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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Applied Materials Israel Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Inventor:
Pavel Margulis, Ashdod, IL;
Assignee:
Applied Materials Israel Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/26 (2006.01); H01J 37/28 (2006.01); H01J 37/244 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/244 (2013.01); H01J 37/28 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2441 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2448 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing unit includes a first set of sensors that comprises a first set of active areas that are surrounded by a first set of first non-active areas and a second set of sensors that comprises a second set of active areas that are surrounded by a second set of non-active areas. The first set of sensors and the second set of sensors are positioned at different heights, the first set of active areas and the second set of active areas do not overlap, and the first set of non-active areas and the second set of non-active areas partially overlap.