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20100104852 | Fabrication of High-Throughput Nano-Imprint Lithography Templates - An imprint lithography template includes a porous material defining a multiplicity of pores with an average pore size of at least about 0.4 nm. The porous material includes silicon and oxygen, and a ratio of Young's modulus (E) to relative density of the porous material with respect to fused silica (p | 04-29-2010 |
20100109205 | PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS IN NANO-IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES - An imprint lithography template having a photoactive coating adhered to a surface of the template. Irradiation of the photoactive coating promotes cleaning of the template by decomposition of organic material proximate the template (e.g., organic material adsorbed on the template). An imprint lithography system may be configured such that template cleaning is achieved during formation of a patterned layer on an imprint lithography substrate. Cleaning of the template during an imprint lithography process reduces down-time that may be associated with template maintenance. | 05-06-2010 |
20100112236 | Facilitating Adhesion Between Substrate and Patterned Layer - Systems and methods for adhering a substrate to a patterned layer are described. Included are in situ cleaning and conditioning of the substrate, and the application of an adhesion layer between the substrate and the patterned layer, as well as forming an intermediate layer between adhesion materials and the substrate. | 05-06-2010 |
20110031651 | DESIRABLE WETTING AND RELEASE BETWEEN AN IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY MOLD AND A POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION - Improved wetting characteristics together with improved release characteristics with respect to a substrate and an imprint lithography mold having imprinting material disposed therebetween. | 02-10-2011 |
20120201969 | PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS IN NANO-IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES - An imprint lithography template having a photoactive coating adhered to a surface of the template. Irradiation of the photoactive coating promotes cleaning of the template by decomposition of organic material proximate the template (e.g., organic material adsorbed on the template). An imprint lithography system may be configured such that template cleaning is achieved during formation of a patterned layer on an imprint lithography substrate. Cleaning of the template during an imprint lithography process reduces down-time that may be associated with template maintenance. | 08-09-2012 |
20140212534 | Fabrication of High-Throughput Nano-Imprint Lithography Templates - An imprint lithography template includes a porous material defining a multiplicity of pores with an average pore size of at least about 0.4 nm. The porous material includes silicon and oxygen, and a ratio of Young's modulus (E) to relative density of the porous material with respect to fused silica (ρ | 07-31-2014 |
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20080303187 | Imprint Fluid Control - An imprint lithography template with an active area arranged to receive imprinting material during an imprint lithography process and a non-active area adjacent the active area is described. At least a portion of the non-active area is treated to inhibit flow of the imprinting material from the active area to the non-active area during the imprint lithography process. | 12-11-2008 |
20080308971 | Solvent-Assisted Layer Formation for Imprint Lithography - A solid layer is formed by applying a multiplicity of discrete portions of a fluid composition onto a surface of an imprint lithography substrate, and allowing the discrete portions of the composition to spontaneously spread on the surface of the substrate to form a substantially continuous layer. The composition includes a solvent and a solid or a solvent and a polymerizable material. The composition can be a solution or a dispersion. At least some of the solvent is evaporated from the composition, and a solid layer is formed (e.g., polymerized or dried) on the substrate. The solid layer is substantially free of interstitial voids. | 12-18-2008 |
20090140458 | POROUS TEMPLATE AND IMPRINTING STACK FOR NANO-IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY - An imprint lithography template or imprinting stack includes a porous material defining a multiplicity of pores with an average pore size of at least about 0.4 nm. A porosity of the porous material is at least about 10%. The porous template, the porous imprinting stack, or both may be used in an imprint lithography process to facilitate diffusion of gas trapped between the template and the imprinting stack into the template, the imprinting stack or both, such that polymerizable material between the imprinting stack and the template rapidly forms a substantially continuous layer between the imprinting stack and the template. | 06-04-2009 |
20090155583 | Ultra-thin Polymeric Adhesion Layer - An imprint lithography imprinting stack includes a substrate and a polymeric adhesion layer adhered to the substrate. The polymeric adhesion layer includes polymeric components with an extended backbone length of at least about 2 nm. The backbones of the polymeric components may be substantially aligned in a planar configuration on the surface of the substrate, such that a thickness of the polymeric adhesion layer is less than about 2 nm. | 06-18-2009 |
20100072671 | NANO-IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY TEMPLATE FABRICATION AND TREATMENT - A nano-imprint lithography template includes a rigid support layer, a cap layer, and a flexible cushion layer positioned between the support layer and the cap layer. Treating an imprint lithography template includes heating the template to desorb gases from the template. Heating the template includes radiating the template at a selected wavelength with, for example, infrared radiation. The selected wavelength may correspond to a wavelength at which the template material is strongly absorbing. | 03-25-2010 |
20100084376 | NANO-IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY TEMPLATES - Porous nano-imprint lithography templates may include pores, channels, or porous layers arranged to allow evacuation of gas trapped between a nano-imprint lithography template and substrate. The pores or channels may be formed by etch or other processes. Gaskets may be formed on an nano-imprint lithography template to restrict flow of polymerizable material during nano-imprint lithography processes. | 04-08-2010 |
