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US-6,798,526 Methods and apparatus for predicting oxygen-induced stacking fault density in wafers
Methods and apparatus for predicting the density of oxygen-induced stacking faults (OSF) on a surface of a wafer by measuring the surface roughness before and...
US-6,798,525 System for inspecting matt, flat and/or slightly curved surfaces
A system for inspecting matt, flat and/or slightly curved surfaces in order to identify defects includes an illumination device which irradiates the surface to...
US-6,798,524 Phase difference calculation method, device, and system using optical fiber ring interference sensor
A phase difference calculation method, a device (34), and a system (38) are disclosed. In an optical fiber ring interference sensor (37) using a 3.times.3...
US-6,798,523 Sensor and method for detecting fiber optic faults
A fiber optic fault detector and generic fiber optic sensor system for detecting breaks in an optical fiber using a low coherence interferometric technique. The...
US-6,798,522 Wavelength measurement adjustment
A wavelength-determining unit for determining the wavelengths of a plurality of successive optical signals .lambda.(t) includes a wavemeter unit for determining...
US-6,798,521 Robust integrated surface plasmon resonance sensor
A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor (10) is disclosed. The sensor (10) includes a light source (18) and polarizer (20), which emit polarized light toward a...
US-6,798,520 Method for intensifying the optical detection of samples that are held in solution in the through-hole wells of...
A system and method for optically detecting samples held in a solution requires the use of a holding plate that has as many as one-thousand through-hole wells,...
US-6,798,519 Method and apparatus for an improved optical window deposition shield in a plasma processing system
The present invention presents an improved optical window deposition shield an improved optical window deposition shield for optical access to a process space in...
US-6,798,518 Method and apparatus for a derivative spectrometer
The invention comprises a method of adapting derivative spectrometry for use in a downhole environment and addresses problems that are inherent in this...
US-6,798,517 Handheld, portable color measuring device with display
A handheld, portable color measuring device for measuring the primary colors of red, green and blue in a color target to be analyzed and connected to a built-in...
US-6,798,516 Projection exposure apparatus having compact substrate stage
The projection exposure apparatus is provided with a moving mirror (24X, 24Y) having a length Lm set so as to satisfy a relationship as represented by...
US-6,798,515 Method for calculating a scale relationship for an imaging system
The disclosed methods and apparatuses leverage a known value of a characteristic of an object to partially calibrate an imaging system "on-the-fly", and...
US-6,798,514 Means and apparatus for analysing and filtering polarized light and synthesizing a scene in filtered light
This device makes measurements of the intensity of light in four different polarizations, chosen for maximum accuracy and efficiency. In the "measuring head" the...
US-6,798,513 Measuring module
The present invention relates to a measuring module, whose measuring device comprises a measuring head equipped with a miniaturized measuring unit, and a...
US-6,798,512 Multiple beam ellipsometer
An ellipsometric apparatus provides two impinging focused probe beams directed to reflect off the sample along two mutually distinct and preferably substantially...
US-6,798,511 Imaging ellipsometry
An ellipsometer apparatus and method for use in providing an image of at least a portion of a sample includes an objective lens having a focal plane at which a...
US-6,798,510 Polarization dependent loss measuring apparatus
Wavelength dependent measurement is made by launching light into an object 8 to be measured and receiving transmitted light from the object 8 while continuously...
US-6,798,509 Methods and instruments for fluorescence detection
The disclosed invention provides methods and instruments for fluorescence detection making it possible to separate and detect analytes of a plurality of species...
US-6,798,508 Fiber optic apparatus for detecting light scatter to differentiate blood cells and the like
Apparatus for detecting light scattered by a small particle (e.g., a blood cell) irradiated by a light beam comprises one or more photodetectors and a plurality...
US-6,798,507 System and method for polarization coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering microscopy
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting a nonlinear coherent field induced in a microscopic sample. The system includes in an embodiment, a first source...
US-6,798,506 Method and device for detecting impurities in a longitudinally moving thread-like product
A first parameter is detected on a fast moving strip or yarn with a wave field, and a first signal indicating potentially present contaminants or impurities is...
US-6,798,505 Method and apparatus for article inspection including speckle reduction
A method and apparatus for reducing speckle during inspection of articles used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, including wafers, masks, photomasks,...
US-6,798,504 Apparatus and method for inspecting surface of semiconductor wafer or the like
Light beam is irradiated onto a surface of a substrate to be inspected and scattered lights from the surface of the substrate are received at different light...
US-6,798,503 Edge flaw inspection device
This device is provided with an elliptical mirror 2, a light source 5 that radiates coherent light towards an inspected edge 4 arranged near the location of its...
