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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188402 | Laser treatment apparatus, laser treatment method, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device The invention relates to a laser treatment apparatus including a laser oscillator, an interlock provided in the laser oscillator, a movable table which moves with a certain movement period, a timer, an interlock provided in the timer, a sensor which can detect movem... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8173929 | Methods and systems for trimming circuits Various embodiments of the invention include methods and systems for trimming electronic circuits using short laser pulses of near-infrared wavelength at a high repetition rate. The laser pulses ablate material from a spot on a circuit with minimal thermal and photo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8084708 | Remote processing of workpieces Systems and related methods of programming a laser processing device for automated processing of a workpiece including indicating a processing location on a workpiece with a processing location indicator. The processing location is detected with a processing locatio... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076605 | Systems and methods for adapting parameters to increase throughput during laser-based wafer processing Systems and methods automatically modify a laser-based system for processing target specimens such as semiconductor wafers. In one embodiment, the laser-based system detects a trigger associated with a processing model. The processing model corresponds to a set of w... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7989728 | Method and device for producing a tear line in a vehicle interior trim part A method and a device for producing a tear line in a vehicle interior trim part, in which a laser beam is guided along a tear line and a material ablation in the form of holes with a residual wall thickness is effected. On the side facing the laser beam, the complet... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7964819 | Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as a metrology target Various methods and systems measure, determine, or align a position of a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor substrate having structures on or within the semiconductor substrate to be selectively processed by delivering a processing laser beam to a processin... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7939780 | Abnormality determination and estimation method, and abnormality determination and estimation device for weld product An abnormality determination and estimation device for a weld product in a welding process includes a jig device and an AE sensor. The jig device holds the product by a holding face, through which the jig device and the product are in close contact with each other. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7816623 | Method and apparatus for processing brittle material In a method for processing brittle material, a laser light from a laser light source irradiates the brittle material and transports an irradiating position of the laser light along a predetermined line, wherein the laser light L from a plurality of laser light sourc... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7800014 | Color sensing for laser decoating A coating removal apparatus utilizing a common optics path to provide laser pulses and light illumination to a coated surface. Reflected light resulting from the light illumination impinging the coated surface is directed to a photosensitive detector and analyzer. T... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7800013 | Laser device and laser system using same A laser device (10) includes a first laser source (102) for emitting laser beams with a first wavelength, a second laser source (104) for emitting laser beams with a second wavelength, a dichromic beamsplitter (110), and a flexible light ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7767927 | Methods and apparatus for remote temperature measurement of a specular surface Methods and apparatus for remotely measuring temperature of a specular surface. Method takes two measurements of P-polarized radiation emitted at or near Brewster angle from the surface. First measurement (SA) collects and detects first amount of radiation emitted d... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7754998 | Focus adjuster for laser beam machine The invention provides a focus adjuster for laser beam machine which adjusts focus by detecting reflected light of a laser beam in a laser beam machine. A laser beam outputted from a laser oscillator device 550 is reflected by a mirror 570 via a... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7732729 | Laser processing device A laser processing device capable of recognizing a failure of pulsed laser beam irradiation during a process of pulsed laser beam irradiation and taking appropriate measures. A first judgment section and a second judgment section monitor respectively whether a pulse... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728254 | Method for controlling the quality of industrial processes, in particular laser-welding processes A method for controlling the quality of an industrial process, of the type that comprises the steps of: providing one or more reference signals for the industrial process; acquiring one or more real signals that are indicative of the quality of said industrial proce... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7714249 | Laser beam processing machine A laser beam processing machine comprising a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to the top surface of the workpiece held on the chuck table, the laser beam application means comprising a processing laser beam oscillation means for oscillating a p... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7700892 | Sequential lateral solidification device and method of crystallizing silicon using the same A sequential lateral solidification device and a method of crystallizing silicon using the same controls a size and arrangement overlapping areas of laser beam patterns adjacently irradiated onto a substrate to within specific regions of a pixel area and a driving a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7633033 | Color sensing for laser decoating A coating removal apparatus utilizing a common optics path to provide laser pulses to a coated surface and to direct a light illumination reflected from the coated surface to a photosensitive detector and analyzer. The apparatus is an integrated device including a l... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7595463 | Laser processing machine with monitoring of gas atmosphere and operating gases A laser processing machine includes a measuring cell into which gas to be analyzed can flow, a means for decoupling diagnostic radiation from the laser radiation provided for material processing of a workpiece, and a sound detector for detecting the photo-acoustical... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7439477 | Laser condensing optical system A laser condensing optical system of the present invention includes a laser beam source which emits a laser beam, a condensing optical system arranged between the laser beam source and a medium, the condensing optical system condensing the laser beam in the medium a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422988 | Rapid detection of imminent failure in laser thermal processing of a substrate A thermal processing system includes a source of laser radiation having an array of lasers emitting light at a laser wavelength, a substrate support, optics disposed between said source and said substrate support for forming a line beam in a substrate plane of the s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421314 | Method and device for controlling robot A method for controlling a robot during an interpolation of a trajectory or motion to any prescribed position, comprises the steps of a) ignoring at least one of the three originally prescribed or interpolated tool center point orientation values; b) finding new too... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7372985 | Systems and methods for volumetric tissue scanning microscopy In accordance with preferred embodiments of the present invention, a method for imaging tissue, for example, includes the steps of mounting the tissue on a computer controlled stage of a microscope, determining volumetric imaging parameters, directing at least two p... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367969 | Ablative material removal with a preset removal rate or volume or depth The present invention includes a method of surgical material removal from a body by optical-ablation with controlled pulse energy from an amplifier including inputting an ablation-threshold-pulse-energy-for-material-being-ablated signal; controlling the energy of a ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365349 | EUV light source collector lifetime improvements An apparatus and method for cleaning a plasma source material compound from a plasma produced EUV light source collector optic which may comprise reacting the plasma source material compound with hydrogen to form a hydride of the plasma source material from the plas... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363180 | Method for correcting systematic errors in a laser processing system A method for calibrating a laser micro-machining system in three dimensions includes scanning a sample workpiece to determine the 3D surface, calculating the best fit surfaces to the scanned data in a series of steps, and storing the results so that subsequent workp... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361862 | Laser marking system for dice carried in trays and method of operation A laser marking system for IC packages including a tray input shuttle assembly and a tray transport borne by a transport actuator for moving a tray carrier carrying a tray of unmarked packaged ICs received from the tray input shuttle assembly to a tray output shuttl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352452 | Method and apparatus for setting optical imaging properties by means of radiation treatment Method and apparatus for setting optical imaging properties using radiation treatment, specifically a method and an apparatus for setting the imaging properties of an optical system with radiation treatment of at least one optical element of the optical system in th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349589 | Photonic crystal fibers and medical systems including photonic crystal fibers In general, in one aspect, the invention features apparatus that include an assembly including a radiation input port configured to receive radiation from a radiation source and an output port configured to couple the radiation to a photonic crystal fiber, the assem... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348516 | Methods of and laser systems for link processing using laser pulses with specially tailored power profiles A laser pulse with a specially tailored temporal power profile, instead of a conventional temporal shape or substantially square shape, severs an IC link. The specially tailored laser pulse preferably has either an overshoot at the beginning of the laser pulse or a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349130 | Automated scanning system and method A system and method for mass, automated scanning of objects, including dental study casts, housing parts, and other objects. The system and method are able to function with little or no human operator intervention, thereby facilitating high volume scanning and reduc... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335851 | Gap measurement apparatus A detection unit (8) is disposed for detecting the magnitudes of f1 and f2 frequency components of a composite signal which is passed through a center electrode cable (4). A detecting signal generating unit (9) generates a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336376 | Measuring pyramid size on a textured surface A method for measuring pyramid size of pyramids outwardly extending on a textured surface of an object, which method involves emitting from a light source a light beam along a first direction onto a region of the textured surface, measuring an intensity of light rec... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334477 | Apparatus and methods for the detection of an arc in a plasma processing system In a plasma processing system, a method for detecting an arc event on a substrate in a plasma chamber having a chuck is disclosed. The method includes positioning a substrate on the chuck. The method also includes providing a vibration-sensing arrangement in the pla... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333521 | Method of sensing VCSEL light output power by monitoring electrical characteristics of the VCSEL Output power of light emitted from a data transmission light source is determined based upon forward voltage, forward current, ambient temperature and a factor specific to the manner in which the light source is mounted. Output power is determined with sufficient ac... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330774 | Reception system An operation control unit of a reception system includes a visitor ID information DB for storing therein visitor comparison information and visitor ID information including a phone number of a receiver of a visitor; an identifying unit for identifying the visitor wh... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324867 | Controller for a laser using predictive models of materials processing Predictive models of physical parts of the laser processing system part determined. These predictive models are used to determine how the physical system will actually react. The predicted reaction from the models is used as feedback in order to produce the control ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323656 | Seal device of light path system in laser beam machine The invention provides a laser beam machine having a light path duct with improved dust proof property. A light path system of a laser beam machine comprises a light path duct 10 having a U-shaped cross-section with the upper end opened, and a light path 1... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321808 | Robot and multiple robot control method When braking of a motion of a part of a first robot is assumed to be started at points in time, a first stop position of the first robot part is estimated at each point in time. When braking of a motion of a part of a second robot is assumed to be started at the poi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317179 | Systems and methods to shape laser light as a homogeneous line beam for interaction with a film deposited on a substrate Systems and methods are disclosed for shaping and homogenizing a laser beam for interaction with a film. The shaping and homogenizing system may include a lens array and a lens that is positioned to receive laser light from the lens array and produce a respective el... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7304265 | Method and system for machining fragile material In a method for processing brittle material, a laser light from a laser light source irradiates the brittle material and transports an irradiating position of the laser light along a predetermined line, wherein the laser light L from a plurality of laser light sourc... | 12/04/2007 |
