Abstract: Multilayer, positive working, thermally imageable elements are disclosed. The elements produce bakeable lithographic printing plates that are resistant to press chemistries. The elements have a substrate, an underlayer, and a top layer. The underlayer comprises a resin or resins having activated methylol and/or activated alkylated methylol groups, such as a resole resin, and a polymeric material that comprises, in polymerized form, (a) methacrylic acid; (b) N-phenylmaleimide, N-cyclohexylmaleimide, N-benzylmaleimide, or a mixture thereof; and (c) one or more monomers of the structure: in which: R1 is H or methyl; X is —(CH2)n—, where n is an integer from 2 to 12; —(CH2—CH2—O)p—CH2—CH2—, where p is an integer from 1 to 3; or —Si(R?)(R?)— where R? and R? are each independently methyl or ethyl; and m is 1, 2, or 3.

Abstract: This patent relates to an imaging member comprising a vacuous polymer base having adhered thereto an image formed on a transparent polymer sheet, wherein said vacuous polymer base has a density of less than 0.7 grams/cc and a modulus to density ratio of between 1500 and 4000 and wherein said image is in contact with said vacuous polymer base.

Abstract: A method of forming a device feature using an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) imaging layer (or a sub-deep ultraviolet imaging layer) and one or more other masks layers. The method includes forming a device feature layer; forming a photoresist layer over the device feature layer; forming a contact mask layer (CML) over the photoresist layer; forming an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) imaging layer over the CML; forming a first opening through the EUV imaging layer to expose a first underlying region of the CML; forming a second opening through the CML to expose a second underlying region of the photoresist layer, wherein the second opening is situated directly below the first opening; forming a third opening through the photoresist layer to expose a third underlying region of the device feature layer, wherein the third opening is situated directly below the second opening; forming a fourth opening through the device feature material layer, wherein the fourth opening is situated directly below the third opening.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising a cationically curable component and a substantially compatible free radical polymerizable component. Compatible free radical polymerizable components include alkoxylated free radical polymerizable components. Objects obtained by curing the present compositions, for instance by rapid prototyping the compositions, have an improved clarity.

Abstract: An initial layout of an integrated circuit device is separated into a set of definitions for use in a multiple exposure fabrication process. The separation begins with reading a portion of the initial layout and identifying one or more target features within the initial layout. Further, a first revised layout definition is created for a first mask and a second revised layout definition is created for a second mask. The first revised layout definition includes the target features inside the dark-field content. In addition, in one embodiment, the first revised layout definition includes clear areas around each target feature. The second layout definition includes one or more dark features inside the bright-field content. These dark features, when used in the multiple exposure fabrication process, will overlap the target features. The first and second masks may be binary masks, attenuated phase-shifting masks (PSMs) or a combination of a binary mask and an attenuated PSM.

Abstract: The invention relates to a material to form an indicator element comprising a base material and at least one photosensitive silver halide layer, wherein the base material comprises at least one specular reflective layer between two polymer layers wherein the polymer layer between the at least one specular reflective layer and the silver halide layer is substantially transparent.

Abstract: A photographic article. According to one embodiment, the photographic article comprises: a first image area comprising a photographic film negative of an image; and a second image area, different than the first image area, comprising a positive image of the image.

Abstract: The optical functional element contains aggregates of developed silver grains obtained by developing silver halide grains arranged so as to constitute a periodical structure. The element includes a substrate and a medium layer. The aggregates of the developed silver grains are arranged in the medium layer so as to constitute said periodical structure. The element is produced by first selectively exposing a photo-curing resin layer formed on said substrate in which the silver halide grains are dispersed so as to selectively photo-cure the photo-curing resin layer, then overall exposing the photo-curing resin layer to expose the silver halide grains in the photo-curing resin layer, and thereafter developing the photo-curing resin layer.

Abstract: This invention discloses compositions adapted to produce, through solid imaging means, excellent quality objects having material properties that simulate the look and feel of polypropylene articles.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of producing a liquid flow path shape capable of refilling ink at a high speed by optimizing a three-dimensional shape of the liquid flow path and suppressing the vibration of a meniscus and a head thereof. According to the invention, a pattern to form the liquid flow path to be formed on a substrate with a heater is formed by a positive photosensitive material in a two-layered structure of upper and lower layers, and the lower layer is used for forming the liquid flow path after being thermally crosslinked.

Abstract: This invention discloses compositions adapted to produce, through solid imaging means, excellent quality objects having material properties that simulate the look and feel of polypropylene articles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible and convenient method that combines a digital color image with the versatility of an analog imaging method to create a hybrid digital/analog image, wherein an analog image is formed directly on a digitally generated image.

