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A method for preparing a metal surface (34) for a soldering operation is provided. In accordance with the method, the metal surface is treated with a solder flux (31) comprising a supersaturated solution of a carboxylic acid.
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A semiconductor component (10) having a photodefinable stress compensation layer (21) and composition for the stress compensation material. The photodefinable stress compensation material is formed on a semiconductor wafer (11) and openings (22) are made photolithographically. Conductive bumps (26) are then disposed thereon and additional conductive bumps (28) are formed on the original conductive bumps (26). The photodefinable stress compensation material is composed of a photoinitiator, an epoxy having a first index of refraction, a diluent, and a filler. The indices of refraction of the epoxy-diluent combination and the filler are approximately equal. Alternatively, the photodefinable stress compensation material can be formed on a semiconductor wafer (11) having conductive bumps (46) disposed thereon. Openings (49) are formed in the stress compensation layer (47) to expose the conductive bumps (46). Additional conductive bumps (51) are formed on the original conductive bumps (46).
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A solder flux composition (19) is provided which comprises active ingredients and a carrier. The solder flux composition undergoes a phase separation during solder reflow to form at least a first phase (21) and a second phase (23), such that the active ingredients are disposed primarily in the first phase and the carrier is disposed primarily in the second phase. The use of this solder flux composition is found to reduce solder migration, during solder reflow, that can result in bridging in ball grid arrays and other such devices.
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A technique for anchoring carbon nanotube columns to a substrate can include use of a filler material placed onto the surface of the substrate into area between the columns and surrounding a base portion of each of the columns.
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A probe cleaning apparatus for cleaning a probe tip use to test semiconductors dies having an abrasive substrate layer an a tacky gel layer on top of the abrasive surface of the abrasive substrate layer. The probe tip is cleaned by passing it through the tacky gel layer so that it comes in contact with the abrasive surface of the abrasive substrate, moving the probe tip across the abrasive surface of the substrate layer, and then removing the probe tip from the successive layers of the cleaning apparatus. The probe tip emerges from the cleaning apparatus free from debris associated with testing the semiconductor dies.
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A method of manufacturing a semiconductor component having a layer (240, 340) comprised of polyimide includes using an etchant that is at least partially composed of aminopropanediol to etch the layer comprised of polyimide. The etchant can also include a solvent, a diluent, and water.
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Optically nonlinear device elements such as directional couplers, switches, frequency stabilizers, optical parametric devices and modulators use as an optically nonlinear element a cross-linked triazine polymer containing a covalently bonded optically nonlinear dye moiety. A specific cross-linked triazine with this dye moiety may be made by cyclotrimerizing a p-(N,N-bis(4'-cyanatobenzyl)amino)-p'-(2,2-dicyanovinyl)azobenzene monomer. During polycyclotrimmerization or cure, the element is subjected to a poling voltage which aligns the dipoles of the dye moiety to give a large useful nonlinear susceptibility.
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Silicon carbide (SiC) etchants with a generic formula of MXO2, where M is an alkali metal, X is a halogen, O is oxygen are disclosed. When mixed with an abrasive powder in an aqueous slurry form, this MXO2 etchant acts as tribochemical reactant in enhancing the SiC material removal rate during chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). The material removal rates can sometimes go up to a few order of magnitudes, as compared to the slurry without this MXO2 etchant. Typical metal in the formula MXO2 are K (potassium) and Na (sodium), X includes Cl (chlorine), Br (bromine) and I (iodine). The whole series of MXO2 compounds belong to the chemical family of metal halites or ammonium halites. Sodium chlorite, NaClO2, the simplest and most available member of the halite family, is a typical example. The enhanced polishing rate can be utilized to significantly increase the throughput of CMP operation for non-oxide wafer polishing. The polishing waste water from the CMP process can be treated with ease in the waste water treatment facilities because of the absence of toxic heavy metal ions in the polishing formulations.
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Contacts of an electrical device can be made of carbon nanotube columns. Contact tips can be disposed at ends of the columns. The contact tips can be made of an electrically conductive paste applied to the ends of the columns and cured (e.g., hardened). The paste can be applied, cured, and/or otherwise treated to make the contact tips in desired shapes. The carbon nanotube columns can be encapsulated in an elastic material that can impart the dominant mechanical characteristics, such as spring characteristics, to the contacts. The contacts can be electrically conductive and can be utilized to make pressure-based electrical connections with electrical terminals or other contact structures of another device.