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US20090296073 Method to create three-dimensional images of semiconductor structures using a focused ion beam device and a scanning electron microscope  
A disclosed method produces an image of one or more fabricated features by iteratively producing a cross-section of the features. The method includes milling a surface proximate to the one or more...
US20090290146 PROBING DEVICE AND A SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING GEOMETRICAL DATA RELATED TO A CAVITY  
Disclosed is a probing device for obtaining geometrical data related to a cavity, the probing device comprising at least one light source for generating electromagnetic radiation; a handheld probe...
US20090290145 ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MONITORING EROSION OF ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK EDGE BEAD MATERIALS  
A disclosed device comprises an edge bonding seal configured to be mounted to an edge bead of the electrostatic chuck. The edge bonding seal includes a monitoring layer comprised of a first...
US20090272722 Method and device for cleaning the circumferential outer surface of welded metal pipes  
A method of cleaning the circumferential outer surface of a welded metal pipe focuses a laser beam above the level of the surface and melts, evaporates and/or sublimates extraneous materials and...
US20090262334 PARTICLE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS  
A system according to one embodiment includes a light source for generating light fringes; a sampling mechanism for directing a particle through the light fringes; and at least one light detector...
US20090251687 Surface Detection System For Use With A Droplet Spray Oral Cleaning Device  
The surface detection system includes a source of an optical interrogating signal ( 44 ) which accompanies a droplet spray in an oral cleaning device directed to an oral surface ( 46 ). The...
US20090237648 Dual Pulse Single Event Raman Spectroscopy  
Systems and methods for performing Raman spectrometry wherein a Raman spectroscopy system is mounted on a vehicle for on the move contaminant analysis. The system is configured to interrogate a...
US20090233195 LINEWIDTH MEASURING METHOD, IMAGE-FORMING-STATE DETECTING METHOD, ADJUSTMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD  
A pattern area that includes a plurality of line patterns with a predetermined spacing therebetween formed on a wafer is imaged, and based on the imaging results, a contrast value of an image of...
US20090225304 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS, HEIGHT DETECTION METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND OPTICAL-AXIS ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR COMPONENT HEIGHT DETECTION UNIT  
An electronic component mounting apparatus includes a beam projector for projecting a laser beam, a beam receiver which is placed in opposition to the beam projector and which receives a laser beam...
US20090224151 DETECTOR AND INSPECTING APPARATUS  
An inspecting apparatus for reducing a time loss associated with a work for changing a detector is characterized by comprising a plurality of detectors 11, 12 for receiving an electron beam...
US20090219514 MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING  
A measuring device for analyzing an analyte contained in a sample. The device includes a hollow housing, a sample holding part provided inside the housing for holding the sample, a sample supply...
US20090213362 OPTICAL MEASURING SYSTEM  
An optical measuring system has a first optical measuring instrument and a second optical measuring instrument. The optical measuring system includes a first optical path to guide a first beam from...
US20090185166 MAGNETOMOTIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY  
A spectral-domain magnetomotive optical coherence tomography apparatus, includes (a) a spectral-domain optical coherence tomography device, and (b) a magnet. The magnet is coupled with the optical...
US20090180102 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING MILK IN FIELD  
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for analyzing milk in a field, capable of analyzing the quality of milk by rapidly and easily examining components of milk in a field, other than a...
US20090097012 OPTICAL ULTRASOUND DEVICE  
A new optical ultrasonic analysis transducer is described. The device includes a new detection means for the reflected ultrasound signal. The detector may be incorporated into a microchip design....
US20090078030 Test Sensor With a Fluid Chamber Opening  
A test sensor adapted to assist in determining the analyte concentration in a fluid sample comprises a lid and a base. The lid has an upper lid surface and a lower lid surface. The lid has a first...
US20090059206 Optical Linear and Rotation Displacement Sensor  
A system includes a measuring tool, a fixture, and a rotatable target. The measuring tool includes a light source, an imaging device, and an electronic circuit. The fixture allows the rotatable...
