Inventor
HOWELLS SAMUEL C
US35 patents
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APPLIED MATERIALS INC
29 patentsUS6532097B1Mar 11, 2003
Image registration apparatus having an adjustable reflective diffraction grating and method
APPLIED MATERIALS INC23 citations92
US6448568B1Sep 10, 2002
Electron beam column using high numerical aperture photocathode source illumination
APPLIED MATERIALS INC48 citations92
US9908200B2Mar 6, 2018
Apparatus and method of improving beam shaping and beam homogenization
APPLIED MATERIALS INC6 citations84
US7034963B2Apr 25, 2006
Method for adjusting edges of grayscale pixel-map images
APPLIED MATERIALS INC14 citations82
US7407252B2Aug 5, 2008
Area based optical proximity correction in raster scan printing
APPLIED MATERIALS INC14 citations79
US6775452B2Aug 10, 2004
Phosphor coated waveguide for efficient collection of electron-generated photons
APPLIED MATERIALS INC11 citations74
US6751000B2Jun 15, 2004
Reflective diffraction of radiation beams for image registration
APPLIED MATERIALS INC5 citations74
US10281335B2May 7, 2019
Pulsed radiation sources for transmission pyrometry
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US10072986B1Sep 11, 2018
Detector for low temperature transmission pyrometry
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations73
US10571337B2Feb 25, 2020
Thermal cooling member with low temperature control
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations72
US11562915B2Jan 24, 2023
Methods, systems, and apparatus for optically monitoring individual lamps
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations69
US8363320B2Jan 29, 2013
Method and apparatus for decorrelation of spatially and temporally coherent light
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations63
US11703391B2Jul 18, 2023
Continuous spectra transmission pyrometry
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11280686B2Mar 22, 2022
Temperature measurement using etalons
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US10948353B2Mar 16, 2021
Thermal processing chamber with low temperature control
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US10845249B2Nov 24, 2020
Continuous spectra transmission pyrometry
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US10181409B2Jan 15, 2019
Thermal processing apparatus
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US9285595B2Mar 15, 2016
Multiple beam combiner for laser processing apparatus
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US8946594B2Feb 3, 2015
Optical design for line generation using microlens array
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations62
US7529421B2May 5, 2009
Optical proximity correction in raster scan printing based on corner matching templates
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations57
US12078547B2Sep 3, 2024
Etalon thermometry for plasma environments
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations56
US9953851B2Apr 24, 2018
Process sheet resistance uniformity improvement using multiple melt laser exposures
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations52
US9927622B2Mar 27, 2018
Multiple beam combiner for laser processing apparatus
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations52
US9390926B2Jul 12, 2016
Process sheet resistance uniformity improvement using multiple melt laser exposures
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations52
US8693095B2Apr 8, 2014
Method and apparatus for decorrelation of spatially and temporally coherent light
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations52
US6768836B2Jul 27, 2004
Phosphor coated waveguide for the efficient collection of electron-generated photons
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations52
US9636778B2May 2, 2017
Optical design for line generation using microlens array
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations51
US9146337B2Sep 29, 2015
Apparatus for speckle reduction, pulse stretching, and beam homogenization
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations51
US10537965B2Jan 21, 2020
Fiber array line generator
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations39