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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2008
Applicants:

Damon Kvamme, Los Gatos, CA (US);

David Alles, Los Altos, CA (US);

Chun Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);

Wu Jiang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Damon Kvamme, Los Gatos, CA (US);

David Alles, Los Altos, CA (US);

Chun Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);

Wu Jiang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/122 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus relating to electromagnetic beam (e.g., laser beam) conditioning are described. In an embodiment, electromagnetic beam conditioning may be performed utilizing reflectors to temporally differentiate electromagnetic beam subsections and sub-beams resulting in reduced spatial coherence of the beam. Other embodiments are also described.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kvamme, Damon. (2011). Beam conditioning to reduce spatial coherence (U.S. Patent No. 7926959). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7926959

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