US20090051900 Apparatus and Method for Detecting Particulates in Water  
Provided is an apparatus and method for determining a concentration of particulates in water, comprising irradiating a laser beam to a sample for a water quality analysis, and measuring a sound...
US20090046274 Light Scattering Methods and Systems Using Supercritical Fluid Solvents to Measure Polymer Molecular Weight and Molecular Weight Distribution  
Light scattering processes are employed to measure molecular weight and related characteristics of polymeric materials, including without limitation refractory fluoropolymers. The processes utilize...
US20090033915 APC SYSTEM AND MULTIVARIATE MONITORING METHOD FOR PLASMA PROCESS MACHINE  
An advance process control (APC) system for a plasma process machine is provided, which includes at least an optical emission spectroscopy (OES) system and an APC analysis apparatus. The OES system...
US20090029208 ON-LINE MONITORING ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTION OF SULFUR BREAKTHROUGH IN A DESULFURIZER ASSEMBLY AND SULFUR BREAKTHROUGH DETECTION METHOD  
A monitoring assembly for use in a fuel cell system for detecting sulfur-containing compounds in fuel. The monitoring assembly comprises an indicator assembly for passing the fuel therethrough, the...
US20090002685 BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION IMAGING APPARATUS, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ANALYZING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION IMAGING METHOD  
A biological information imaging apparatus includes: a light source; an acoustic, wave detector that detects an acoustic wave generated from a light absorption material in a living body that has...
US20080309919 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING AND ANALYZING PARTICLES IN AN AEROSOL WITH REDUNDANT PARTICLE ANALYSIS  
A method and apparatus for sorting and performing redundant analysis of particles in an aerosol is disclosed. Redundant analysis reduces the possibility of false positive analyses, which is...
US20080309918 INTEGRATED CHEMICAL SEPARATION LIGHT SCATTERING DEVICE  
An integrated chemical separation device includes a single device body, a chemical separation unit configured to separate a chemical from a fluid, a Raman sensor substrate comprising one or more...
US20080297762 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CROSSWINDS  
A system and method for measuring crosswinds includes using a laser to send a signal on a signal path, and receiving response signals backscattered off of aerosols or other materials in the...
US20080291429 AUTOMATED PROCESS CONTROL USING PARAMETERS DETERMINED FROM A PHOTOMASK COVERED BY A PELLICLE  
Provided is a method of controlling a photolithography cluster or a subsequent fabrication cluster using optical metrology to determine profile parameters of a photomask structure covered with a...
US20080291428 FULL SPECTRUM ADAPTIVE FILTERING (FSAF) FOR LOW OPEN AREA ENDPOINT DETECTION  
A method for precise endpoint detection during etch processing of a substrate based on adaptive filtering of the optical emission spectrum (OES) data, even in low open area etching, is provided....
US20080278709 Optical power measuring apparatus capable of monitoring status of optical fiber contact end  
The present invention provides an optical power measuring apparatus capable of monitoring the status, such as cleanness, of an optical fiber contact end face. The disclosed optical power measuring...
US20080246953 TRANSMISSION CONCENTRATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE EFFECT  
A transmission concentration device capable of reducing environmental temperature effect comprises mainly a concentration detector arranged in the fluid communication space of a fluid circulating...
US20080239286 Display panel, color filter and testing method thereof  
A color filter with low color shift is defined by a light leakage spectrum in the dark state. The color filter is disposed between two polarizing plates so as to measure a first spectrum of dark...
US20080231838 DETECTION SENSOR TO DETECT RECEIVING POSITION OF LASER LIGHT AND LEVEL DEVICE EMPLOYING THE DETECTION SENSOR TO DETECT RECEIVING POSITION OF LASER LIGHT  
A detection sensor to detect a receiving position of laser light according to the present invention includes a pair of light receiving element arrays ( 11 X and 11 Y), wherein adjacent light...
US20080231837 QUANTUM BIT READING DEVICE AND METHOD  
An apparatus includes a material in a resonator and containing systems, each of the systems having five energy states, a unit generating first and second pulse that resonate in a second transition...
