Abstract: Ammonia-free, HF-free cleaning compositions for cleaning photoresist and plasma ash residues from microelectronic substrates, and particularly to such cleaning compositions useful with and having improved compatibility with microelectronic substrates characterized by sensitive porous and low-k to high-k dielectrics and copper metallization. The cleaning composition contain one or more non-ammonium producing, non-HF producing fluoride salt (non ammonium, quaternary ammonium fluoride salt) in a suitable solvent matrix.

Abstract: Multilayer circuit boards include compensator networks configured in one or more conductor layers. A signal trace is configured in one or more layers to transmit an electrical signal from an input to an output and the compensator network is situated at at least one location on the trace to provide compensation for frequency dependent signal propagation losses or distortions such as those due to dielectric loss. In one example, the compensator includes a high frequency path provided by a series capacitance formed by conductor layers that include interleaved digits. Transmitters that include such compensators provide predistorted signals that can be matched or otherwise associated with anticipated propagation losses and distortions. Methods of evaluating dielectric losses include propagating electrical signals through such compensators and along a trace defined with respect to a dielectric under test and determining an associated compensation.

Abstract: A method of making a bread product comprising formulating and mixing a bread dough having flour as a major ingredient, and having the following additional ingredients, where percentages are based on the flour weight: Ingredients % Salt ?1.8-2.3 Yeast 3.0; 2.5-4.5 Sweetener ?0.3-2.0 Gluten ?0.5-4.0 L-Cysteine ??10-100 PPM Water ??50-65 Oxidant ?0.1-0.5 Enzymes 0.01-0.5 Gum 0.01-0.5 pre-forming the dough into open molds shaped suitably for the bread product; pre-proofing the dough for less than 30 minutes in at least 70% relative humidity at a temperature in the range of 80° F. to 100° F.; freezing the pre-proofed dough to a temperature below 0° C.; partially defrosting the dough for a period of time of 60 minutes or less; and placing the partially defrosted dough in a pre-heated oven at a temperature of about 170° C. to 180° C. to produce the bread product in less than 3 hours.

Abstract: Alkaline photoresist stripping compositions containing a reducing agent to reduce or inhibit metal corrosion are disclosed. Reducing agents include compounds containing reactive multiple bonds, hydrazine and derivatives thereof, oximes, hydroquinone, pyrogallol, gallic acid and esters thereof, tocopherol, 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid, BHT, BHA, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxymethyl-phenol, thiols, salicylaldehyde, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and glycol aldehyde dialkylacetals.

Abstract: Multilayer circuit boards include compensator networks configured in one or more conductor layers. A signal trace is configured in one or more layers to transmit an electrical signal from an input to an output and the compensator network is situated at at least one location on the trace to provide compensation for frequency dependent signal propagation losses or distortions such as those due to dielectric loss. In one example, the compensator includes a high frequency path provided by a series capacitance formed by conductor layers that include interleaved digits. Transmitters that include such compensators provide predistorted signals that can be matched or otherwise associated with anticipated propagation losses and distortions. Methods of evaluating dielectric losses include propagating electrical signals through such compensators and along a trace defined with respect to a dielectric under test and determining an associated compensation.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for conditioning conveyor chains in commercial ovens of the type having a continuous conveyor chain supported in a track for transporting bakery products through the oven. A portion of the conveyor chain and supporting track transits outside the heated baking area of the oven and an automatic chain lubricator is positioned along the portion of the track transiting outside the baking area of the oven. A fan for creating a flow of cooling air and at least one air duct are located outside the baking area. The duct receives one end cooling air from the fan and directs the cooling air on to the conveyor chain along the portion thereof located outside the heated baking area of the oven and upstream from the lubricator. Also, an air knife is disposed upstream of the lubricator and directed onto the chain to remove undesired debris, etc., therefrom.

Abstract: A will call system for automating the management of storage and retrieval of items, preferably medical prescriptions. The automated system provides informational control of all items in the system. The automated will call monitors the length of time an item remains in the system, and into which location an item is placed. An article sensor provides absolute confirmation that an item has been placed or removed from a designated location in the storage units. The automated will call system uses a controller to permit users to monitor and optimize the storage and retrieval procedures.

Abstract: A cross-point shaped screwdriver has a cylindrical metal shaft with an axis coaxial with an insertion direction for driving a screw having a socket. A bit section, formed on the end of the shaft, has four blades. A circumferential groove is formed in the exterior of each of the blades. The grooves are in a single plane extending across a width of each plane. When the screwdriver engages the screw socket, the grooves substantially align with a top portion of the socket. The grooves provide a clearance between the bit section and upper end of the socket top, thereby reducing wear on the screw socket and permit the driver to engage and drive the screw at a depth that the standard driver can not engage and drive upon. Often the screw is rounded out by a standard driver.

Abstract: An adjustable wrench for driving a nut utilizes curved drive faces. The wrench is made up of three members. A first member has a jaw section, a mid section and a handle section. A second member has a jaw section and an attachment section for attaching to the first member in the mid section and adjusting the spacing of the jaws. A third member fits within the first member and attaches the first member to the second member in an adjustable manner in the mid section of the first member. The jaws of the first and second members have convex curved surfaces having forward and rearward drive faces. These convex curved surfaces form gripping members which drive the nut or bolt on the planes and not on the corners.

