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				    					Method of forming metal carbide barrier layers for fluorocarbon films. A method of forming metal ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for modifying metal cap layers in semiconductor devices. A method for forming a semiconduc... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method of slimming radiation-sensitive material lines in lithographic applications. A method and ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Etch process for controlling pattern cd and integrity in multi-layer masks. A method of patternin... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for controlling dangling bonds in fluorocarbon films. Embodiments of the invention describ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for patterning a full metal gate structure. A method of patterning a gate structure (100, ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method of etching silicon nitride films. A processing method is provided for plasma etching featu... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method of operating filament assisted chemical vapor deposition system. A method of performing a ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method of etching features in silicon nitride films. A processing method is provided for plasma e... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    							2011
				    							
				    						
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				    					Double patterning with inline critical dimension slimming. A method for double patterning a subst... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Sidewall image transfer pitch doubling and inline critical dimension slimming. A method for patte... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method of depositing dielectric films using microwave plasma. Embodiments of the invention descri... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Selective etch process for silicon nitride. A method for selectively etching a substrate (25, 140... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for high aspect ratio patterning in spin-on layer. A method of patterning a substrate (110... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method of selectively etching an insulation stack for a metal interconnect. A method of patternin... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    							2010
				    							
				    						
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				    					Method for reworking a silicon-containing arc layer on a substrate. A method is provided for rewo... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    							2009
				    							
				    						
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				    					Method for forming aluminum-doped metal carbonitride gate electrodes. A method for forming an alu... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    							2008
				    							
				    						
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				    					Electrical contacts for integrated circuits and methods of forming using gas cluster ion beam pro... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Optical metrology of single features. The profile of a single feature formed on a wafer can be de... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Apparatus and methods of forming a gas cluster ion beam using a low-pressure source. Embodiments ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Dynamic temperature backside gas control for improved within-substrate processing uniformity. Con... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Processing system and method for performing high throughput non-plasma processing. Embodiments of... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Model and parameter selection for optical metrology. A profile model for use in optical metrology... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Atomic layer deposition systems and methods. Systems and methods for depositing thin films using ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Semiconductor wafer boat for batch processing. A boat (50) is provided for stacking semiconductor... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    							2007
				    							
				    						
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				    					Generation of a library of periodic grating diffraction signals. A method of generating a library... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Processing system containing a hot filament hydrogen radical source for integrated substrate proc... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Semiconductor devices containing nitrided high dielectric constant films and method of forming. A... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for double patterning a developable anti-reflective coating. A method for double patternin... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Substrate cleaning method. A method is provided for reducing the amount of film fragments (66a) d... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for integrated substrate processing in copper metallization. A method of copper metallizat... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Exhaust assembly for a plasma processing system and method. An exhaust assembly is described for ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Thermal processing system with improved process gas flow and method for injecting a process gas i... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for formation of oxidized aluminum nitride films. A method is provided for in-situ formati... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Depositing ruthenium films using ionized physical vapor deposition (ipvd). An iPVD system (200A) ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for creating a built-in self test (bist) table for monitoring a monolayer deposition (mld)... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Monitoring a monolayer deposition (mld) system using a built-in self test (bist) table. A method ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Monitoring a system during low-pressure processes. A method of monitoring a processing system (10... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Monitoring a single-wafer processing system. A method of monitoring a single-wafer processing sys... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Semiconductor device with gate dielectric containing aluminum and mixed rare earth elements. A se... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method of forming mixed rare earth nitride and aluminum nitride films by atomic layer deposition.... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method of forming mixed rare earth oxide and mixed rare earth aluminate films by atomic layer dep... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method of forming mixed rare earth oxynitride and aluminum oxynitride films by atomic layer depos... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Semiconductor device with gate dielectric containing mixed rare earth elements. A semiconductor d... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Thermal processing furnace, gas delivery system therefor, and methods for delivering a process ga... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for replacing a nitrous oxide based oxidation process with a nitric oxide based oxidation ... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					System for introducing a precursor gas to a vapor deposition system. A system for introducing a p... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for integrating a conformal ruthenium layer into copper metallization of high aspect ratio... | 
				    				
				    			
				    				
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				    					Method for introducing a precursor gas to a vapor deposition system. A method for introducing a p... |