US20080231836 Fuel Cell with Fuel Monitoring System and Method of Use  
A fuel cell ( 9 ) includes a removable and replaceable fuel supply ( 12 ) having fuel disposed therein. A system for monitoring various parameters of the fuel such as temperature, pressure, and the...
US20080231835 DIVERGENCE RATIO DISTANCE MAPPING CAMERA  
The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting and mapping three-dimensional information pertaining to one or more target objects. More particularly, the invention consists of...
US20080218740 Nanowire-based photonic devices  
Embodiments of the present invention are related to nanowire-based devices that can be configured and operated as modulators, chemical sensors, and light-detection devices. In one aspect, a...
US20080218739 Laser measuring system  
A laser measuring system, which comprises a laser rotary irradiation device for forming a laser reference plane by projecting a laser beam in rotary irradiation, and a photodetection device for...
US20080218738 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS BY MEASURING SCATTERED LIGHT  
An instrument for measuring the size and characteristics of a particle contained in a sample of particles. A particle sample is introduced into a sample chamber. The sample particles are subjected...
US20080218737 OPTICALLY ISOLATED CURRENT MONITORING FOR IONIZATION SYSTEMS  
Current is measured in an ionization device that includes a high voltage supply, and an emitter electrically coupled to the HV supply. An opto-isolator is provided that includes a light source and...
US20080218736 Evanescent Wave Sensing Apparatus and Methods Using Plasmons  
We describe sensing apparatus using evanescent-wave based optical cavity ring-down plasmon resonance techniques. An optical cavity is formed by a pair of highly reflective surfaces, said an optical...
US20080218735 Laser Processing Method And Device  
A laser processing method which can efficiently perform laser processing while minimizing the deviation of the converging point of a laser beam in end parts of an object to be processed is...
US20080211500 Detection and Reduction of Dielectric Breakdown in Semiconductor Devices  
Methods for detecting the breakdown potential of a semiconductor device having a thin dielectric layer are disclosed. The method includes measuring a spectroscopy of the thin dielectric layer and...
US20080204714 ON-VEHICLE FUEL PROPERTY DETECTION DEVICE  
The detection device provides with an optical fiber composed of a core, a clad and a fiber jacket. A grating is applied to the core, and the fiber jacket located at the portion to which the grating...
US20080204713 Methods and Apparatus for Label-Independent Monitoring of Biological Interactions on Sensitized Substrates  
Sensor interrogation systems based on optical phase changes are configured to quantify analytes. Sensor chips and wells can include light scattering regions, light absorbing regions, or tilted...
US20080198364 GAS SENSOR  
A combined gas sensor device allowing the measuring of the concentration of a gas by tunable diode laser spectrometry as well as by resonant photo-acoustics within one housing. A laser beam used...
US20080192235 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM  
An image processing system is used for dentistry. Upon creating a false tooth of a patient ( 59 ), a plurality of illuminating light of LEDs with different wavelengths emit light and a...
US20080192234 Method of sensing motion of a sensing device relative to a surface  
A method of sensing motion of a sensing device relative to a surface, the method including the steps of: optically imaging a position-coding pattern disposed on or in the surface; independently...
US20080186473 METHOD OF DETECTING END POINT OF PLASMA ETCHING PROCESS  
A method of detecting an end point of a plasma etching process for etching a first layer on a second layer is described, the first layer producing a first etching product and the second layer a...
US20080165345 Distance Measuring Interferometer and Encoder Metrology Systems for Use in Lithography Tools  
In general, in one aspect, the invention features a system that includes a moveable stage, an interferometer configured to provide information about a first degree of freedom of the stage, an...
US20080165344 SYSTEM AND SYSTEM FOR ROBOT MOUNTED SENSOR  
An apparatus and method for the remote analysis and identification of unknown compounds. A robotic arm positions a sensor on a surface. The sensor unit has a monitoring mechanism to monitor...
US20080158547 Motion detecting device for sensing rotation and inclination variation information and method of using the same  
A motion detecting device for sensing rotation and inclination variation information, includes a light-emitting unit, a sensor control unit, an image sensing unit, a rotation-sensing unit, an...
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