09th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090053781 | Method for Producing 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric Acid - A method for producing 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric acid which comprises the following steps (A), (B) and (C):
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20090053782 | YEAST CELLS HAVING DISRUPTED PATHWAY FROM DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE TO GLYCEROL - Yeast cells are genetically modified to disrupt a native metabolic pathway from dihydroxyacetone to glycerol. In certain aspects, the yeast cell is of the genera | 2009-02-26 |
20090053783 | 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID AND OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - Methods and materials related to producing 3-HP as well as other organic compounds are disclosed. Specifically, isolated nucleic acids, polypeptides, host cells, and methods and materials for producing 3-HP and other organic compounds are disclosed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053784 | EXPRESSION OF AN ACTIVE CARRIER FROM XYLOSE IN GENETICALLY MODIFIED SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISAE - The present invention confers to the ferementative yeast | 2009-02-26 |
20090053785 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR OPTIMIZING FERMENTATION - Embodiments described include methods for maintaining the pH and alkalinity during industrial fermentation processes are described that foster optimal microorganism activities throughout the duration of the fermentation process. Magnesium based buffering agents having sufficient buffering capacity and applied at sufficient concentration levels required to neutralize the acidic content of fermentation fluids during the fermentation process cycle are detailed. These magnesium based buffering agents control fermenter processes without causing extreme pH swings to maximize the production of desired fermentation products. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053786 | Prevention of disulfide bond reduction during recombinant production of polypeptides - The invention concerns methods and means for preventing the reduction of disulfide bonds during the recombinant production of disulfide-containing polypeptides. In particular, the invention concerns the prevention of disulfide bond reduction during harvesting of disulfide-containing polypeptides, including antibodies, from recombinant host cell cultures. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053787 | Method for refolding enzymes - The invention provides methods for efficient recombinant expression, refolding, and purification of Beta-site APP cleaving enzyme (BACE) polypeptides. In various aspects, the method includes the steps of expressing a recombinant construct in bacteria, dissolving inclusion bodies with a denaturant at high pH in the presence of a reducing agent, diluting the solubilized BACE polypeptide in an aqueous solution at a temperature of about 1° C. to 15° C., and incubating the diluted sample at a temperature of about 4° C. to 15° C. until the recombinant BACE polypeptide folds into an active enzyme. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053788 | MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY DRUG - The object of the present invention is to provide a drug having therapeutic effect on muscular dystrophy without lowering renal function. The therapeutic drug for muscular dystrophy of the present invention comprises a caldecrin or a caldecrin gene. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053789 | PARTICLE BINDING - A method of binding bacteriophage to particles. The method comprising the steps of exposing the particles to an electrical discharge and then mixing the activated particles with the bacteriophage. The bacteriophage are then bound to the particles. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053790 | Polypeptide Having Affinity for Envelope Virus Constituent and Use Thereof in Transferring Substance Into Cell - Proteins are provided for transferring a protein, an antibody or another foreign substance into a cell without impairing the function or structure thereof; and methods of transferring a foreign substance into a cell in a time and quantity controllable manner at a high efficiency by using the above-described delivery protein or an envelope virus or inactivated envelope virus in combination with said delivery protein. As the results of intensive studies on a method of enclosing a foreign substance in the envelope of an envelope virus, it is found out that a protein containing a polypeptide having an affinity for a constituent of the envelope virus contributes to the efficient enclosure of the foreign substance in the envelope. Moreover, it is found out that use of the aforementioned protein enables foreign substances to be included in an envelope virus or inactivated envelope virus and therefore the resulting foreign substance-containing envelope virus or inactivated envelope virus makes it possible to efficiently transfer the substances into cells without damaging the physiological function thereof. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053791 | Methods and composition for the production of orthogonal tRNA-aminoacyl tRNA synthetase pairs - This invention provides compositions and methods for generating components of protein biosynthetic machinery including orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases. Methods for identifying orthogonal pairs are also provided. These components can be used to incorporate unnatural amino acids into proteins in vivo. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053792 | OXYGEN-REGULATED MICROORGANISMS - The present invention relates to novel strains of microorganisms with oxygen-regulated metabolism. The microorganisms have higher growth rates and are more efficient than parental strains. The microorganisms may be used to produce a variety of products of interests, such as recombinant proteins, nucleic acids, such as DNA, amino acids, and chemicals. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053793 | Ethanol resistant and furfural resistant strains of E. coli FBR5 for production of ethanol from cellulosic biomass - Ethanol and furfural challenged strains of | 2009-02-26 |
20090053794 | ALLELES OF THE REL GENE FROM CORYNEFORM BACTERIA - An isolated mutant of a coryneform bacterium comprising a gene coding for a polypeptide having GTP-pyrophosphate kinase activity, wherein said polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence in which one of the proteinogenic amino acids other than L-proline is present in position 38 or a corresponding or comparable position. In addition, an isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having GTP-pyrophosphate kinase enzyme activity, a vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide, a recombinant microorganism comprising the vector, and a process for preparing the recombinant coryneform bacterium is described. A method for over-expressing a GTP-pyrophosphate kinase, a method of preparing an L-amino acid, an L-lysine comprising and L-tryptophan comprising feed is also described. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053795 | RECOMBINANT CANDIDA RUGOSA LIPASES - The present invention features an isolated nucleic acid that includes a mutant DNA encoding a | 2009-02-26 |
20090053796 | Methods And Compositions For Culturing Spirochetes And Treating Spirochetal Diseases - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for culturing spirochetes and treating spirochetal diseases. For example, the present invention provides serum-free media for culturing spirochete bacteria in vitro. The present invention further provides methods for identifying spirochete susceptibilities to antimicrobials and antimicrobial compositions and cocktails. The present invention also provides methods for treating subjects suspected of having a spirochete infection. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053797 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED HOST CELLS AND USE OF SAME FOR PRODUCING ISOPRENOID COMPOUNDS - The present invention provides genetically modified eukaryotic host cells exhibiting increased activity levels of one or more enzymes that generate precursors to be utilized by the mevalonate pathway enzymes, increased activity levels of one or more mevalonate pathway enzymes, prenyl transferase, and/or decreased levels of squalene synthase activity; such cells are useful for producing isoprenoid compounds. The present invention provides genetically modified eukaryotic host cells that produce higher levels of acetyl-CoA than a control cell; such cells are useful for producing a variety of products, including isoprenoid compounds. Methods are provided for the production of an isoprenoid compound or an isoprenoid precursor in a subject genetically modified eukaryotic host cell. The methods generally involve culturing a subject genetically modified host cell under conditions that promote production of high levels of an isoprenoid or isoprenoid precursor compound. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053798 | Method of Improving Storage Stability of Dried Microorganisms - The present invention relates to a method of improving storage stability of dried microorganisms, such as dried lactic acid bacteria, by allowing the dried microorganisms to coexist with an L-arginine acidic amino acid salt, a composition comprising dried microorganisms and an L-arginine acidic amino acid salt and a process for producing the same, and a method of storing dried microorganisms in the presence of an L-arginine acidic amino acid salt. The storage stability of dried microorganisms can be improved by allowing the dried microorganisms to coexist with an L-arginine acidic amino acid salt. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053799 | TRAPPING MAGNETIC SORTING SYSTEM FOR TARGET SPECIES - A system for sorting and trapping magnetic target species includes a microfluidic trapping module designed to receive and then temporarily hold magnetic particles in place within the module. The magnetic particles flowing into the module are trapped there while the other sample components (non-magnetic) continuously flow through and out of the station, thereby separating and concentrating the species captured on the magnetic particles. The magnetic particles and/or their payloads may be released and separately collected at an outlet after the sample passes through the trapping module. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053800 | Biomass Treatment Apparatus - An apparatus was developed for treatment of biomass in which reactants are added to biomass and the biomass mixture is moved through the apparatus without compacting under force of a non-compacting piston. Treatment systems used in this reactor result in effectively treated biomass that is particularly suitable for subsequent saccharification to produce fermentable sugars. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053801 | Shallow multi-well plastic chip for thermal multiplexing - Disposable units in current use for performing PCR are limited by their heat block ramping rates and by the thermal diffusion delay time through the plastic wall as well as by the sample itself. This limitation has been overcome by forming a disposable plastic chip using a simple deformation process wherein one or more plastic sheets are caused, through hydrostatic pressure, to conform to the surface of a suitable mold. After a given disposable chip has been filled with liquid samples, it is brought into close contact with an array of heating blocks that seals each sample within its own chamber, allowing each sample to then be heat treated as desired. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053802 | Multipotent stem cells from peripheral tissues and uses thereof - This invention relates to multipotent stem cells, purified from the peripheral tissue of mammals, and capable of differentiating into neural and non-neural cell types. These stem cells provide an accessible source for autologous transplantation into CNS, PNS, and other damaged tissues. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053803 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING BIOLOGICS FROM EGGS - A method for harvesting biologics from eggs by which an egg is de-capped by positioning the egg in a reference opening so as to expose an upper section of said egg, then, while said egg is positioned within the reference opening, cutting the upper section of the egg by moving a cutter member over the reference opening through the egg, and then removing the debris formed from the cut upper section. The biologics can then be harvested in various ways such as by inverting the egg to allow the biologics to drain for collection. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053804 | METHODS OF REDUCING INTRACELLULAR FATS FROM MAMMALIAN CELLS - The present invention provides methods of reducing or clearing fat from mammalian cells. The method comprises culturing the cells in an environment that facilitates: 1) reduction of de novo fatty acid synthesis, 2) activation or synthesis of fatty acid oxidizing enzymes, and/or 3) export of lipids out of the cells. Cells substantially free of fatty acid are also provided in this invention. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053805 | POST-PARTUM MAMMALIAN PLACENTA, ITS USE AND PLACENTAL STEM CELLS THEREFROM - The present invention provides a method of extracting and recovering embryonic-like stem cells, including, but not limited to pluripotent or multipotent stem cells, from an exsanguinated human placenta. A placenta is treated to remove residual umbilical cord blood by perfusing an exsanguinated placenta, preferably with an anticoagulant solution, to flush out residual cells. The residual cells and perfusion liquid from the exsanguinated placenta are collected, and the embryonic-like stem cells are separated from the residual cells and perfusion liquid. The invention also provides a method of utilizing the isolated and perfused placenta as a bioreactor in which to propagate endogenous cells, including, but not limited to, embryonic-like stem cells. The invention also provides methods for propagation of exogenous cells in a placental bioreactor and collecting the propagated exogenous cells and bioactive molecules therefrom. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053806 | COATING SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND PRESERVING BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - The present invention is directed to a coating solution for capturing and preserving biological materials. The coating solution includes at least one saccharide. The coating solution may also include at least one other constituent, such as amino acids, complex proteins, surfactants, and mixtures thereof. The present invention is also directed to providing a method for collecting and preserving biological material using a coating solution. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053807 | Insulin and IGF-1 Receptor Agonists and Antagonists - Peptide sequences capable of binding to insulin and/or insulin-like growth factor receptors with either agonist or antagonist activity and identified from various peptide libraries are disclosed. This invention also identifies at least two different binding sites, which are present on insulin and insulin-like growth factor receptors, and which selectively bind the peptides of this invention. As agonists, the peptides of this invention may be useful for development as therapeutics to supplement or replace endogenous peptide hormones. The antagonist peptides may also be developed as therapeutics. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053808 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING THE EXPRESSION OF ANTI-APOPTOPIC GENES - The present invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of an anti-apoptotic gene, comprising an antisense strand having a nucleotide sequence which is less that 25 nucleotides in length and which is substantially complementary to at least a part of an apoptotic gene, such as a Bcl gene. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; methods for treating diseases caused by the expression of an anti-apoptotic gene using the pharmaceutical composition; and methods for inhibiting the expression of an anti-apoptotic gene in a cell. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053809 | Retina-Specific Cells Differentiated In Vitro from Bone Marrow Stem Cells, the Production Thereof and Their Use - The invention relates to the production of retina-specific cells from human adult bone marrow stem cells by culturing bone marrow stem cells in the presence of a differentiation medium. The invention also relates to retina-specific cells and to the use of these cells for treating diseases associated with acquired or congenital dysfunction of the retinal pigment epithelium, cells of adjacent structures of the entire retina and of the choroid coat as well as of other eye tissue. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053810 | System and Method for Cultivating Cells - The invention relates to a method of introducing a substance into a multi-layered cell factory. A substance is poured into a substance transferring device e.g. a funnel and a tube connected to the cell factory, which directly transfers the substance into the cell factory arranged with its layers extending substantially vertically. The invention also relates to a cell-cultivation system. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053811 | Reactor Comprising an Annular Reaction Space - A biological or chemical reactor ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090053812 | SCLERAL CELL STRAIN - The present invention provides a scleral cell strain capable of expressing an exogenous immortalizing gene, and a production method thereof. Since the scleral cell strain of the present invention can produce a sufficient number of cells and has constant and continuous proliferative capacity, it can be advantageously utilized for the elucidation of the pathogenesis of ophthalmic diseases such as scleral inflammation, and the development of a drug for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of said diseases. Moreover, the cell strain is not only highly useful for the biochemical-physiological studies of the sclera, and further for the study of cell differentiation mechanisms, but also possibly usable as a biological material of an artificial sclera. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053813 | MULTIPLEXED ELECTROPORATION APPARATUS - Described herein are platforms and consumables for performing gene/siRNA/protein/peptide delivery screens in high throughput, including an automation-compatible transfection methodology that can be used to gain entry of oligonucleotides, proteins, peptides and other non-permeable molecules (e.g., some small organic compounds) into cells. Electrical stimulation is provided to cells, e.g., neurons or myocytes, in culture through application of pulsed fields directly to the cells in culture. The plate design is used in conjunction with a custom-designed circuit that allows the user to select pulse type, duration, etc. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053814 | MICROFLUIDIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS - The pumps (Pn) are operated to transport individual reagent streams into the chip in a non-pulsatile, laminar flow regime at low flow rates permitting lows grading from 0 to as little as 5 nl/min with a precision of 0.1 nl/min. In the chip (MFC), the reagent streams are merged and the reagents mixed to form a reaction product. The reaction product can be measured at one or more detection points defined in the chip. Concentration gradients are continuously varied by continuously varying the flow rates respectively produced by the pumps according to predetermined flow velocity profiles. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053815 | Use of Holographic Sensors - A method of measuring the amount of an analyte in a sample, comprises (a) passing the sample through a flow channel in or on a holographic sensor, wherein the analyte interacts with and is retained by the sensor and wherein the interaction of the analyte changes an optical property of the sensor, and (b) monitoring analyte interaction, wherein the distance along the flow channel at which analyte interaction occurs or the area of the channel over which analyte interaction occurs, indicates the amount of analyte in the sample. Further, a method of detecting an analyte in a sample, comprises (a) passing the sample through a flow channel in or on a holographic sensor, wherein the analyte interacts with the sensor, thereby changing an optical property of the sensor, and wherein the flow channel defines a symbol; and (b) detecting the analyte by observing the appearance, disappearance or change in appearance of the symbol. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053816 | HEMOGLOBIN-BASED METHODS FOR PROPHYLAXIS, DIAGNOSIS AND/OR TREATMENT OF RETINAL DISORDERS - The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods of diagnosing retinal disorders in subjects by measuring hemoglobin and modified hemoglobin in the subjects. The presently disclosed subject matter further provides methods of treating retinal disorders in subjects by decreasing hypoxia in retinal tissue of the subjects through modulation of hemoglobin levels and activities in the retinal tissue. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053817 | FIXED CHARGE REAGENTS - The present invention relates to fixed charge reagents and kits for use in tandem mass spectrometry methods involving multiplex analysis. The compounds of the invention are phenacylamide compounds. The invention also relates to methods for the quantification of for example peptides and proteins by tandem mass spectrometry techniques using said reagents and kits. The reagents and kits of the invention enable multiplexed analysis of several samples in one experiment. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053818 | Quantitative proteomics with isotopic substituted raman active labeling - A labeling reagent having a distinct Raman, or surface enhanced Raman, spectral signature is used for the control and analysis samples. The labeling reagents can be fluorescent dyes with different isotopic substituents, such as the substitution of some hydrogen atoms for deuterium atoms. Such labeling does not have any detectable effect on separation retention. Raman spectroscopy is used for detection purposes. By combining SERS and SERRS, a concentration ratio prediction error of less than 3% can be obtained over four orders of magnitude of total concentration with up to a factor of 3 concentration ratio range. The method is reliable, reproducible and more sensitive than methods based on absolute SERS/SERRS intensity correlations, with no internal standard, or using a different molecule (rather than an IEIS) as a SERS/SERRS internal standard. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053819 | Methods and Systems for Protein and Peptide Evidence Assembly - The present teachings provide methods and systems for the identification of proteins via peptide analysis. Some embodiments analyze proteins identified by analysis techniques such as mass spectrometry and build protein groups out of results. Groups can be formed by collecting like proteins and examining the group so as to identify if it is likely that only one form of a protein is present or, if there is enough evidence to support the presence of alternate forms. Various embodiments provide visual reports that can be interactive. These reports can allow a user to visualize relationships between proteins both intra- and inter-group. Methods are also introduced that can reduce the identification of false positives by taking into account a priori information. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053820 | Two-step nucleic acid testing method using the same sample - The present invention provides a method of testing whether a sequence of interest is contained in a sample nucleic acid or not, comprising performing a simple test on the sample nucleic acid and subjecting the same sample nucleic acid to a close examination when it has been judged that the sequence of interest is contained therein or when it has been judged that the sequence of interest is not contained therein; and a method of testing whether a sequence of interest is contained in a sample nucleic acid in more than a specific amount or not, comprising performing a simple quantitative test on the sample nucleic acid and subjecting the same sample nucleic acid to a close examination when it has been judged that the sequence of interest is contained therein in more than the specific amount. According to these methods, it becomes possible to examine individuals, species, habitats, etc. of organisms with much higher reliability than that in conventional techniques. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053821 | FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING AZO DYES, THEIR METHODS OF PREPARATION AND USE - Disclosed is a group of azo quencher compositions useful as fluorescence quenchers having the general structure of formula 1, methods of making or using the compositions, and kits comprising the composition. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053822 | METHOD AND Pd/V2 O5 DEVICE FOR H2 DETECTION - Methods and Pd/V | 2009-02-26 |
20090053823 | Liquid Reagent of Color Former and Method of Stabilizing The Same - A liquid reagent in which a methylene blue compound color former is stably stored in a liquid state; and a method of stabilizing a methylene blue compound color former in a liquid state. A methylene blue compound color former is stabilized by causing it to coexist with either a quaternary ammonium compound having a C | 2009-02-26 |