Abstract: This patent relates to an imaging member comprising a vacuous polymer base having adhered thereto an image formed on a transparent polymer sheet, wherein said vacuous polymer base has a density of less than 0.7 grams/cc and a modulus to density ratio of between 1500 and 4000 and wherein said image is in contact with said vacuous polymer base.

Abstract: According to the invention, an ablatable metallic layer (3) is arranged below the translucent protective layer (2) which is dyed throughout. Said metallic layer is connected to the contrastive coloured layer by a transparent connecting layer (9), the coloured layer being applied to a plastic film (10). The plastic film (10) comprises a self-adhesive layer (7) on the lower side thereof, the self-adhesive layer being covered on its lower side by a carrier material (8) which represents part of a continuous strip and which is covered in such a way that it rejects adhesive. If the film laminate has been stamped beforehand into individual labels or the like, said labels can be individually detached from the carrier material (8) and can be stuck on many different objects. Surface areas (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d) of the metallic layer (3) representing letters or symbols can be ablated by means of a laser beam (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d).

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic article comprising a base material carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by couplers.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate etching masking layer onto which the pattern to be etched can be transferred by photolithography at extreme ultraviolet light wavelengths from 10 to 100 nm and which is resistant to plasma etching. An ultraviolet light semiconductor integrated circuit photolithography process and the use for fabricating a double masking layer for semiconductor substrate etching of a photo-ablation layer sensitive to extreme ultraviolet light and resistant to deep ultraviolet light and/or ultraviolet light coupled to a polymer resin layer resistant to extreme ultraviolet light and to plasma etching when the resin has been developed and sensitive to deep ultraviolet light and/or to ultraviolet light.

Abstract: A process is provided for producing a polymeric layer having a desired image thereon or a three dimensional article comprising a number of such layers in which a layer of a liquid photocurable composition which comprises photo colorable particles is cured by light and selected areas thereof are irradiated with light of a different dose, thereby forming the desired image which composition comprises particles dispersed in it which are micro-capsules containing a photosensitive color changing composition within a barrier layer which is substantially impermeable to the components of the color changing composition or are solid particles comprising an immobilized photosensitive color changing composition. The process permits the use of the same initiating mechanism to cure the resin and to change the color of the particles.

Abstract: Antireflective compositions characterized by the presence of an SiO-containing polymer having chromophore moieties and transparent moieties are useful antireflective hardmask compositions in lithographic processes. These compositions provide outstanding optical, mechanical and etch selectivity properties while being applicable using spin-on application techniques. The compositions of the invention are advantageously useful with shorter wavelength lithographic processes and/or have minimal residual acid content.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence device including a base structure and at least an organic electroluminescence device structure over the base structure, wherein the base structure includes a substrate made of a plastic material, and at least a heat radiation layer which is higher in heat conductivity than the substrate.

Abstract: The optical functional element contains aggregates of developed silver grains obtained by developing silver halide grains arranged so as to constitute a periodical structure. The element includes a substrate and a medium layer The aggregates of the developed silver grains are arranged in the medium layer so as to constitute said periodical structure. The element is produced by first selectively exposing a photo-curing resin layer formed on said substrate in which the silver halide grains are dispersed so as to selectively photo-cure the photo-curing resin layer, then overall exposing the photo-curing resin layer to expose the silver halide grains in the photo-curing resin layer, and thereafter developing the photo-curing resin layer.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting flow in a mass flow controller (MFC). The position of a gate in the MFC is sensed or otherwise determined to monitor flow through the MFC and to immediately or nearly immediately detect a flow failure. In one embodiment of the present invention, a novel MFC is provided. The MFC includes an orifice, a mass flow control gate, an actuator and a gate position sensor. The actuator moves the control gate to control flow through the orifice. The gate position sensor determines the gate position and/or gate movement to monitor flow and immediately or nearly immediately detect a flow failure. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the gate position sensor includes a transmitter for transmitting a signal and a receiver for receiving the signal such that the receiver provides an indication of the position of the gate based on the signal received.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic article comprising abase material carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by couplers.

Abstract: An imaging element including in order an upper image, at least one transmission and reflection device providing optical transmission of between 35% and 55%, and a lower image, wherein at least the upper and lower images are on separate supports.

Abstract: Improved processes and products for laser thermal imaging are described. These improved processes and products utlilize an image rigidification element and significantly reduce halftone dot movement, swath boundary cracking and banding.

Abstract: Provided is a photosensitive copper paste permitting the formation of a fine and thick copper pattern having high adhesion to a substrate, and having excellent preservation stability without causing gelation, and a method of forming a copper pattern, a circuit board and a ceramic multilayer substrate using the photosensitive copper paste. The photosensitive copper paste includes a mixture of an organic binder having an acid functional group, a copper powder and a photosensitive organic component. The copper powder has a surface layer having a thickness of at least 0.1 &mgr;m from the surface composed CuO as a main component. The copper powder also has an oxygen content of about 0.8% to 5% by weight.

