Abstract: A system and an apparatus for capturing a digital image of a particular gemstone from which specific and unique data can be extracted using digital image processing analysis, which data is used to positively identify a single gemstone from a database of gemstone images.

Abstract: A system and an apparatus for capturing a digital image of a particular gemstone from which specific and unique data can be extracted using digital image processing analysis, which data is used to positively identify a single gemstone from a database of gemstone images.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for forming a dopant barrier layer in a gate stack in a semiconductor device. In one advantageous embodiment, the process includes forming a gate oxide on a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate layer on the gate oxide, and forming an ultra thin (less than about 2.5 nm) silicon nitride dopant barrier layer between the gate oxide and the gate layer. The dopant barrier layer provides an excellent barrier to inhibit dopant diffusion through the gate oxide and into the p-channel during the formation of the source/drain areas. Moreover, the formation of this dopant barrier layer and the formation of the gate layer can easily be achieved in a single furnace, if so desired.