20090053824 | Assay Device Processing Apparatus and Method - Assay device processing apparatus includes a rotatably mounted assay device vessel support; and a drive for rotating the support. The support is rotatable about a substantially horizontal first axis so that, upon rotation, an assay device vessel attached to the support can be inverted. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053825 | MOLECULAR RECOGNITION POLYMER ENABLING RECONSTRUCTION OF RECOGNITION FIELD FOR TARGET MOLECULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A molecular recognition polymer enabling the reconstruction of the recognition field for a target molecule which is produced by applying the molecular imprinting method is disclosed. A molecular recognition polymer enabling the reconstruction of the recognition field for a target molecule which has a molecule interacting with the target molecule in the polymer and in which the recognition field for a target molecule has been constructed and the above-described molecule interacting with the target molecule is detachable and replaceable. This molecular recognition polymer can be produced by synthesizing a complex of the target molecule with a molecule capable of specifically and reversibly binding to the target molecule, copolymerizing this complex with a molecule interacting with the target molecule and a crosslinking agent to give a polymer, and then detaching the target molecule and the molecule interacting with the target molecule from the polymer thus obtained. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053826 | Electropolymerisable monomers that are soluble in aqueous solution and electroactive probes that can be obtained with such monomers - The invention relates to an electropolymerizable monomer, intended to be polymerized in aqueous solution, comprising a single electropolymerizable unit and an electron-donating group, characterized in that it also comprises at least one arm ionizable in aqueous solution. The invention also relates to the polymerization process, to the electroactive probe thus obtained and to the method for the detection of a target ligand in a biological sample. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053827 | Assay device and method - An assay device includes a first reagent including a magnetic particle and a second reagent including detectable component. The first and second reagent can each independently bind to an analyte in a sample. A time-varying magnetic field can be used to distinguish detectable components that are associated with analyte from detectable components not associated with analyte. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053828 | DETECTION OF GLYCOPEPTIDES AND GLYCOPROTEINS FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS - A diagnostic method for determining the absence or presence of a disease is provided. The method includes assaying the amount and/or types of glycopeptides in a sample from a subject, and comparing these to the amount and types of reference glycopeptides. The method may include the use of a stable isotope label, affinity selection, immunoaffinity chromatography, and glycoproteomics techniques, to identify and quantify changes in glycosylated peptides or glycosylated proteins associated with cancers such as malignant lymphoma or breast cancer, to monitor patient's response to therapy, and to monitor disease recurrence. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053829 | ABSORPTION PAD FOR IMMUNOASSAY, STRIP FOR IMMUNOASSAY AND IMMUNOASSAY APPARATUS - Providing an absorption pad which shows remarkable water absorptivity and can shorten a detection time when employed for an immunoassay apparatus. A water absorption pad for the immunoassay apparatus, containing 50% by weight or more of silicon-containing particles wherein a moisture absorptivity is 30% or less at a humidity of 60% or less and a moisture absorptivity is 40% or more at a humidity of 90% or more, a strip for an immunoassay using said absorption pad as a suction part, and an immunoassay apparatus including said strip for the immunoassay. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053830 | Blood Test Kit - A blood crossmatching apparatus, kit and methods for testing the compatibility of mammals for blood transfusion. Particulate layers in the apparatus allow nonagglutinated red blood cells to permeate through, while agglutinated red blood cells cannot. The apparatus also has a density solution. The density solution separates white blood cells from red blood cells in the whole blood when centrifuged, without lysing the red blood cells. Thus, the apparatus can be used to test whole blood. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053831 | Tyrosine phosphorylation sites - The invention discloses 405 novel phosphorylation sites identified in carcinoma and/or leukemia, peptides (including AQUA peptides) comprising a phosphorylation site of the invention, antibodies specifically bind to a novel phosphorylation site of the invention, and diagnostic and therapeutic uses of the above. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053832 | SIMULTANEOUS ASSAY FOR DETERMINING DRUGS - A method and kits for assaying a sample of a human or mammalian bodily fluid to simultaneously determine whether one or more of a plurality of drugs and/or metabolites thereof are present in said sample and optionally to perform a semi-quantitative assay for said drug or drugs, comprising:
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20090053833 | Method of Manufacturing Magnetic Multi-layered Film - A method of manufacturing a magnetic multi-layered film including: a first magnetic layer forming step of forming a first magnetic layer on a substrate; a non-magnetic layer forming step of forming a non-magnetic layer on the first magnetic layer; and a second magnetic layer forming step of forming a second magnetic layer on the non-magnetic layer, the method further including, before the non-magnetic layer forming step, a plasma treatment step of introducing the substrate into a plasma treatment apparatus and treating the substrate with inductive coupling-type plasma, with the substrate being electrically insulated from the plasma treatment apparatus. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053834 | USE OF SCATTEROMETRY FOR IN-LINE DETECTION OF POLY-SI STRINGS LEFT IN STI DIVOT AFTER GATE ETCH - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of forming an integrated circuit, comprising forming an STI structure in a semiconductor body, the STI structure having a divot characteristic, performing scatterometry on the STI structure and obtaining signature spectra associated therewith, and continuing fabrication of the integrated circuit when the obtained signature spectra satisfies a predetermined performance specification. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053835 | VACUUM APPARATUS INCLUDING A PARTICLE MONITORING UNIT, PARTICLE MONITORING METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND WINDOW MEMBER FOR USE IN THE PARTICLE MONITORING - A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a processing chamber for performing a manufacturing processing on a wafer. A gas supply line for introducing a purge gas is connected to an upper portion of the processing chamber, a valve being installed on the gas supply line. A rough pumping line with a valve is connected to a lower portion of the processing chamber. Installed on the rough pumping line are a dry pump for exhausting a gas in the processing chamber and a particle monitoring unit for monitoring particles between the valve and the dry pump. In the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, after the valve is opened, the purge gas is supplied to apply physical vibration due to shock wave in the processing chamber so that deposits are detached therefrom to be monitored as particles. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053836 | Method of wafer level transient sensing, threshold comparison and arc flag generation/deactivation - A method for processing a semiconductor wafer in a plasma reactor comprises sensing transient voltages or currents on a conductor coupled to the wafer and providing a first comparator for comparing the transient voltages or currents with a threshold level stored in the comparator. The method further includes transmitting from the comparator an arc flag signal whenever a transient voltage or current is sensed that exceeds the threshold level, and deactivating the power generator in response to the arc flag signal. