Abstract: A pressure vessel arrangement comprises an external pressure vessel and at least one insert basket in the pressure vessel for receiving a substance to be treated which is exposable to a pressure fluid which is feedable to the pressure vessel and the insert basket. There is provided a control device for the internal pressure prevailing in the insert basket, in particular in the form of a switchable pressure compensation line connecting the interior of the insert basket directly to the surroundings, i.e. not via the pressure vessel.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a transport and storage system for a slurry comprising: a main container; and a test container, the main container and the test container being exposed to the same environmental conditions, the main container and the test container containing a slurry from the same batch, wherein the test container is designed to determine the viscosity of the slurry.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for decaffeinating tea (Camellia sinensis). The method involves of using, as an extraction agent, a carbon dioxide which is compressed of a pressure greater than 50 and up to 100 MPa.

Abstract: A pressure vessel arrangement comprises an external pressure vessel and at least one insert basket in the pressure vessel for receiving a substance to be treated which is exposable to a pressure fluid which is feedable to the pressure vessel and the insert basket. There is provided a control device for the internal pressure prevailing in the insert basket, in particular in the form of a switchable pressure compensation line connecting the interior of the insert basket directly to the surroundings, i.e. not via the pressure vessel.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a transport and storage system for a slurry comprising: a main container; and a test container, the main container and the test container being exposed to the same environmental conditions, the main container and the test container containing a slurry from the same batch, wherein the test container is designed to determine the viscosity of the slurry.

Abstract: One embodiment provides an integrated circuit including an electrical contact and a conductive bump elongated via centrifugal forces. The conductive bump has a base and a top. The base is attached to the electrical contact and the top remains unattached.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an exposure mask for structuring a photoresist layer on a substrate wafer, in which an inorganic adhesive is used as an adhesive device for connecting a reticle having a lithographic structure, a frame and a pellicle. For chemical reasons, an adhesive of this type has no tendency or a considerably lower tendency to gassing out than an organic adhesive used in conventional exposure masks, so that the risk of particles which are deposited on the lithographic structure and which can cause projection errors during an exposure process is largely ruled out. The invention relates further to a method of producing such an inorganic adhesive and also a method of producing an exposure mask with the aid of such an inorganic adhesive.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for decaffeinating tea (Camellia sinensis). The method consists of using, as an extraction agent, a carbon dioxide which is compressed of a pressure greater than 50 and up to 100 MPa.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wafer level package for chips with chip edge protection, comprising individual chips, which can in each case be mounted on a suitable carrier board, and to a method for producing such a wafer level package. Aspects of the invention can be achieved by the chip being thinned extremely from the back side and bonded onto a fiber reinforced synthetic resin sheet, forming a solidly bonded assembly that cannot come apart in the customary temperature range, and the edges of the assembly being at least partly coated with a polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an exposure mask for structuring a photoresist layer on a substrate wafer, in which an inorganic adhesive is used as an adhesive device for connecting a reticle having a lithographic structure, a frame and a pellicle. For chemical reasons, an adhesive of this type has no tendency or a considerably lower tendency to gassing out than an organic adhesive used in conventional exposure masks, so that the risk of particles which are deposited on the lithographic structure and which can cause projection errors during an exposure process is largely ruled out. The invention relates further to a method of producing such an inorganic adhesive and also a method of producing an exposure mask with the aid of such an inorganic adhesive.

Abstract: An abrasive pad is suitable for the wet-chemical grinding of a substrate surface. The novel abrasive pad has a polymer matrix with a defined water-solubility. The water-solubility is realized by the level of nonpolar and polar repeat units in the polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wafer level package for chips with chip edge protection, comprising individual chips, which can in each case be mounted on a suitable carrier board, and to a method for producing such a wafer level package. Aspects of the invention can be achieved by the chip being thinned extremely from the back side and bonded onto a fiber reinforced synthetic resin sheet, forming a solidly bonded assembly that cannot come apart in the customary temperature range, and the edges of the assembly being at least partly coated with a polymer.

Abstract: A valve for a slurry outlet opening in an installation for chemical mechanical polishing, in particular of semiconductor wafers in DRAM production, includes an elastic diaphragm, which covers the slurry outlet opening and has at least one self-closing opening. It is possible for the opening to be moved into a feedthrough position for the slurry by flowing slurry and to be automatically moved into a blocking position for the slurry when the slurry is not flowing. A CMP installation having such a valve is also provided. This creates a simple way of preventing particle agglomerations in the region of the fluid outlet opening of a CMP installation.

Abstract: In a method of producing a xanthohumol-concentrated hop extract, the xanthohumol-containing hop extract is extracted from a xanthohumol-containing hop raw material by highly compressed CO2 as a solvent at pressures above 500 bar and temperatures above 60° C.

Abstract: An abrasive pad is suitable for the wet-chemical grinding of a substrate surface. The novel abrasive pad has a polymer matrix with a defined water-solubility. The water-solubility is realized by the level of nonpolar and polar repeat units in the polymers.

Abstract: A valve for a slurry outlet opening in an installation for chemical mechanical polishing, in particular of semiconductor wafers in DRAM production, includes an elastic diaphragm, which covers the slurry outlet opening and has at least one self-closing opening. It is possible for the opening to be moved into a feedthrough position for the slurry by flowing slurry and to be automatically moved into a blocking position for the slurry when the slurry is not flowing. A CMP installation having such a valve is also provided. This creates a simple way of preventing particle agglomerations in the region of the fluid outlet opening of a CMP installation.

Abstract: A solution of tetramethylammonium hydroxide in water comprises a surfactant component and a hydrotropic component. A process for preparing a solution for developing an exposed photoresist comprises the steps: preparation of a solution of tetramethylammonium hydroxide in water; addition of a surfactant component; and addition of a hydrotropic component.

Abstract: A scanning device for semiconductor wafers with which rapid and dependable scanning is permitted. The invention is characterized by a base plate with a guiding pin protruding from it for the manual guidance of a depositing plate which is displaceable on the latter. The depositing plate is intended to receive a semiconductor wafer and is provided on an underside with meandering guiding channels for guiding by the guiding pin. A liquid drop is kept on a surface of the semiconductor wafer by a scanning tube and collects metal and dopant traces from the semiconductor wafer. The liquid drop can then be analyzed for determining a purity of the surface of the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: A calibrating wafer and a method for the production of a calibrating wafer having polymer microspheres. The polymer microspheres are subjected to a heat treatment in a temperature range in which the polymer microspheres start to soften.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for extracting nonpolar constituents from natural substances such as hops with simultaneous separation of residues of nonpolar plant protectives (fungicides/insecticides). In a first step, the plant protective as well as other ingredients that are soluble under the chosen conditions is extracted with compressed gases, and in a subsequent stage, the dissolved mixture is passed through an adsorbent and the plant protective is selectively removed from the mixture.