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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189278 | Optical system A device for cooling optical components based on optical fibers for transmitting high optical power. The device includes one or more cavities with a flowing coolant to take care of optical power loss. The device includes a transmitting construction material having a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8149526 | Single use lens assembly An optical assembly includes an output optical element having a thermally conductive and optically transmissive material and a thermal conduit in thermal communication with the output optical element and having at least one surface configured to be in thermal commun... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144406 | Thermal management for a solid immersion lens objective in optical probing Thermal management for a solid immersion lens is described. In one example, a system includes a solid immersion lens objective, a solid immersion lens tip assembly optically coupled to the objective, and a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the objective. The syste... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8072700 | Optical apparatus for use in photolithography An optical apparatus includes an interchange mechanism and an optical assembly of an illumination system or a projection objective. At least one of the plurality of optical elements of the optical assembly is selected from among a plurality of ones selectable from t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064151 | Lithographic apparatus and thermal optical manipulator control method A control method is provided for controlling a heating of a thermal optical element, the thermal optical element having a matrix of heater elements. The method includes stabilizing a nominal temperature of the thermal optical element with a feedback loop to control ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064152 | Supporting device, optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method The present invention provides a supporting device that supports an optical element, comprising: a first supporting member that is fixed to an outer circumference of the optical element; a plurality of members that is connected to an outer circumference of the first... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054565 | Lens optical system and photoelectric encoder The present invention provides: a lens optical system having: a plastic lens; and a lens restraining member for mechanically restraining a thermal expansion of the plastic lens to control a variation of a curvature of lens due to a temperature change so as to suppre... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7986472 | Optical element module There is provided an optical element module comprising a first optical element and an optical element holder. The first optical element has a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The optical element holder holds the first optical element and has a second coeffici... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986473 | System and method for focal length stabilization using active temperature control An optical metrological system having a heat-generating light source coaxially mounted near a heat-sensitive lens. The system uses a temperature sensor to monitor the lens temperature and a heating element to heat the lens such that the lens operating temperature is... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986474 | Optical pickup actuator There is provided an optical pickup actuator for actuating a lens holder having an object lens according to an interaction between coils and magnets. The optical pickup actuator includes a lens-seating portion formed on the lens holder to support the object lens and... | 07/26/2011 |
| RE42556 | Apparatus for method for immersion lithography An apparatus for immersion lithography that includes an imaging lens which has a front surface, a fluid-containing wafer stage for supporting a wafer that has a top surface to be exposed positioned spaced-apart and juxtaposed to the front surface of the imaging lens... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7965456 | Optical component having an improved transient thermal behavior and method for improving the transient thermal behavior of an optical component An optical component comprises at least one optically effective optical element which heats up when irradiated with light, and at least one holding element for the at least one optical element for holding the at least one optical element in a carrier structure, wher... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961412 | Actuator apparatus and image pickup unit An actuator apparatus of the present invention includes a movable body that is arranged so as to be movable forward or rearward, and a shape memory alloy wire that is provided directly or indirectly to the movable body so as to enter a non-tension state at an ordina... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7848035 | Single-use lens assembly An optical assembly includes an output optical element having a thermally conductive and optically transmissive material and a thermal conduit in thermal communication with the output optical element and having at least one surface configured to be in thermal commun... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7830627 | Optically variable devices A security device comprises a substrate (1) having an array of microlenses (3) on one side and one or more corresponding arrays of microimages (4) on the other side. The microimages (4) are located at a distance from the microlenses (3... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826156 | Lens barrel A lens barrel includes a cam ring (5) that determines the position of a first lens frame (11) in the optical axis direction; a first correcting tube (1) that is made of a material having a coefficient of linear expansion different from that of t... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7800848 | Temperable lens, especially for microscopes The invention is directed to a temperature-controllable objective, particularly for microscopes and other optical equipment, which comprises a main barrel as the main component part of the objective. The main barrel contains at least one correction mount, cylinder s... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7777977 | Flame scanner collimator body A flame scanner collimator, which monitors flames produced by a fossil fuel fired combustion chamber, includes: a substantially cylindrical collimator body defining a hollow portion; a first chamber connected to a second chamber, the first and second chambers defini... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7751133 | Optical pickup actuator There is provided an optical pickup actuator for actuating a lens holder having an object lens according to an interaction between coils and magnets. The optical pickup actuator includes a lens-seating portion formed on the lens holder to support the object lens and... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7738196 | Optical unit An optical unit is provided which includes gaps dR1 and dR2 in a radial direction that prevent an optical component from being affected by external stress during thermal expansion is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the optical compon... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7684133 | Optical module A thermal contraction stress and a residual contraction stress caused by a difference between the linear expansion coefficients of an optical element unit and a carrier are reduced as much as possible. An optical module includes an optical element unit including opt... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7663822 | Actuating device comprising bimetal disks The invention relates to an actuating device comprising at least two coaxial bimetal disks and at least one axial strut arranged between the disks, the bimetal disks being mounted opposite each other and being deformable in opposite directions according to the therm... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660054 | Thermally controlled sold immersion lens fixture Embodiments allow for uniform die cooling or heating with a solid immersion lens equipped microscope over a larger temperature range than is currently attainable using liquid coolant. The SIL tip is insulated from the rest of the objective body to realize a controll... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7602563 | System and method for focal length stabilization using active temperature control An optical metrological system having a heat-generating light source coaxially mounted near a heat-sensitive lens. The system uses a temperature sensor to monitor the lens temperature and a heating element to heat the lens such that the lens operating temperature is... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7595943 | Camera module A camera module includes a lens assembly, a lens barrel, an image sensor, a hollow holder receiving the lens barrel and the image sensor, and a thermally deformable member. The lens assembly defines a first focal length with a first focus point at a first temperatur... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7586698 | Spherical aberration control method and related apparatus The invention discloses a spherical aberration control method for controlling spherical aberration of an optical device. The method includes: detecting a current ambient temperature of the optical device; and controlling the spherical aberration of the optical devic... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7567395 | Lens module assembly and imaging system having same A lens module assembly and an imaging system are disclosed. The imaging system includes the lens module assembly and an image sensor received in the assembly. The lens module assembly includes a lens module, and a temperature regulator disposed on the lens module. T... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7483223 | Optical component having an improved transient thermal behavior and method for improving the transient thermal behavior of an optical component An optical component comprises at least one optically effective optical element which heats up when irradiated with light, and at least one holding element for the at least one optical element for holding the at least one optical element in a carrier structure, wher... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7423823 | Lens barrel A lens barrel component includes a lens holding member for holding a lens and a supporting member supporting the lens holding member. The lens barrel component is molded using a composite material containing at least clay and a thermoplastic resin. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408717 | Liquid-based optical device, method for controlling such a device and electronic device The present invention discloses an optical device comprising a container enclosing an insulating liquid (A) and an electrically susceptible liquid (B), the insulating liquid (A) and the electrically susceptible liquid (B) being immiscible and being in contact with e... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408728 | System and method for focal length stabilization using active temperature control An optical metrological system having a heat-generating light source coaxially mounted near a heat-sensitive lens. The system uses a temperature sensor to monitor the lens temperature and a heating element to heat the lens such that the lens operating temperature is... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403347 | Optical transmission module with temperature control An optical module including a temperature measurement module and an optical part having a temperature dependency. The module includes a temperature control part mounted directly or indirectly on the optical part and the temperature measurement part for controlling a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400462 | Optical system having lenses with adjustable focal length An optical system (10) operatively associated with lenses (120) with adjustable focal length is provided. The optical system includes a first lens assembly (12), at least one heat control device (122) and a first barrel (14). The a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397531 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system for providing a beam of radiation, and a support structure for supporting a patterning device. The patterning device serves to impart the projection beam with a pattern in its cross-section. The apparatus also... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7382556 | Lens module A lens module (800) includes a lens barrel (20), a base (10), and a temperature compensation module (30). A first lens (201) is disposed in the lens barrel. The lens barrel is disposed in the base. The temperature compensation modu... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372538 | Apparatus and method for maintaining immerison fluid in the gap under the projection lens during wafer exchange in an immersion lithography machine An apparatus and method maintain immersion fluid in the gap adjacent to the projection lens during the exchange of a work piece in a lithography machine. The apparatus and method include an optical assembly that projects an image onto a work piece and a stage assemb... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372413 | Mobile communication device A mobile communication device (100) includes a main body (110), a cover body (120) and a linking member (130). The cover body is coupled to the main body and is movable relative to the main body. The cover body includes a lens module (... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369215 | Laser crystallization apparatus A laser crystallization apparatus has a light source, a phase shifter which modulates a laser light from the light source, an illumination system which is provided between the light source and the phase shifter, homogenizes a light intensity of the laser light from ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365826 | Projection optical system, exposure apparatus and method using the same A projection optical system includes an optical element that includes and locally uses a reflective or refractive area that is substantially axially symmetrical around an optical axis, the optical element being rotatable around the optical axis. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365923 | Heat sink tab for optical sub-assembly The present invention relates to a heat sinking tab for dissipating heat directly from an optical sub-assembly (OSA) to a transceiver housing, within which the optical sub-assembly is located. The heat sinking tab includes a mounting plate for mounting on the rear e... | 04/29/2008 |
