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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:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Nlight, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventor:
Ken Gross, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
nLIGHT, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G21K 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H05K 3/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 5/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); H01L 31/1884 (2013.01); H05K 3/02 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01); H05K 1/0393 (2013.01); H05K 3/027 (2013.01); H05K 2201/0108 (2013.01); H05K 2201/0145 (2013.01); H05K 2201/026 (2013.01); H05K 2203/1142 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are laser scanning systems and methods of their use. In some embodiments, laser scanning systems can be used to ablatively or non-ablatively scan a surface of a material. Some embodiments include methods of scanning a multi-layer structure. Some embodiments include translating a focus-adjust optical system so as to vary laser beam diameter. Some embodiments make use of a 20-bit laser scanning system.