12 patents
Utility
Acousto-optic system having phase-shifting reflector
18 Jul 23
A beam positioner can be broadly characterized as including a first acousto-optic (AO) deflector (AOD) operative to diffract an incident beam of linearly polarized laser light, wherein the first AOD has a first diffraction axis and wherein the first AOD is oriented such that the first diffraction axis has a predetermined spatial relationship with the plane of polarization of the linearly polarized laser light.
James Brookhyser, Jan Kleinert, Jered Richter, Kurt Eaton
Filed: 20 Sep 18
Utility
Optically contacted acousto-optic device and method of making the same
22 Mar 22
A beam positioner includes a first acousto-optic (AO) deflector (AOD) comprising an AO cell and a transducer attached to the AO cell, and a wave plate optically contacted to the first AOD.
James Brookhyser, Kurt Eaton
Filed: 19 Jun 18
Utility
Method and system for extending optics lifetime in laser processing apparatus
1 Mar 22
Methods and apparatus for extending the lifetime of optical components are disclosed.
Patrick Riechel
Filed: 28 Dec 17
Utility
Non-contact handler and method of handling workpieces using the same
22 Feb 22
A non-contact handler includes an upper body portion and a lower body portion movably coupled to the upper body portion.
Jae Kim, Paul Plachinda
Filed: 20 Jul 18
Utility
Multi-axis machine tool and methods of controlling the same
30 Nov 21
One embodiment of the present invention can be characterized as a method for controlling a multi-axis machine tool that includes obtaining a preliminary rotary actuator command (wherein the rotary actuator command has frequency content exceeding a bandwidth of a rotary actuator), generating a processed rotary actuator command based, at least in part, on the preliminary rotary actuator command, the processed rotary actuator command having frequency content within a bandwidth of the rotary actuator and generating a first linear actuator command and a second linear actuator command based, at least in part, on the processed rotary actuator command.
Guang Lu, Mehmet E. Alpay, Mike Tyler, Qian Xu, Jan Kleinert, Zhibin Lin, James D. Brookhyser, Ho Wai Lo, Kurt M. Eaton
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Utility
Laser processing apparatus, methods of laser-processing workpieces and related arrangements
3 Aug 21
Apparatus and techniques for laser-processing workpieces can be improved, and new functionalities can be provided.
Jan Kleinert, Zhibin Lin, Hisashi Matsumoto
Filed: 8 Sep 16
Utility
Phased array steering for laser beam positioning systems
29 Jun 21
A laser beam positioning system of a laser-based specimen processing system produces at beam positioner stage, from a fully fiber-coupled optics phased array laser beam steering system, a steered laser input beam.
Jan Kleinert
Filed: 30 Aug 17
Utility
System isolation and optics bay sealing
15 Jun 21
A laser processing system is disclosed, which includes a system frame, a process frame movably supported by the system frame, an optics wall coupled to the process frame, a process shroud coupled to the system frame and extending over and alongside upper and lateral peripheral regions of the optics wall and an optics shroud coupled to the process shroud.
Mark Kosmowski
Filed: 26 Jan 17
Utility
Laser-seeding for electro-conductive plating
23 Mar 21
A workpiece (100) having substrate, such as a glass substrate, can be etched by a laser or by other means to create recessed features (200, 202).
Joel Schrauben, Jan Kleinert
Filed: 31 Mar 17
Utility
Location of image plane in a laser processing system
14 Dec 20
Disclosed is a method and an apparatus to process a workpiece including producing a first beam of laser energy characterized by a first spatial intensity distribution.
Yuan Liu, Honghua Hu, Jim Brookhyser, Guangyu Li, Brandon Bilyeu, Kurt Eaton
Filed: 16 Mar 17
Utility
Multi-axis machine tool and methods of controlling the same
18 May 20
One embodiment of the present invention can be characterized as a method for controlling a multi-axis machine tool that includes obtaining a preliminary rotary actuator command (wherein the rotary actuator command has frequency content exceeding a bandwidth of a rotary actuator), generating a processed rotary actuator command based, at least in part, on the preliminary rotary actuator command, the processed rotary actuator command having frequency content within a bandwidth of the rotary actuator and generating a first linear actuator command and a second linear actuator command based, at least in part, on the processed rotary actuator command.
Guang Lu, Mehmet E. Alpay, Mike Tyler, Qian Xu, Jan Kleinert, Zhibin Lin, James D. Brookhyser, Ho Wai Lo, Kurt M. Eaton
Filed: 29 Apr 18
Utility
Fast beam manipulation for cross-axis miromaching
16 Dec 19
A laser processing system includes a first positioning system (1044) for imparting first relative movement of a beam axis along a beam trajectory (1062) with respect to a workpiece (1060), a processor for determining a second relative movement of the beam axis (1061) along a plurality of dither rows, a second positioning system (1042) for imparting the second relative movement, and a laser source (1046) for emitting laser beam pulses.
Haibin Zhang, Chuan Yang, Mark Alan Unrath, Martin Orrick
Filed: 25 Feb 16
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