20100109201 | Nano-Imprint Lithography Template with Ordered Pore Structure - A nano-imprint lithography template includes a non-porous base layer, a cap layer, and a porous layer between the base layer and the cap layer. The porous layer defines a multiplicity of pores and has an ordered pore structure. The cap layer is permeable to helium, and the pores in the porous layer are configured to accept gas passing through the cap layer during an imprint lithography process. The porous layer provides high porosity with a Young's modulus and hardness that are advantageous for imprint lithography processes. | 05-06-2010 |
20110180127 | SOLAR CELL FABRICATION BY NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY - Fabricating a solar cell stack includes forming a nanopatterned polymeric layer on a first surface of a silicon wafer and etching the first surface of the silicon wafer to transfer a pattern of the nanopatterned polymeric layer to the first surface of the silicon wafer. A layer of reflective electrode material is formed on a second surface of the silicon wafer. The nanopatterned first surface of the silicon wafer undergoes a buffered oxide etching. After the buffered oxide etching, the nanopatterned first surface of the silicon wafer is treated to decrease a contact angle of water on the nanopatterned first surface. Electron donor material is deposited on the nanopatterned first surface of the silicon wafer to form an electron donor layer, and a transparent electrode material is deposited on the electron donor layer to form a transparent electrode layer on the electron donor layer. | 07-28-2011 |
20110260361 | SAFE DEPARATION FOR NANO IMPRINTING - Control of lateral strain and lateral strain ratio (d | 10-27-2011 |
20120070572 | Vapor Delivery System For Use in Imprint Lithography - Described are systems and method of using a vapor delivery system for enabling delivery of an adhesion promoter material during an imprint lithography process. | 03-22-2012 |
20130266682 | NANO-IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY TEMPLATES - Porous nano-imprint lithography templates may include pores, channels, or porous layers arranged to allow evacuation of gas trapped between a nano-imprint lithography template and substrate. The pores or channels may be formed by etch or other processes. Gaskets may be formed on an nano-imprint lithography template to restrict flow of polymerizable material during nano-imprint lithography processes. | 10-10-2013 |
20150017329 | DROP PATTERN GENERATION FOR IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY WITH DIRECTIONALLY-PATTERNED TEMPLATES - Imprint lithography methods that incorporate depositing droplets of polymerizable material in patterns that improve fill time performance when employing directionally-oriented imprint templates. The patterns are based on grid arrays formed of repeating sets of rows of droplets oriented along fast and slow axes, with droplets of each row offset along the slow axis relative to droplets in adjacent rows. | 01-15-2015 |
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20100306733 | Automatically Creating Parallel Iterative Program Code in a Data Flow Program - System and method for automatically parallelizing iterative functionality in a data flow program. A data flow program is stored that includes a first data flow program portion, where the first data flow program portion is iterative. Program code implementing a plurality of second data flow program portions is automatically generated based on the first data flow program portion, where each of the second data flow program portions is configured to execute a respective one or more iterations. The plurality of second data flow program portions are configured to execute at least a portion of iterations concurrently during execution of the data flow program. Execution of the plurality of second data flow program portions is functionally equivalent to sequential execution of the iterations of the first data flow program portion. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306736 | Graphical Indicator which Specifies Parallelization of Iterative Program Code in a Graphical Data Flow Program - System and method for automatically parallelizing iterative functionality in a data flow program. A data flow program is stored that includes a first data flow program portion, where the first data flow program portion is iterative. Program code implementing a plurality of second data flow program portions is automatically generated based on the first data flow program portion, where each of the second data flow program portions is configured to execute a respective one or more iterations. The plurality of second data flow program portions are configured to execute at least a portion of iterations concurrently during execution of the data flow program. Execution of the plurality of second data flow program portions is functionally equivalent to sequential execution of the iterations of the first data flow program portion. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306752 | Automatically Creating Parallel Iterative Program Code in a Graphical Data Flow Program - System and method for automatically parallelizing iterative functionality in a data flow program. A data flow program is stored that includes a first data flow program portion, where the first data flow program portion is iterative. Program code implementing a plurality of second data flow program portions is automatically generated based on the first data flow program portion, where each of the second data flow program portions is configured to execute a respective one or more iterations. The plurality of second data flow program portions are configured to execute at least a portion of iterations concurrently during execution of the data flow program. Execution of the plurality of second data flow program portions is functionally equivalent to sequential execution of the iterations of the first data flow program portion. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306753 | Loop Parallelization Analyzer for Data Flow Programs - System and method for automatically parallelizing iterative functionality in a data flow program. A data flow program is stored that includes a first data flow program portion, where the first data flow program portion is iterative. Program code implementing a plurality of second data flow program portions is automatically generated based on the first data flow program portion, where each of the second data flow program portions is configured to execute a respective one or more iterations. The plurality of second data flow program portions are configured to execute at least a portion of iterations concurrently during execution of the data flow program. Execution of the plurality of second data flow program portions is functionally equivalent to sequential execution of the iterations of the first data flow program portion. | 12-02-2010 |