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公开(公告)号:US12091349B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-17
申请号:US17836162
申请日:2022-06-09
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Wei-Sheng Lei , Mahendran Chidambaram , Kangkang Wang , Ludovic Godet , Visweswaren Sivaramakrishnan
IPC: B23K26/38 , B23K26/00 , B23K26/0622 , B23K26/08 , B23K26/55 , C03B33/02 , C03B33/10 , C03C23/00 , B23K101/40 , B23K103/00
CPC classification number: C03B33/0222 , B23K26/0006 , B23K26/0624 , B23K26/0861 , B23K26/55 , C03B33/102 , C03C23/0025 , B23K2101/40 , B23K2103/42 , B23K2103/50 , B23K2103/54 , B23K2103/56 , B29C2791/009
Abstract: A method and apparatus for substrate dicing are described. The method includes utilizing a laser to dice a substrate along a dicing path to form a perforated line around each device within the substrate. The dicing path is created by exposing the substrate to bursts of laser pulses at different locations around each device. The laser pulses are delivered to the substrate and may have a pulse repetition frequency of greater than about 25 MHz, a pulse width of less than about 15 picoseconds, and a laser wavelength of about 1.0 μm to about 5 μm.
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公开(公告)号:US11988574B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-21
申请号:US17456240
申请日:2021-11-23
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Yangyang Sun , Jinxin Fu , Kazuya Daito , Ludovic Godet
CPC classification number: G01M11/0264 , G02B19/0047 , G02B27/30 , G06T7/0002 , H04N23/56 , G06T2207/10152 , G06T2207/30168 , G06T2207/30204
Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for light engines of a measurement system and methods of using the light engines. The measurement system includes a light engine operable to illuminate a first grating of an optical device. The light engine projects a pattern with a light from a light engine. The light engine projects a pattern to the first grating such that a metrology metric may be extracted from one or more images captured by a detector of the measurement system. The metrology metrics are extracted by processing the image. The metrology metrics determine if the optical device meets image quality standards.
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公开(公告)号:US11978196B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US17492857
申请日:2021-10-04
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Yangyang Sun , Jinxin Fu , Kazuya Daito , Ludovic Godet
IPC: G06T7/00 , G01J1/42 , G01J1/44 , G01N21/958 , G02B27/01 , G06T7/80 , G06T7/90 , H04N23/56 , H04N23/74 , H04N23/90
CPC classification number: G06T7/001 , G01J1/42 , G01J1/44 , G01N21/958 , G02B27/0172 , G06T7/80 , G06T7/90 , H04N23/56 , H04N23/74 , H04N23/90 , G01J2001/4247 , G01N2021/9583 , G02B2027/0112 , G02B2027/0118 , G02B2027/0138 , G02B2027/014 , G06T2207/10024 , G06T2207/30108
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to optical devices for augmented, virtual, and/or mixed reality applications. In one or more embodiments, an optical device metrology system is configured to measure a plurality of see-through metrics for optical devices.
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公开(公告)号:US11975422B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US18061327
申请日:2022-12-02
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Yaseer Arafath Ahamed , Kangkang Wang , Benjamin B. Riordon , James D. Strassner , Ludovic Godet
CPC classification number: B25B11/005 , G02B1/002 , G02B6/10
Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for devices and methods for retaining optical devices. The devices and methods described herein provide for retention of the substrate without contacting sensitive portions of the substrate. The devices and methods utilize retention pads or vacuum pins to contact the exclusion zones i.e., inactive areas of the substrate to retain the substrate and prevent the substrate from moving laterally. Additionally, a holding force retains the substrate in the vertical direction, without contacting the substrate. The methods provide for adjusting the devices to account for multiple geometries of the substrate. The methods further provide for adjusting the devices, such as adjusting a gap between the optical device and a suction pad, to alter the holding force of the devices on the optical devices.
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公开(公告)号:US11913776B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US17645200
申请日:2021-12-20
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Yangyang Sun , Jinxin Fu , Ludovic Godet
IPC: G01B11/26
CPC classification number: G01B11/26
Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for devices and methods of measuring a pitch P of optical device structures and an orientation angle ϕ of the optical device structures. One embodiment of the system includes an optical arm coupled to an arm actuator. The optical arm includes a light source. The light source emits a light path operable to be diffracted to the stage. The optical arm further includes a first beam splitter and a second beam splitter positioned in the light path. The first beam splitter directs the light path through a first lens and the second beam splitter directs the light path through a first dove prism and a second lens. The optical arm further includes a first detector operable to detect the light path from the first lens and second detector operable to detect the light path from the second lens.
