U.S. Philips Corp., New York, N.Y.
A blas t sys tem for process ing components by means of abrasive particles.
S U R F A C E T R E A T M E N T OF C O P P E R U.S. Patent 6,036,758. Mar. 14, 2000 W.A. Fairweather, assignor to PMD (U.K.) Limited, Coventry, United Kingdom
A composition useful for the sur- face t rea tment of copper compris- ing 0.5 to 5% w/v hydrogen perox- ide and 0.01 to 5% w/v of an aromatic sulfonic acid or a salt thereof.
S P U T I r E R I N G A P P A R A T U S U.S. Patent 6,036,821. Mar. 14, 2000 R.A. Warren, assignor to International Business Machines
Corp., Armonk, N.Y.
An enhanced collimated sputter- ing apparatus.
A R C D E P O S I T I O N D E V I C E U.S. Patent 6,038,828. Mar. 14, 2000 R.A. Beers and T.E.Royal, assignors to United Technologies Corp., Hartford, Conn.
An apparatus for steering the arc in a cathodic arc coater.
E L E C T R O F O R M I N G M A N D R E L U.S. Patent 6,036,832. Mar. 14, 2000 H.G. Knol et al., assignors to Stork Veco B.V., LB Eerbeek, Netherlands
An electroforming method for making metal products having a pattern of openings separated by dikes using an electroforming mandre l in an electroplat ing
bath, where in meta l from the etectroplating bath is deposited on the mandrel.
PULSE P L A T I N G OF N I C K E L U.S. Patent 6,036,833. Mar. 14, 2000 P.T. Tang et al., Orumsgade, Denmark
An electroplating method com- prising forming platings of nickel in a chloride-sulfate-boric acid electrodepositing bath by employ- ing pulse plating with periodic re- verse pulsating current made up of cathodic cycles.
M A C H I N E FOR P A R T I A L L Y P L A T I N G TEST P R O B E S U.S. Patent 6,036,837. Mar. 14, 2000 D.B. Nau, and J.J. Bellm, assignors to Celex Inc., Gibbon, Minn.
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