Abstract:
A method and device enables an efficient determination of a proximity of a social network service acquaintance. The method includes transmitting an inquiry message from the electronic device during a device proximity discovery process (step 405). An inquiry response message is then received in response to the inquiry message, where the inquiry response message includes a received social network service identifier associated with the social network service acquaintance (step 410). Next, a proximity of the social network service acquaintance is determined by matching the received social network service identifier with a stored social network service identifier (step 415). An output is then provided at the electronic device in response to matching the received social network service identifier (step 420).
Abstract:
A method of making polymeric particles having a controlled size and size distribution, and in particular a method for the preparation of chemically prepared toners, via evaporative limited coalescence process, wherein basic silicate salts are employed to remove particulate stabilizer from precipitated polymer particles. The process includes the steps of dispersing polymeric binder materials and optional additives in an organic solvent to form an organic phase. The organic phase is dispersed by high shear agitation in an aqueous phase containing a particulate stabilizer, e.g. colloidal silica, to form a dispersion of small droplets of the organic phase in the aqueous phase. The dispersion is homogenized and the organic solvent is removed from the dispersed particles in the dispersion by evaporation, and polymeric particles are precipitated with particulate stabilizer on the surface thereof, which are then recovered, treated with a basic silicate salt to remove particulate stabilizer, and washed and dried.
Abstract:
An electroconductive bonding material is formed as a Modified Electrically Conductive Adhesive (MECA), and consists of a resin matrix and a modified conductive filler. The resin matrix if formed by providing a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin-based polymer resin. The conductive filler is a metal filler material suitable for use as conductive filler for the resin matrix. The metal filler is modified by applying a material selected from one of halogens, pseudohalogens or their precursors.
Abstract:
Iterative validation for efficiently determining error-tolerant frequent itemsets is disclosed. A description of the application of error-tolerant frequent itemsets to efficiently determining clusters as well as initializing clustering algorithms are also given. In one embodiment, a method determines a sample set of error-tolerant frequent itemsets (ETF's) within a uniform random sample of data within a database. This sample set of ETF's is independently validated, so that, for example, spurious ETF's and spurious dimensions within the ETF's can be removed. The validated sample set of ETF's, is added to the set of ETF's for the database. This process is repeated with additional uniform samples that are mutually exclusive from prior uniform samples, to continue building the database's set of ETF's, until no new sample sets can be found. The method is significantly more efficient than disk-based methods in the prior art, and the data clusters found are often not discovered by traditional clustering algorithm in the prior art.
Abstract:
Monodispersed silver nanowires are formed by a process utilizing a polyol. A capping agent is mixed in the polyol to form a substantially homogeneous solution. The solution is heated to a level below a boiling point of the polyol. The solution is diluted with a diluent which may consist of water and/or alcohol, and the solution is centrifuged to produce the silver nanowires.