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053837 | Wafer boat for semiconductor testing - In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus are provided for testing a wafer while the wafer is disposed in a wafer carrier. The test results can be utilized to adjust the manufacturing process and thereby increase processing yield. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053838 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER BAR - A first conductivity type cladding layer, an active layer, a second conductivity type first cladding layer, and a second conductivity type second cladding layer are laminated in this order on a semiconductor substrate by crystal growth. The second conductivity type second cladding layer is processed into a plurality of stripe-shaped ridge structure portions, and a laser bar is formed by cleavage in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the ridge structure portions. A plurality of columns of the ridge structure portions that are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the ridge structure portions at predetermined intervals are arranged. The arrangement is such that each of the columns is displaced from the adjacent column in the longitudinal direction of the ridge structure portions so that an end portion of each of the ridge structure portions and an end portion of the adjacent ridge structure portion overlap each other in the longitudinal direction of the ridge structure portions. A region where the end portion of each of the ridge structure portions and the end portion of the adjacent ridge structure portion overlap each other is cleaved. According to this method, it is possible to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser device and a method for inspecting a semiconductor laser bar in the manufacturing process, capable of determining for each chip whether or not a deviation of the resonator length is within the tolerance in a simple manner. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053839 | HIGH POWER LED HOUSING AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - An LED housing, in which a heat conducting part has a chip mounting area, a heat connecting area opposed to the chip mounting area and a neck between them. Fixing parts have first ends engaged with the neck. An electrical connecting part has a wire connecting area placed adjacent to the chip mounting area and an external power connecting area connected to the wire connecting area. A housing body of molding material integrally holds the heat conducting part, the fixing parts and the electrical connecting part while isolating the electrical connecting part from the heat conducting part. The LED housing fixes the neck of the heat conducting part at both sides, thereby stably coupling the heat conducting part to the housing body. The fixing parts can spread heat from the heat conducting part to lateral regions of the LED housing, thereby more efficiently spreading heat. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053840 | HIGH POWER LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH ESD PROTECTION ABILITY AND THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high power light emitting device assembly with electro-static-discharge (ESD) protection ability and the method of manufacturing the same, the assembly comprising: at least two sub-mounts, respectively being electrically connected to an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, each being made of a metal of high electric conductivity and high thermal conductivity; a light emitting device, arranged on the sub-mounts; and an ESD protection die, sandwiched and glued between the sub-mounts, for enabling the high-power operating light emitting device to have good heat dissipating path while preventing the same to be damaged by transient power overload of static surge. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053841 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light emitting device comprises an element that emits light and a substrate on a main surface of which the element is mounted. The main surface of the substrate composed of two areas, (i) a mount area which is rectangle and on which the element is mounted, and (ii) a pad area that is equipped with a pad for wire bonding. The pad area is contiguous to the mount area on one side of the mount area, and the pad area decreases in width continuously or stepwise in a direction away from the one side. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053842 | Thin Film Transistor Array Panel And Methods For Manufacturing The Same - Disclosed is a simplified method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display. A gate wire including a gate line, a gate pad, and a gate electrode are formed on a substrate. A gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and an ohmic contact layer are sequentially deposited, and a photoresist layer is coated thereon. The photoresist layer is exposed to light through a mask and developed to form a photoresist pattern. At this time, a first portion of the photoresist pattern which is located between the source electrode and the drain electrode is thinner than a second portion which is located on the data wire, and the photoresist layer is totally removed on other parts. The thin portion is made by controlling the amount of irradiating light or by a reflow process to form a thin portion, and the amount of light is controlled by using a mask that has a slit, a small pattern smaller than the resolution of the exposure device, or a partially transparent layer. Next, the exposed portions of conductor layer are removed by wet etch or dry etch, and thereby the underlying ohmic contact layer is exposed. Then the exposed ohmic contact layer and the underlying semiconductor layer are removed by dry etching along with the first portion of the photoresist layer. The residue of the photoresist layer is removed by ashing. Source/drain electrodes are separated by removing the portion of the conductor layer at the channel and the underlying ohmic contact layer pattern. Then, the second portion of the photoresist layer is removed, and red, green, and blue color filters, a pixel electrode, a redundant gate pad, and a redundant data pad are formed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053843 | Method of making a TFT array with photo-imageable insulating layer over address lines - This invention is related to a thin film transistor (TFT) array and method of making same, for use in an active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) having a high pixel aperture ratio. The TFT array and corresponding display are made by forming the TFTs and corresponding address lines on a substrate, coating the address lines and TFTs with a photo-imageable insulating layer which acts as a negative resist, exposing portions of the insulating layer with UV light which are to remain on the substrate, removing non-exposed areas of the insulating layer so as to form contact vias, and depositing pixel electrodes on the substrate over the insulating layer so that the pixel electrodes contact respective TFT source electrodes through the contact vias. The resulting display has an increased pixel aperture ratio because the pixel electrodes are formed over the insulating layer so as to overlap portions of the array address lines. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053844 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING PIXEL STRUCTURE - A method for fabricating a pixel structure is provided. A substrate having a gate thereon is provided. Next, a gate dielectric layer is formed to cover the gate. A channel layer is formed on the gate dielectric layer above the gate. A source and a drain are formed on the channel layer at two sides of the gate, wherein the gate, the channel layer, the source and the drain constitute a thin film transistor (TFT). A passivation layer is formed on the gate dielectric layer and the TFT. A first shadow mask exposing parts of the passivation layer is provided thereabove. The drain is exposed by a laser applied via the first shadow mask to partially remove the passivation layer. A conductive layer is formed to cover the passivation layer and the drain. The conductive layer is then automatically patterned by the patterned passivation layer to form a pixel electrode. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053845 | Method For Controlling The Structure And Surface Qualities Of A Thin Film And Product Produced Thereby - A system and method for providing improved surface quality following removal of a substrate and template layers from a semiconductor structure provides an improved surface quality for a layer (such as a quantum well heterostructure active region) prior to bonding a heat sink/conductive substrate to the structure. Following the physical removal of a sapphire substrate, a sacrificial coating such as a spin-coat polymer photoresist is applied to an exposed GaN surface. This sacrificial coating provides a planar surface, generally parallel to the planes of the interfaces of the underlying layers. The sacrificial coating and etching conditions are selected such that the etch rate of the sacrificial coating approximately matches the etch rate of GaN and the underlying layers, so that the physical surface profile during etching approximates the physical surface profile of the sacrificial coating prior to etching. Following etching, a substrate is bonded to the exposed surface which acts as a heat sink and may be conductive providing for backside electrical contact to the active region. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053846 | Methods of Making Electromechanical Three-Trace Junction Devices - Methods of producing an electromechanical circuit element are described. A lower structure having lower support structures and a lower electrically conductive element is provided. A nanotube ribbon (or other electromechanically responsive element) is formed on an upper surface of the lower structure so as to contact the lower support structures. An upper structure is provided over the nanotube ribbon. The upper structure includes upper support structures and an upper electrically conductive element. In some arrangements, the upper and lower electrically conductive elements are in vertical alignment, but in some arrangements they are not. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053847 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING A MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON FILM FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - Methods for depositing a microcrystalline silicon film layer with improved deposition rate and film quality are provided in the present invention. Also, a photovoltaic (PV) cell having a microcrystalline silicon film is provided. In one embodiment, the method produces a microcrystalline silicon film on a substrate at a deposition rate greater than about 20 nm per minute, wherein the microcrystalline silicon film has a crystallized volume between about 20 percent to about 80 percent. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053848 | Method and apparatus providing imager pixels with shared pixel components - The disclosed embodiments employ shared pixel component architectures that arrange the shared pixel components for a group of pixels within different pixels of the group. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053849 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM WITH PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device comprises a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type serving as a photoelectric conversion element together with a part of the first semiconductor region; a gate electrode transferring electric carriers generated in the photoelectric conversion element to a third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type. Moreover, the photoelectric conversion device comprises an isolation region for electrically isolating the second semiconductor region from a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type adjacent to the second semiconductor region. Wiring for applying voltage to the gate electrode is arranged on the isolation region. Here, a fifth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type having an impurity concentration lower than that of the fourth semiconductor region is provided between the fourth semiconductor region and the isolation region. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053850 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE | 2009-02-26 |
20090053851 | ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - An organic thin film transistor array substrate including a substrate divided into an LCD region and an OTFT region; a first dielectric layer formed on the substrate in the LCD region and having a first uneven portion; an organic semiconducting layer formed on the substrate in the OTFT region; a gate, source, and drain formed in the OTFT region, wherein the source and drain are in contact with the organic semiconducting layer to form a channel between the source and drain; and a pixel electrode formed on the first uneven portion of the first dielectric layer in the LCD region. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053852 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A manufacturing method for an electronic apparatus and manufacturing apparatus are provided. The manufacturing method includes applying to a surface of a sheet an adhesive to be charged into a space between a mounting board and an electronic component mounted on the mounting board, bringing the one surface of the sheet into contact with a back surface of the electronic component mounted on the mounting board and charging the adhesive into the space by bringing the adhesive into contact with a peripheral portion of the electronic component under a low pressure, and pressing a heating head against the other surface of the sheet and heating the sheet with the heating head via the sheet to set the adhesive under atmospheric pressure, in a state that the sheet is in contact with the electronic component. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053853 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A chip element in the form of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped having end surfaces and side surfaces is formed (step of forming chip element). An electrically conductive green sheet is formed (step of forming electrically conductive green sheet). An electrically conductive paste is applied to the end surfaces of the chip element (step of application electrically conductive paste). A chip element is formed in which the electrically conductive green sheet is attached to the end surface via the electrically conductive paste applied to the end surface of the chip element (step of attaching electrically conductive sheet). In the step of attaching, the end surface of the electrically conductive green sheet on the side of the side surfaces is positioned on the outside of the side surfaces, and the electrically conductive paste applied to the end surface is pressed out into a space between the electrically conductive green sheet and ridge portions. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053854 | MEMORY CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A memory circuit arrangement and fabrication method thereof are presented in which the parts of the memory circuit arrangement are situated on two different substrates. An integrated memory cell array is situated on one substrate. An integrated control circuit that controls access to the memory cells is situated on the other (logic circuit) substrate. The control circuit controls sequences when reading, writing or erasing content of a memory cell. The logic circuit substrate also contains a CPU and encryption coprocessor. The memory circuit contains a sense amplifier, with the aid of which the memory state of a memory cell can be determined, and a decoding circuit that selects a word or bit line. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053855 | Indented lid for encapsulated devices and method of manufacture - A method for providing improved gettering in a vacuum encapsulated device is described. The method includes forming a plurality of small indentation features in a device cavity formed in a lid wafer. The gettering material is then deposited over the indentation features. The indentation features increase the surface area of the getter material, thereby increasing the volume of gas that the getter material can absorb. This may improve the vacuum maintained within the vacuum cavity over the lifetime of the vacuum encapsulated device. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053856 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT-RECEIVING ELEMENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A semiconductor device includes a substrate for transmitting light, a wiring layer provided on the substrate, a semiconductor chip formed on the wiring layer, a columnar electrode, a sealant, and an external connection terminal electrically connected to the semiconductor chip via the wiring layer and protruding electrode. The device includes a cut surface formed by dicing and constituted by only the substrate and the sealant. Since the cut surface has a single-layer structure as a result of forming the sealant in a single step, moisture cannot infiltrate through the sealant, hence a device resistant to corrosion and operational defects is provided. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053857 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING METHOD - The present invention relates to a semiconductor packaging method. The method comprises (S | 2009-02-26 |
