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Samuel C. Howells
Also filed as: HOWELLS SAMUEL · HOWELLS SAMUEL C · HOWELLS SAMUEL CHARLES
36 granted patents·11 pending applications·216 citations·filing 1999–2024
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47 records- 0197US8148663B2Apparatus and method of improving beam shaping and beam homogenizationADAMS BRUCE E·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 3, 2012·45 cites·14 claims
- 0295US8829392B2Apparatus and method of improving beam shaping and beam homogenizationADAMS BRUCE E·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 9, 2014·15 cites·11 claims
- 0393US11562915B2Methods, systems, and apparatus for optically monitoring individual lampsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 24, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 0490US9908200B2Apparatus and method of improving beam shaping and beam homogenizationAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 6, 2018·6 cites·20 claims
- 0586US6532097B1Image registration apparatus having an adjustable reflective diffraction grating and methodAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 11, 2003·23 cites·19 claims
- 0684US10072986B1Detector for low temperature transmission pyrometryAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 11, 2018·3 cites·20 claims
- 0782US6448568B1Electron beam column using high numerical aperture photocathode source illuminationAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 10, 2002·48 cites·18 claims
- 0879US2025095952A1Conoscopic wafer orientation apparatus and ion implanter including sameAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 0978US11280686B2Temperature measurement using etalonsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 22, 2022·1 cites·19 claims
- 1078US10281335B2Pulsed radiation sources for transmission pyrometryAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 7, 2019·2 cites·15 claims
- 1177US10571337B2Thermal cooling member with low temperature controlAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 25, 2020·2 cites·12 claims
- 1277US8946594B2Optical design for line generation using microlens arrayAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 3, 2015·3 cites·21 claims
- 1377US7407252B2Area based optical proximity correction in raster scan printingAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 5, 2008·14 cites·13 claims
- 1475US10845249B2Continuous spectra transmission pyrometryAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 24, 2020·1 cites·16 claims
- 1574US8970963B2Multiple beam combiner for laser processing apparatusMOFFATT STEPHEN·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 3, 2015·2 cites·6 claims
- 1674US8363320B2Method and apparatus for decorrelation of spatially and temporally coherent lightAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 29, 2013·2 cites·20 claims
- 1773US7034963B2Method for adjusting edges of grayscale pixel-map imagesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 25, 2006·14 cites·8 claims
- 1871US8569187B2Thermal processing apparatusMOFFATT STEPHEN·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 29, 2013·2 cites·18 claims
- 1971US2024385048A1Etalon thermometry for plasma environmentsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2069US6775452B2Phosphor coated waveguide for efficient collection of electron-generated photonsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 10, 2004·11 cites·33 claims
- 2168US11703391B2Continuous spectra transmission pyrometryAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 18, 2023·0 cites·16 claims
- 2268US9285595B2Multiple beam combiner for laser processing apparatusAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 15, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 2368US8432613B2Multi-stage optical homogenizationJENNINGS DEAN C·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 30, 2013·2 cites·16 claims
- 2467US10181409B2Thermal processing apparatusAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 15, 2019·1 cites·13 claims
- 2567US9636778B2Optical design for line generation using microlens arrayAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 2, 2017·1 cites·19 claims
- 2665US12078547B2Etalon thermometry for plasma environmentsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 3, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
- 2763US10948353B2Thermal processing chamber with low temperature controlAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 16, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 2862US6751000B2Reflective diffraction of radiation beams for image registrationAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 15, 2004·5 cites·20 claims
- 2957US9390926B2Process sheet resistance uniformity improvement using multiple melt laser exposuresAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 12, 2016·0 cites·18 claims
- 3056US9927622B2Multiple beam combiner for laser processing apparatusAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 27, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3156US8693095B2Method and apparatus for decorrelation of spatially and temporally coherent lightAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 8, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
- 3255US9146337B2Apparatus for speckle reduction, pulse stretching, and beam homogenizationAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 29, 2015·0 cites·18 claims
- 3354US9953851B2Process sheet resistance uniformity improvement using multiple melt laser exposuresAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 24, 2018·0 cites·18 claims
- 3453US2022353956A1Windows for rapid thermal processing chambersAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 3552US12159797B2Pyrometry error detection sensor for RTP temperature control systemAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 3, 2024·0 cites·10 claims
- 3652US2023187169A1Method to measure radical ion flux using a modified pirani vacuum gauge architectureAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3752US2009034071A1Method for partitioning and incoherently summing a coherent beamJENNINGS DEAN·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3852US2014009829A1Method for partitioning and incoherently summing a coherent beamAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3950US6768836B2Phosphor coated waveguide for the efficient collection of electron-generated photonsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 27, 2004·1 cites·13 claims
- 4049US2009034072A1Method and apparatus for decorrelation of spatially and temporally coherent lightJENNINGS DEAN·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4147US2022093428A1Atomic oxygen detection in semiconductor processing chambersAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 4244US7529421B2Optical proximity correction in raster scan printing based on corner matching templatesAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 5, 2009·3 cites·7 claims
- 4343US10537965B2Fiber array line generatorAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 21, 2020·0 cites·14 claims
- 4439US6243209B1Method and apparatus for providing rectangular shape array of light beamsETEC SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 5, 2001·5 cites·18 claims
- 4539US2009037868A1Area based optical proximity correction in raster scan printingCHABRECK THOMAS E·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4637US2017148726A1Semiconductor processing method and semiconductor deviceAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 4733US2016020117A1Scanned pulse anneal apparatus and methodsAPPLIED MATERIALS INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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