Abstract: A laminate circuit structure assembly is provided that comprises at least two modularized circuitized plane subassemblies; a joining layer located between each of the subassemblies and wherein the subassemblies and joining layer are bonded together with a cured dielectric from a bondable, curable dielectric. The subassemblies and joining layer are electrically interconnected with bondable electrically conductive material. The joining layer comprises dielectric layers disposed about an internal electrically conductive layer. The electrically conductive layer has a via and the dielectric layers each have a via of smaller diameter than the vias in the electrically conductive layer and are aligned with the vias in the electrically conductive layer. The vias are filled with electrically bondable electrically conductive material for providing electrical contact between the subassemblies.

Abstract: A method of marking or forming a transparent window in an article 6, such as a security document, is provided in which areas of opacifying layers of printed ink 8, 10 on opposite surfaces of a polymeric film or substrate 12 are irradiated by laser radiation 4 of a selected wavelength. The opacifying layers 8, 10 have greater absorption characteristics for the laser radiation than the film or substrate 12 which is substantially transparent to the selected wavelength of the laser radiation so that after ablation of the area of printed matter 8 on one surface, the radiation passes through the substrate 12 substantially unaffected to ablate the area of printed matter 10 on the opposite surface. In the resultant article, the markings or windows formed by the areas of printing removed from each surface of the substrate 12 are in register, and provide a deterrent against counterfeiting.

Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, and at least one photosensitive dye forming coupler containing layer is on each side of said transparent sheet, wherein there are at least four separate photosensitive layers and the photosensitive layers comprise at least four dye forming couplers that form at least four spectrally distinct colors, and wherein said imaging element is adhered to a transmissive polymer sheet that has a spectral transmissiveness of greater than 15 and less than 90%.

Abstract: This invention relates to a decorative package comprising a package having adhered thereto a label comprising a transparent polymer sheet, and at least one dye containing layer is on each side of said sheet, wherein there are at least four separate dye containing layers and the dye containing layers comprise at least four spectrally distinct colors.

Abstract: A thermal film structure includes at least first and second imaging layers which have different processing characteristics. That is, the first imaging layer is processable at a first temperature while the second imaging layer is processable at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature. The first and second imaging layers can be coated on or integrated into the film structure. This permits the addition of metadata on the low temperature layer which can be obtained without effecting the development of images on the high temperature layer. Also disclosed is a method for processing the thermal film.

Abstract: A combination digital/analog color proofing method having the steps of: digitally forming a color thermal image on a receiver element comprising a receiver support and an image receiving layer; laminating the digitally formed image with a film comprising a support having a release surface and a thermoplastic polymer layer; removing the support thereby revealing the thermoplastic polymer layer, and leaving the digitally formed image encased between the image receiving layer and the thermoplastic polymer layer; and laminating an analog color image to the revealed thermoplastic polymer layer to create a color proof having at least two color images.

Abstract: Improved processes and products for laser thermal imaging are described. These improved processes and products utlilize an image rigidification element and significantly reduce halftone dot movement, swath boundary cracking and banding.

Abstract: Disclosed are thermal transfer elements and processes for patterning solvent-coated layers and solvent-susceptible layers onto the same receptor substrate. These donor elements and methods are particularly suited for making organic electroluminescent devices and displays. The donor elements can include a substrate, an optional light-to-heat conversion layer, and a single or multicomponent transfer layer that can be imagewise transferred to a receptor to form an organic electroluminescent device, portions thereof, or components therefor. The methods offer advantages over conventional patterning techniques such as photolithography, and make it possible to fabricate new organic electroluminescent device constructions.

Abstract: An image formation method for forming a full-color image includes the step of superimposing four yellow, magenta, cyan and black toner images which are respectively obtained by developing four latent electrostatic images, which respectively correspond to the four yellow, magenta, cyan and black toner images, with a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner and a black toner, wherein a gradient aY of a yellow glossiness per unit amount of the yellow toner (mg/cm2) deposited on a transfer sheet, a gradient aM of a magenta glossiness per unit amount of the magenta toner (mg/cm2) deposited on the transfer sheet, and a gradient aC of a cyan glossiness per unit amount of the cyan toner (mg/cm2) deposited on the transfer sheet are in a range of 0.8 a to 1.2 a, and a gradient aBk of a black glossiness per unit amount of the black toner (mg/cm2) deposited on the transfer sheet is in a range of 0.4 a to 0.7 a, in which a=(aY+aM+aC)/3.

Abstract: A resist pattern includes: an upper layer pattern made of a resist; and a lower layer pattern made of a material being soluble in a developer used for forming the upper layer pattern. The upper layer pattern extends over a portion corresponding to a thin-film pattern to be formed and other portions while the lower layer pattern is formed only in the other portions. The lower layer pattern may be made of polymethylglutarimide with or without a dye. The thin-film pattern is formed through any of an etching method, a liftoff method, and a method utilizing both etching and liftoff methods.