20090053858 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE USING REDISTRIBUTION SUBSTRATE - An inexpensive method of manufacturing a semiconductor package using a redistribution substrate that is relatively thin. The method includes: attaching a semiconductor chip to a redistribution substrate; attaching the redistribution substrate to which the semiconductor chip is attached to a printed circuit board; removing a support substrate of the redistribution substrate; forming via holes to expose a bond pad of the semiconductor chip and a bond finger of the printed circuit board; and filling the via holes with a conductive material. Meanwhile, a redistribution substrate to which at least one other semiconductor chip may be mounted on the redistribution substrate. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053859 | Non-random array anisotropic conductive film (ACF) and manufacturing process - The present invention discloses structures and manufacturing processes of an ACF of improved resolution and reliability of electrical connection using a non-random array of microcavities of predetermined configuration, shape and dimension. The manufacturing process includes the steps of (i) fluidic filling of conductive particles onto a substrate or carrier web comprising a predetermined array of microcavities, or (ii) selective metallization of the array followed by filling the array with a filler material and a second selective metallization on the filled microcavity array. The thus prepared filled conductive microcavity array is then over-coated or laminated with an adhesive film. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053860 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING NANOCOILS - A method for fabricating nanocoils and improved nanocoils fabricated therefrom. Embodiments of the method utilizing deep reactive ion etching (DRIE). A method for fabricating nanocoils includes providing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer, in which SOI wafer includes buried oxide layer, patterning one or more devices into a layer of silicon on top of the buried oxide layer, depositing tensile stressed nitride layer on the top silicon layer, patterning coiling arm structure on top silicon layer, patterning an overlapping etch window mask on bottom side of SOI wafer using, in which patterning overlapping etch window mask removes SOI wafer and exposes buried oxide layer in width greater than coiling arm structure, and releasing coiling arm structure so that coiling arm coils to form nanocoil. In embodiments, DRIE is utilized to pattern the overlapping etch window mask. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053861 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING PIXEL STRUCTURE - A method for fabricating a pixel structure is provided. A substrate is provided, and a gate is formed on the substrate. A gate dielectric layer covering the gate is formed on the substrate. A semiconductor layer is formed on the gate dielectric layer. A first shadow mask exposing parts of the semiconductor layer is provided above the semiconductor layer. A laser is irradiated on the semiconductor layer through the first shadow mask to remove parts of semiconductor layer and form a channel layer. A source and a drain are respectively formed on the channel layer at both sides of the gate. A patterned passivation layer which covers the channel layer and exposes the drain is formed. A conductive layer is formed to cover the patterned passivation layer and the drain. The conductive layer is automatically patterned by the patterned passivation layer to form a pixel electrode. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053862 | ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An active matrix organic EL display device includes pixels each having an organic EL element ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090053863 | Mask and Manufacturing Method of a Semiconductor Device and a Thin Film Transistor Array Panel Using the Mask - An exposure mask is provided, which includes: a light blocking opaque area blocking incident light; a translucent area; and a transparent area passing the most of incident light, wherein the translucent area generates the phase differences in the range of about −70° to about +70°. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053864 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING HETEROGENEOUS CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATIONS - A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure having heterogeneous crystalline orientations by forming a region including a semiconductor material having a specified crystalline orientation using an epitaxial buffer overlying a semiconductor substrate. The buffer provides a transfer body such that the semiconductor material has a crystalline orientation that differs from the crystalline orientation of a semiconductor region underlying the buffer. The method also includes fabricating a semiconductor structure having a p-type device region and an n-type device region, where a supporting semiconductor substrate is either n-type or p-type and where the semiconductor material is separated from the substrate by a buffer and has a crystalline orientation that differs from the crystalline orientation of the substrate. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053865 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DE-INTERLACING VIDEO DATA - Source and drain regions are formed in a first-type semiconductor device. Then, a high tensile stress capping layer is formed over the source and drain regions. A thermal process is then performed to re-crystallize the source and drain regions and to introduce tensile strain into the source and drain regions of the first-type semiconductor device. Afterwards, source and drain regions are formed in a second-type semiconductor device. Then, a high compressive stress capping layer is formed over the source and drain regions of the second-type semiconductor device. A thermal process is performed to re-crystallize the source and drain regions and to introduce compressive strain into the source and drain regions of the second-type semiconductor device. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053866 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A p-type source region | 2009-02-26 |
20090053867 | PLASMA TREATED METAL SILICIDE LAYER FORMATION - Devices and methods for plasma treated metal silicide layer formation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a metal layer on a silicon substrate, exposing the metal layer to a plasma, and thermally treating the silicon substrate and the metal layer to form a metal silicide layer. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053868 | Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method for semiconductor device - The object is simplification of a manufacturing process for nonvolatile memory by reducing additional processes for forming a charge storage structure, and downsizing of nonvolatile memory. The solution is a manufacturing method for semiconductor memory device including a process for forming sequentially a first oxide film | 2009-02-26 |