Abstract: Alkaline photoresist stripping compositions containing reducing agent to reduce or inhibit metal corrosion. Reducing agents include compounds containing reactive multiple bonds, hydrazine and derivatives thereof, oximes, hydroquinone, pyrogallol, gallic acid and esters thereof, tocopherol, 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid, BHT, BHA, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxymethyl-phenol, thiols, salicylaldehyde, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and glycol aldehyde dialkylacetals.

Abstract: Alkaline photoresist stripping compositions containing reducing agent to reduce or inhibit metal corrosion. Reducing agents include compounds containing reactive multiple bonds, hydrazine and derivatives thereof, oximes, hydroquinone, pyrogallol, gallic acid and esters thereof, tocopherol, 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid, BHT, BHA, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxymethyl-phenol, thiols, salicylaldehyde, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and glycol aldehyde dialkylacetals.

Abstract: A wrench for use in driving a hexagonal nut having a wrench head. The wrench head has upper and lower jaws rigidly joined together. The jaws have several faces that allow the wrench to engage the nut from three different positions. The faces are configured to prevent corner contact with the nut so as to resist rounding the corners off. Further, one drive position is configured to lock the wrench to the nut as torque is being applied.

Abstract: An ratcheting-type wrench for use in driving a hexagonal nut having a wrench head. The wrench head has upper and lower jaw portions that are rigidly joined by at least one web. The jaws have several faces that allow the wrench to be ratcheted about the nut to different drive positions without removing the wrench from the nut. The jaws have two drive faces that allow the wrench to drive the nut with the wrench tips in an open-ended embodiment, and in both an open-ended and a box-ended embodiment allow the wrench to ratchet in 30 degree increments. The faces are configured to prevent corner contact with the nut so that the corners are not rounded off. A lock face is provided to prevent the removal of the wrench from the nut while applying torque.

Abstract: An wrench for use with a nut which protects the nut from damage as torque is applied and can drive the nut in two drive positions. The wrench of this invention has a head having an upper forward drive face opposed to a lower drive face and an upper rearward drive face adjacent to the upper forward drive face. An upper notch separates the upper forward drive face and the upper rearward drive face. There is a back stop face adjacent to the upper rearward drive face. The lower drive face is adapted to engage a first side of a nut, the upper rearward drive face is adapted to engage an opposed second side of the nut, and the back stop face is adapted to engage a corner of the nut when the wrench is in a primary drive position. The upper forward drive face is adapted to engage the first side of the nut, the upper notch is adapted to engage a nut corner adjacent to the first side, and the lower drive face is adapted to engage the second side when the wrench is in a secondary drive position.

Abstract: A screwdriver has a handle having a storage area for storing bits used with the screwdriver. The storage area consists of races formed in the handle that securely hold the extra bits so that they do not rattle and can be seen without removing them from the handle. The screwdriver also has an adjustable or multi-position shank so that the length of the shank can be increased or decreased as desired.

Abstract: Microelectronics wafer substrate surfaces are cleaned to remove metal contamination while maintaining wafer substrate surface smoothness by contacting the wafer substrate surfaces with an aqueous cleaning solution of an alkaline, metal ion-free base and a polyhydroxy compound containing from two to ten --OH groups and having the formula: ##STR1## wherein or in which --R--, --R.sup.1 --, --R.sup.2 -- and --R.sup.3 -- are alkylene radicals containing two to ten carbon atoms, x is a whole integer of from 1 to 4 and y is a whole integer of from 1 to 8, with the proviso that the number of carbon atoms in the polyhydroxy compound does not exceed ten, and wherein the water present in the aqueous cleaning solution is at least about 40% by weight of the cleaning composition.

Abstract: An adjustable wrench has a positioner member which moves forward and rearward to position a nut generally along a center line of the jaw drive faces. The wrench has a movable jaw with a shank which extends slidingly through a cavity in the stationary jaw. The positioner member has a rearward edge that slidingly engages a forward edge of the shank so that it will move forward relative to the stationary jaw as the movable jaw moves toward the stationary jaw. The positioner member is retained in the cavity with a pin and elongated slot arrangement. The pin extends through side walls of the cavity, or alternately it may be mounted to inner sides of the legs. The legs fit within the cavity stationarily and have a receptacle which slidingly receives a portion of the positioner member. The legs may be retained by lugs on an upper edge and lips on a lower edge. Alternately, the legs may be retained by wedging them apart from each other.

Abstract: An open-end ratcheting-type wrench for use in driving a hexagonal nut has a handle and a wrench head that is joined to the handle. The wrench head has upper and lower jaws that are rigidly joined together by a web. The jaws have several faces that allow the wrench to be ratcheted about the nut to different drive positions without removing the wrench from the nut. The faces are configured to prevent corner contact with the nut so that the corners are not rounded off. A lock face is provided on the wrench to prevent the removal of the wrench from the nut during use. The lock face has a concave arcuate surface to allow ratcheting.

Abstract: An Adjustable shelving system wherein a shelf and bracket subassembly is mounted on standards secured to a vertical surface. The brackets are permanently secured to a shelf and each bracket slides along the length of the shelf to accommodate the spacing of the standards, and the brackets may be pivoted on the shelf between an operative and stored position.

Abstract: A method for enhancing detection sensitivity of suspected trace amounts of organic analytes and particularly semivolatile organic analytes extractable from a sample by an organic solvent carrier matrix and subsequent extraction and analysis of said trace organic analytes by SPME wherein the improvement comprises exchanging the organic solvent carrier matrix containing the trace organic analytes for an aqueous carrier matrix before performing SPME fiber extraction and detection of the trace organic analytes.