Abstract:
A system for depositing a film on a substrate includes a sputtering system and means for causing the substrate to move through the sputtering system. Embodiments of the present invention employ a cylindrical hollow cathode magnetron sputtering system, which causes the overall film deposition system to be ideally suited for coating elongate cylindrical substrates such as wires and fibers and the like.
Abstract:
A diffusion barrier which reduces the diffusion of a copper feature into an oxygen containing polymer is provided by a copper metal alloy. The diffusion barrier is fabricated by coating a metal on a copper feature, heating the metal and copper feature to form an alloy of the copper feature and the metal, etching the non-alloyed metal which covers the alloy, and depositing an oxygen containing polymer on the alloy. Preferably the metal is aluminum and a copper aluminum alloy diffusion barrier is at least 300 angstroms thick and contains at least 8 percent aluminum on the surface in contact with the polymer.
Abstract:
A method of making bonding bumps on the pads of an electrical chip including depositing a layer of metallic adhesion material over the surface, depositing metallic bumps on the metallic adhesion material over each of the pad areas using a focused liquid metal ion source, and chemically etching the layer of metallic adhesion material off the surface outside of the deposited bumps.
Abstract:
Method for making a multilayer electrical interconnect with stacked pillars between layers using a minimal number of conventional process steps. The method includes sputtering a chromium/copper/titanium trilayer on a dielectric base, depositing a patterned mask on the trilayer, etching the exposed trilayer, removing the mask, depositing a layer of polyimide over the unetched copper, forming a via in the polyimide above the copper, electrolessly plating nickel into the via, and polishing the interconnect to form a planar top surface.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a video chat source 102 may establish a video chat session with a video chat target 104 regardless of membership in a mutual video chat service. A processor 220 may enclose in a chat invitation message 300 a video chat establishment code 340 to initiate a video chat session. A communication interface 280 may send the chat invitation message 300 to a video chat target 104.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a variety of self-supporting, multilayer carbon films that include a layer of both a non-diamond-like carbon, for example, graphitic or amorphous carbon (or a-C), and a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC). A wide range of multilayer configurations may be constructed depending on the particular combination of properties desired in the final product including, for example, a tri-layer construction including a single DLC layer sandwiched between two layers of amorphous carbon. Also disclosed are example embodiments of methods for producing such composite multilayer films that include preparing an appropriate substrate to include a deposition surface of sufficient smoothness, applying a parting or release agent to the deposition surface, depositing a plurality of layer carbon layers including both an amorphous carbon layer and a DLC layer to form the composite carbon film and removing the composite carbon film from the substrate.
Abstract:
The present application is directed to siRNA-based silencing of the type II receptor of TGFβ. siRNAs that target this receptor abrogate the receptor protein and transcript, TGFβ-mediated processes such as fibronectin assembly and cell migration also are inhibited and the molecules of the invention are efficacious in reducing the inflammatory response and matrix deposition. These findings show that siRNAs can be successfully delivered both in vitro and in vivo to regulate the TGFβ type II receptor level and modulate wound response. Methods and compositions exploiting the findings of the present invention have a wide-ranging application, extending from treatment of disorders of the eye to other organs and tissues throughout the body.
Abstract:
A field emission cathode for use in flat panel displays is disclosed comprising a layer of conductive material and a layer of amorphic diamond film, functioning as a low effective work-function material, deposited over the conductive material to form emission sites. The emission sites each contain at least two sub-regions having differing electron affinities. Use of the cathode to form a computer screen is also disclosed along with the use of the cathode to form a fluorescent light source.
Abstract:
Provided is, among other things, a dry deposition apparatus for depositing grains on a substrate comprising:an electrostatic chuck having one or more collection zones, wherein the substrate is layered on the chuck for processing;a charged grain delivery apparatus for directing charged grains for electrostatic deposition on the substrate at the locations of the collection zones; andan optical detection device for quantifying the amount of grains deposited.
Abstract:
A field emission cathode for use in flat panel displays is disclosed comprising a layer of conductive material and a layer of amorphic diamond film, functioning as a low effective work-function material, deposited over the conductive material to form emission sites. The emission sites each contain at least two sub-regions having differing electron affinities. Use of the cathode to form a computer screen is also disclosed along with the use of the cathode to form a fluorescent light source.