20090053869 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING A TRENCH TRANSISTOR AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A method for producing an integrated circuit including a trench transistor and an integrated circuit is disclosed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053870 | METHOD FOR PREPARING FLASH MEMORY STRUCTURES - A method for preparing a flash memory structure comprises the steps of forming a plurality of dielectric blocks having block sidewalls on a substrate, forming a plurality of first spacers on the block sidewalls of the dielectric blocks, removing a portion of the substrate not covered by the dielectric blocks and the first spacers to form a plurality of trenches in the substrate, performing a deposition process to form an isolation dielectric layer filling the trenches, removing the dielectric blocks to expose spacer sidewalls of the first spacers, forming a plurality of second spacers on the spacer sidewalls of the first spacers, and removing a portion of the substrate not covered by the first spacers, the second spacers and the isolation dielectric layer to form a plurality of second trenches in the substrate. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053871 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device and method of fabricating a semiconductor memory device, wherein a tunnel insulating layer, a first charge trap layer and an isolation mask layer are sequentially stacked over a semiconductor substrate in which a cell region and a peri region are defined. The isolation mask layer, the first charge trap layer, the tunnel insulating layer and the semiconductor substrate are etched to thereby form trenches. An isolation layer is formed within each trench. The first charge trap layer is exposed by removing the isolation mask layer formed in the cell region. A second charge trap layer is formed on the exposed first charge trap layer and the isolation layer. A blocking layer and a control gate are formed over the semiconductor substrate in which the second charge trap layer is formed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053872 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR - The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a bipolar transistor on a semiconductor substrate ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090053873 | METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A method of forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate and forming a mask layer on the substrate. Next, dielectric isolations are formed in the mask layer and the substrate, wherein the dielectric isolations extend above the substrate. Then, the mask layer is removed to expose a portion of the substrate, and a dielectric layer is formed on the exposed portion of the substrate. Subsequently, a first conductive layer is formed on the dielectric layer, and a portion of the dielectric isolation is removed, wherein a top surface of the remaining dielectric isolation is lower than a top surface of the first conductive layer. Moreover, a conformal layer is formed over the substrate, and a second conductive layer is formed on the conformal layer. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053874 | Method Of Forming Sti Regions In Electronic Devices - The invention relates to a method of manufacturing integrated circuits and in particular to the step of forming shallow trench isolation (STI) zones. The method according to the present invention leads to electronic devices and to integrated circuits having reduced narrow width effect and edge leakage. This is achieved by performing an extra implantation step near the edge of the STI zone, after formation of the SU zones. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053875 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SSOI SUBSTRATE - Provided is a method of manufacturing a strained silicon-on-insulator (SSOI) substrate that can manufacture an SSOI substrate by separating a bonded substrate using a low temperature heat treatment. The manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate; growing silicon germanium (SiGe) on the substrate to thereby form a SiGe layer; growing silicon (Si) with a lattice constant less than a lattice constant of SiGe on the SiGe layer to thereby form a transformed Si layer; and implanting ions on the surface of the transformed Si layer, wherein, while growing of the SiGe layer, the SiGe layer is doped with impurity at a depth the ions are to be implanted. Accordingly, it is possible to manufacture a substrate with an excellent surface micro-roughness. Since a bonded substrate can be separated using low temperature heat treatment by interaction between implanted ions and impurity, it is possible to reduce manufacturing costs and facilitate an apparatus. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053876 | Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and manufacturing apparatus of the same - Instead of forming a semiconductor film by bonding a bond substrate (semiconductor substrate) to a base substrate (supporting substrate) and then separating or cleaving the bond substrate, a bond substrate is separated or cleaved at a plurality of positions to form a plurality of first semiconductor films (mother islands), and then the plurality of first semiconductor films are bonded to a base substrate. Subsequently, the plurality of first semiconductor films each are partially etched, whereby one or more second semiconductor films (islands) are formed using one of the first semiconductor films and a semiconductor element is manufactured using the second semiconductor films. The plurality of first semiconductor films are bonded to the base substrate based on a layout of the second semiconductor films so as to cover at least a region in which the second semiconductor films of the semiconductor element are to be formed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053877 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTILAYER STRUCTURE COMPRISING A SEPARATING LAYER - Process for producing a multilayer structure that includes, within the depth thereof, a separating layer, including: producing an initial multilayer structure comprising a base substrate, a surface substrate and, between the base substrate and the surface substrate, an absorbent layer that can absorb a light power flux in at least one zone and a liquefiable intermediate layer that includes, in at least one zone, impurities having a coefficient of segregation relative to the material constituting this intermediate layer of less than unity; and in subjecting, for a defined time and in the form of at least one pulse, said initial structure to said light power flux, this flux being regulated so as to liquefy at least one portion of said intermediate layer under the effect of the propagation of the thermal energy, in such a way that it results, thanks to the initial presence of said impurities, in a modification of at least one characteristic and/or of at least one property of said intermediate layer arising from the at least partial solidification of said intermediate layer, such that this intermediate layer at least partially constitutes a separating layer. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053878 | METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILMS USING FLASH LAMP PROCESSING - A method for creating a Group IV semiconductor densified thin film is disclosed. The method includes applying a colloidal dispersion to a substrate, wherein the colloidal dispersion includes a plurality of Group IV semiconductor nanoparticles and an organic solvent. The method also includes removing the organic solvent by applying a first temperature for a first time period to form a Group IV semiconductor non-densified thin film; and heating the Group IV semiconductor non-densified thin film to a second temperature for a second time period, wherein the second temperature is a pre-heating target temperature. The method further includes heating the Group IV semiconductor non-densified thin film to a third temperature for a third time period with a flash lamp apparatus, wherein the third temperature is equal to or greater than a sintering temperature, wherein a Group IV semiconductor densified thin film is created. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053879 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate in which a gate insulating layer and a pad layer are formed in an active region. A first trench is formed in an isolation region of the substrate. A passivation film is formed to cover the pad layer and fill the first trench. A second trench is formed by patterning the pad layer and removing an exposed semiconductor substrate, the second trench being formed within the first trench. An ion implantation process is performed on the semiconductor substrate exposed through the second trench. | 2009-02-26 |
20090053880 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention consists of forming a trench in a trench-type cell transistor region; forming a gate insulating film and a gate material layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a photoresist layer on the semiconductor substrate so as to expose extension region formation portions of the trench-type cell transistor region and a high breakdown voltage transistor region; forming extension regions in each region by performing ion implantation in the semiconductor substrate surface of the trench-type cell transistor region and the high breakdown voltage transistor region and then patterning gates, and forming extension regions of an ordinary breakdown voltage transistor by covering the trench-type cell transistor region and the high breakdown voltage transistor region with a photoresist layer and implanting ions in the ordinary breakdown voltage transistor region. | 2009-02-26 |