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公开(公告)号:US11878532B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-23
申请号:US17647820
申请日:2022-01-12
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Daihua Zhang , Ludovic Godet , Michael David-Scott Kemp , Kang Luo , Kazuya Daito , Kenneth S. Ledford , Bahubali S. Upadhye , Hemantha Raju , John Rusconi , Elsa Massonneau , Mahendran Chidambaram , Alexey Stepanov , Visweswaren Sivaramakrishnan
Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an inkjet printing platform. The inkjet printing platform is utilized for fabrication of optical films and optical device structures. The inkjet printing platform includes a transfer chamber, one or more inkjet chambers, a plurality of auxiliary modules, a substrate flipper, and load ports. The inkjet printing platform is operable to perform an inkjet printing process on a substrate to form an optical film and/or an optical device.
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公开(公告)号:US11850621B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US17456410
申请日:2021-11-24
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Kangkang Wang , Yaseer Arafath Ahamed , Yige Gao , Benjamin B. Riordon , Rami Hourani , James D. Strassner , Ludovic Godet , Thinh Nguyen
Abstract: An optical device coating assembly is provided. The optical device coating assembly includes a substrate support operable to retain an optical device substrate. The coating assembly further includes a first actuator connected to the substrate support. The first actuator is configured to rotate the substrate support. The coating assembly includes a holder configured to hold a coating applicator against an edge of the optical device substrate when the optical device substrate is rotated on the substrate support and a second actuator operable to apply a force on the holder in a direction towards the substrate support. The second actuator is a constant force actuator.
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公开(公告)号:US11810755B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-07
申请号:US16717211
申请日:2019-12-17
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Ludovic Godet , Joseph C. Olson , Rutger Meyer Timmerman Thijssen
IPC: H01J37/305 , H01J37/32 , G02B6/13 , H01L21/3065 , G02B5/18 , H01J37/05 , G02B6/12 , G02B6/124 , G06T19/00 , H01J37/073 , H01J37/304 , H01J37/147
CPC classification number: H01J37/3053 , G02B5/1857 , G02B6/13 , H01J37/32422 , H01L21/3065 , G02B6/124 , G02B6/12007 , G02B2006/12176 , G06T19/006 , H01J37/05 , H01J37/073 , H01J37/1472 , H01J37/3045 , H01J37/32449 , H01J2237/303 , H01J2237/334
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatus for the fabrication of waveguides. In one example, an angled ion source is utilized to project ions toward a substrate to form a waveguide which includes angled gratings. In another example, an angled electron beam source is utilized to project electrons toward a substrate to form a waveguide which includes angled gratings. Further aspects of the disclosure provide for methods of forming angled gratings on waveguides utilizing an angled ion beam source and an angled electron beam source.
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公开(公告)号:US11802791B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-31
申请号:US17456421
申请日:2021-11-24
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Jinxin Fu , Kazuya Daito , Ludovic Godet
CPC classification number: G01J1/0459 , G01J1/0425 , G01J1/08
Abstract: A method of optical device metrology is provided. The method includes providing a first type of light into a first optical device during a first time period; measuring a quantity of the first type of light transmitted from a first location on the top surface or the bottom surface during the first time period; coating at least a portion of an edge of the one or more edges with a first coating of optically absorbent material during a second time period that occurs after the first time period; providing the first type of light into the first optical device during a third time period that occurs after the second time period; and measuring a quantity of the first type of light transmitted from the first location on the top surface or the bottom surface during the third time period.
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公开(公告)号:US11733533B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-22
申请号:US17745457
申请日:2022-05-16
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Ludovic Godet , Wayne Mcmillan , Rutger Meyer Timmerman Thijssen
CPC classification number: G02B27/0944 , G02B5/18 , G02B5/1857 , G03F1/80 , G03F7/0002
Abstract: The systems and methods discussed herein are for the fabrication of diffraction gratings, such as those gratings used in waveguide combiners. The waveguide combiners discussed herein are fabricated using nanoimprint lithography (NIL) of high-index and low-index materials in combination with and directional etching high-index and low-index materials. The waveguide combiners can be additionally or alternatively formed by the directional etching of transparent substrates. The waveguide combiners that include diffraction gratings discussed herein can be formed directly on permanent transparent substrates. In other examples, the diffraction gratings can be formed on temporary substrates and transferred to a permanent, transparent substrate.
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