International Business Machines Corporation

Scott A Cummings

David Clifford Long

William Louis Brodsky

David L Edwards

James A Busby

Sushumna Iruvanti

Bruce John Chamberlin

Peter Jeffrey Brofman

Thomas J Fleischman

Robin A Susko

Jennifer V Muncy

Dennis P Hogan

Michael J Griffin, Iv

Mark E Beaulieu

James A Bostwick

Alfred A Rouleau, Iii

Methods, apparatus and assemblies for enhancing heat transfer in electronic components using a flexible thermal pillow. The flexible thermal pillow has a thermally conductive material sealed between top and bottom conductive layers, with the bottom layer having a flexible reservoir residing on opposing sides of a central portion of the pillow that has a gap. The pillow may have roughened internal surfaces to increase an internal surface area within the pillow for enhanced heat dissipation. In an electronic assembly, the central portion of the pillow resides between a heat sink and heat-generating component for the thermal coupling there-between. During thermal cycling, the flexible reservoir of the pillow expands to retain thermally conductive material extruded from the gap, and then contracts to force such extruded material back into the gap. An external pressure source may contact the pillow for further forcing the extruded thermally conductive material back into the gap.

Thermal pillow

An apparatus, method and system for monitoring the environment surrounding a product in a product carrier and events affecting the product carrier and product in the product carrier during manufacture of the product. The apparatus including: a product carrier adapted to transport product undergoing manufacture; and a first device adapted to sense an attribute of an environment within the product carrier or an event affecting the product carrier.

Manufacturing product carrier environment and event monitoring system

A method of processing a substrate. A polymer is applied to a substrate. A portion of the polymer is not retained on the substrate and is collected by a catch basin. The catch basin is cleaned by exposing the catch basin and collected polymer to a material comprising acetic acid.

Resist bowl cleaning

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Scott A Cummings