US-6,798,502 Microwave regime surface spectroscopy
The nonlinear system includes a fixed visible input and tunable visible input that are directed to a location on a surface to be interrogated. The fixed visible...
US-6,798,501 Cup attaching apparatus
In a cup attaching apparatus, a cup is attached as a processing jig to a subject lens along a reference axis, the lens and an index plate having an index of a...
US-6,798,500 Method for estimation of chromatic dispersion in multichannel optical network spans and chromatic dispersion...
The invention relates to a method for the estimation of chromatic dispersion in multichannel optical network spans during active operation. The invention further...
US-6,798,499 Method of forming optical thin films on substrate at high accuracy and apparatus therefor
An apparatus for depositing an optical thin film at a high accuracy has a vacuum chamber in which a thin film is formed on a substrate by vapor deposition of a...
US-6,798,498 Apparatus for evaluating polysilicon film
A polysilicon film evaluation apparatus is provided which enables objective automatic evaluation of the status of a polysilicon film, as formed to a high...
US-6,798,497 Lithographic projection apparatus, device manufacturing method, device manufactured thereby, and measurement method
A lithographic projection apparatus includes a first object table configured and arranged to hold a patterning structure capable of patterning a projection beam...
US-6,798,496 Device for exposing a face of a panel
The invention provides apparatus for exposing a face of a panel, in particular a printed circuit panel, the device including a light source. The device further...
US-6,798,495 Exposure apparatus, exposure method and device production method
An exposure apparatus comprising a light source which emits a light including a main light having a wavelength to expose a substrate and sub light having a...
US-6,798,494 Apparatus for generating partially coherent radiation
The effective coherence of an undulator beamline can be tailored to projection lithography requirements by using a simple single moving element and a simple...
US-6,798,493 Photolithography apparatus and exposure method
A photolithography apparatus includes a laser beam source, a focusing lens, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The laser beam source emits a laser beam. The...
US-6,798,491 Exposure apparatus and an exposure method
An exposure apparatus and method displace first and second object holders over a base surface that extends in X- and Y-directions. The first object holder can be...
US-6,798,490 Method of fabricating ferroelectric liquid crystal display
The present invention is related to a method of fabricating a ferroelectric liquid crystal display which prevents problems of injecting liquid crystal that...
US-6,798,489 Method for fabricating a liquid crystal display having a pixel electrode with different surface roughness regions
A liquid crystal display includes a bottom substrate with a gate wire, a data wire and thin transistor, and a top substrate with color filters. In a method for...
US-6,798,488 Method and apparatus for fabricating liquid crystal display device using an electrostatic chuck
A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal inserted between first and second substrates and surrounded by a peripheral seal. The liquid crystal is...
US-6,798,487 Liquid crystal cell substrate including resin substrate, gas barrier layer, crosslinked resin layer and...
A liquid crystal cell substrate having a polarizing function is disclosed which can be extremely thin and lightweight and is excellent in heat resistance, impact...
US-6,798,486 Liquid crystal display device with spacers formed on a planarizing film disposed over color filters
A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of opposing substrates, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the opposing substrates, plural scanning signal...
US-6,798,485 Liquid crystal display device having particular metal reflective film
The present invention has an object to provide a liquid crystal display device which, when a liquid crystal injection portion is sealed and stopped up with a...
US-6,798,484 Two-domain in-plane switching mode LCD
An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display (IPS-LCD). A plurality of lengthwise-extending common electrodes are formed in each pixel area, and each common...
US-6,798,483 Floating electrode switching liquid crystal display
A floating electrode switching liquid crystal display (FES-LCD). A plurality of liquid crystal molecules held between the first substrate and the second...
US-6,798,482 In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device
An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second opposed substrates having inner surfaces in which a liquid crystal layer...
US-6,798,481 Liquid crystal alignment
A liquid crystal device has a surface alignment structure comprising a random or pseudorandom two dimensional array of alignment features (10) which are shaped...
US-6,798,480 Liquid crystal display
To improve optical transmission efficiency without reducing optical reflection efficiency. While rays of light coming from a backlight are irradiated from the...
US-6,798,479 Liquid crystal display device and process for making the same
A liquid crystal display device includes a first and a second substrates (1, 2) disposed in parallel to each other, a liquid crystal layer (3) disposed between...
US-6,798,478 Liquid crystal display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
In a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display apparatus having a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate and having an...
US-6,798,477 Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
A liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. More specifically, the method includes the steps...
US-6,798,476 Liquid crystal device, method for making the same, and electronic apparatus
A liquid crystal device has a configuration including substrates 200 and 300 bonded to each other with a sealant 110 and a liquid crystal 160 enclosed in the gap...
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