Abstract:
An apparatus for selectively heating/cooling one or more substrates and establishing an approximately uniform temperature in the one or more substrates during a heating or cooling event is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a rotatable hot/cold plate onto which the one or more substrates are placed and a heating/cooling element disposed in close proximity to the rotatable hot/cold plate for selectively elevating/lowering the temperature of the one or more substrates.
Abstract:
A semiconductor die includes a crack stopper on an under-bump metallization (UBM) layer. The crack stopper is in the shape of hollow cylinder with at least two openings.
Abstract:
Methods of diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection or associated conditions are based in part on the correlation of the presence of a α-L-fucosidase 2 marker with the infection. Methods and compositions for treating or preventing Helicobacter pylori infection or associated conditions are based in part on administering an α-L-fucosidase 2 inhibitor to an infected subject or a subject at risk of developing the infection.
Abstract:
A chip scale semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor die, a first bump and a second bump. The first bump having a first diameter and a first height is formed on an outer region of the semiconductor die. A second bump having a second diameter and a second height is formed on an inner region of the semiconductor die. The second diameter is greater than the first diameter while the second height is the same as the first height. By changing the shape of the bump, the stress and strain can be redistributed through the bump. As a result, the thermal cycling reliability of the chip scale semiconductor device is improved.
Abstract:
A heat sink assembly includes a fin module, heat pipes, and a pair of side plates. The fin module is composed of a plurality of fins and has a flat side formed with a trough and two recesses. Each of the heat pipes has an evaporation section. The evaporation sections are parallelly accommodated in the trough and in contact with each other. The side plates are separately fixed in the recesses and protrude from the flat side. The evaporation sections are formed with a flat surface coplanar with the side plates. By this arrangement, the thermal contact area between the heat pipes and a heat source is increased to thereby improve the heat-dissipating efficiency of the heat sink assembly.
Abstract:
A method including providing a present wafer to be processed by a photolithography tool, selecting a processed wafer having a past chip design from a plurality of processed wafers, the processed wafer being previously processed by the photolithography tool, selecting a plurality of critical dimension (CD) data points extracted from a plurality of fields on the processed wafer, modeling the plurality of CD data points with a function relating CD to position on the processed wafer, creating a field layout on the present wafer for a new chip design, creating an initial exposure dose map for the new chip design using the function and the field layout, and controlling the exposure of the photolithography tool according to the initial exposure dose map to form the new chip design on the present wafer.
Abstract:
A navigation system includes a plurality of navigation devices and a server. The plurality of navigation devices is used for generating a plurality of position data respectively. Each navigation device generates at least one path data according to the plurality of position data and at least one corresponding electronic map and transmits the path data to the server. Then, the server calculates at least one optimum path data and updates the plurality of navigation devices according to the optimum path data.
Abstract:
System and method for improving immersion scanner overlay performance are described. One embodiment is a method of improving overlay performance of an photolithography immersion scanner comprising a wafer table having lens cooling water (“LCW”) disposed in a water channel therein, the wafer table having an input for receiving the LCW into the water channel and an output for expelling the LCW from the water channel. The method comprises providing a water tank at at least one of the wafer table input and the wafer table output; monitoring a pressure of water in the water tank; and maintaining the pressure of the water in the water tank at a predetermined level.
Abstract:
Amphoteric polymer composite nanoparticles are added into the polymer grains of synthetic fibers. The synthetic fibers are woven to form a textile capable of adjusting pH value.
Abstract:
A stacked solid-state electrolytic capacitor with multi-directional product lead frame structure includes a plurality of capacitor units, a substrate unit and a package unit. The capacitor units are stacked onto each other. Each capacitor unit has a positive electrode and a negative electrode, the positive electrode of each capacitor unit has a positive pin extended outwards, the positive pins are electrically stacked onto each other, and the negative electrodes are electrically stacked onto each other. The substrate unit has at least one positive guiding substrate electrically connected to the positive pins of the capacitor units and a plurality of negative guiding substrates electrically connected to the negative electrodes of the capacitor units. The package unit covers the capacitor units and one part of the substrate unit in order to expose an end of the at least one positive guiding substrate and an end of each negative guiding substrate.