| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| 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... |