Abstract:
DISCLOSED IN A METHOD OF PRODUCING HILLS OR PROTUBERANCES OF MATERIAL OF AND UPON A CRYSTALLINE SUBSTRATE, EACH HILL OR PROTUBERANCE HAVING THE SAME CRYSTAL ORIENTATION AS THE SUBSTRATE, BY DIRECTING THE BEAM OF ENERGY UPON THE SURFACE OF THE SUBSTRATE FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE SUCH HILLS OR PROTUBERANCES.
Abstract:
IN THE FABRICATION OF MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY, A CAPACITIVE DEVICE IS FABRICATED COMPRISING A DIELECTRIC MATRIX THAT INCLUDES A DISCRETE REGION AUTOGENOUSLY FORMED THEREIN HAVING A DIELECTRIC CONSTANT THAT DIFFERS FROM THAT OF THE MATRIX.
Abstract:
A method for altering the dielectric constant of a dielectric body by a bombarding of a region of the body with an electron beam for a sufficient length of time to alter the dielectric constant of the body. Exposure of the body to the electron beam is terminated before the region becomes conductive, and the dielectric body exposed to the beam is preferably monocrystalline in nature.
Abstract:
AN ALUMINUM OXIDE HUMIDITY SENSOR IS FABRICATED BY A SEQUENCE OF STEPS BEGINNING WITH THE ANODIZATION OF AN ALUMINUM BODY TO FORM A SURFACE LAYER OF DENSE ALUMINUM OXIDE ON THE ALUMINUM BODY AND A LAYER OF POROUS ALUMINUM OXIDE ON THE DENSE LAYER. THE POROUS ALUMINUM OXIDE IS THEN SEPARATED FROM THE DENSE ALUMINUM OXIDE, AND AN ELECTRODE IS FORMED ON EACH OF THE OPPOSITE FACES OF THE ALUMINUM OXIDE, AT LEAST ONE OF THE ELECTRODES BEING PERVIOUS TO WATER VAPOR.