Abstract: This invention relates to a photographic element comprising a transparent sheet having a developed photographic image on each side, adhesively connected to a reflective base.

Abstract: A combination digital/analog color proofing method having the steps of: digitally forming a color thermal image on a receiver element comprising a receiver support and an image receiving layer; laminating the digitally formed image with a film comprising a support having a release surface and a thermoplastic polymer layer; removing the support thereby revealing the thermoplastic polymer layer, and leaving the digitally formed image encased between the image receiving layer and the thermoplastic polymer layer; and laminating an analog color image to the revealed thermoplastic polymer layer to create a color proof having at least two color images.

Abstract: An electrode, for a plasma display panel, adapted for provision on a front or back plate of a plasma display panel, the electrode comprising a conductive paste.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, at least one image layer on the topside and one image layer on the bottom side wherein said polymer sheet has a stiffness of between 20 and 100 millinewtons, and said photographic element has a spectral transmission of at least 90% and a reflection density less than 10%.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, at least one layer of biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet and at least one image layer wherein said polymer sheet has a stiffness of between 20 and 100 millinewtons, and said biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet has a spectral transmission of at least 90% and a reflection density less than 10%.

Abstract: A printed film includes a substrate film with a surface polymeric layer that includes a thermoplastic polymer having a melting point of no more than about 130.degree. C. and, on a surface of the film, a printed image in the form of a polymeric film. The substrate film can be printed without chemically and/or oxidatively priming the surface to be printed and exhibits superior retention of the image after undergoing heat treatment.

Abstract: A photographic recording material having a support which has at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer on one side and at least one layer or layer region which comprises a laser additive on the other side (the reverse side) is outstandingly suitable for printing with a laser coder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a transparent polymer sheet, a biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet laminated to said transparent polymer sheet, one image layer coated on the top of said biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet and one image layer coated on the bottom of said transparent polymer sheet wherein said polymer sheet has a stiffness of between 20 and 100 millinewtons, and said biaxially oriented polyolefin sheet has a spectral transmission of at least 40% and a reflection density less than 60%.

Abstract: A ceramics green sheet which is suitably used for producing sintered ceramics substrates and the like is disclosed. The ceramics green sheet according to the present invention includes a ceramics powder, a photoinitiator, a UV absorber such as photoinitiation inhibitor organic dyes and inorganic powders, and a photosensitive resin composition. The ceramics green sheet according to the present invention has an advantage that via holes and through holes may be very easily formed with high precision, and fine holes may be formed reliably and inexpensively.

Abstract: Multilayer printing plates having layers with differing moduli are made by exposing through a photographic negative a plurality of layers comprising a solid photocurable cap and al least one liquid photocurable layer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an image plate comprised of a stiffening layer formed from a first photocured polymeric material and a print contact layer formed from a second photocured polymeric material wherein the first photocured polymeric material is a hard photocured polymeric material and the second photocured polymeric material is formed from a soft photocured polymeric material. The image plate is assembled as a photocured pre-cut sheet of relief images comprising a first layer formed from a releasable substrate, a second layer formed from a first photocured polymer, and a third layer formed from a second photocured polymer, wherein the first photocured polymer is formed from a hard photopolymer resin and the second photocured polymer is formed from a soft photopolymer resin.

Abstract: Disclosed are a highly reliable circuit board and a method of stably manufacturing the circuit board, wherein an insulator made from a specific organic insulating material is provided under a highly stressed conductor for preventing occurrence of cracks in the insulator. In addition, a method of correcting a wiring of a ceramic board is additionally adopted. The circuit board includes a thick film wiring board 1 having a first conductor pattern 2 and a thin film layer laminated on the first conductor pattern 2.

Abstract: A control negative for use in setting up exposure conditions for three colors in a photo-printer contains a mosaic pattern in a frame. The mosaic pattern is constituted of a plurality of segments of different densities and sizes. The segments are arranged such that the same area transmittance density can be obtained when density values are measured from different areas of the frame. The control negative is useful for different type photo-printers having different photometric areas for measuring the area transmittance density of the control negative.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising a paper base, at least one photosensitive silver halide layer, and a layer of biaxially oriented polymer sheet adhered to the back side of the said paper base opposite to the side where said at least one said silver halide photosensitive layer is located, wherein said polymer sheet is provided with indicia on the surface of said sheet between said base paper and said polymer sheet.

Abstract: An optical modulator includes a substrate having an electrooptic effect, an optical waveguide formed on a surface of the substrate, and a control electrode formed on the substrate, and a control electrode formed on the substrate to oppose the optical waveguide. In this optical modulator, the control electrode is formed by stacking a plurality of layers in a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface.