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7388889 Method and device for producing subsurface markings in a transparent material body  
A method and device for producing subsurface markings in a transparent material body by focusing a pulsed laser beam in the interior of the material body so that the laser beam exceeds the...
7388172 System and method for cutting using a variable astigmatic focal beam spot  
A variable astigmatic focal beam spot is formed using lasers with an anamorphic beam delivery system. The variable astigmatic focal beam spot can be used for cutting applications, for example, to...
7387740 Method of manufacturing metal cover with blind holes therein  
An exemplary method of manufacturing a metal cover ( 1 ) with blind holes ( 3 ) therein includes: step ( 60 ), preparing a metal substrate; step ( 62 ), covering the metal substrate with a...
7374791 Method for making and measuring a coating on the surface of a medical device using an ultraviolet laser  
This invention relates to a method for manufacturing an implantable medical device, having a surface covered with a coating that can include a desired amount of a biologically active material,...
7371993 Method for laser micromachining  
A method of laser micro-machining a work piece, with a laser, including the steps of: locating the workpiece on a carrier forming a part of a transport system, the carrier can be displaced along a...
7348516 Methods of and laser systems for link processing using laser pulses with specially tailored power profiles  
A laser pulse with a specially tailored temporal power profile, instead of a conventional temporal shape or substantially square shape, severs an IC link. The specially tailored laser pulse...
7332263 Method for patterning an organic light emitting diode device  
A method for laser patterning of a passive matrix organic light emitting diode device having a multilayered structure comprising a substrate and at least one light emitting organic layer disposed...
7329831 Laser trimming of resistors  
Improved systems and methods for laser trimming resistors printed on a substrate layer are provided. An exemplary embodiment measures a resistance value for each annular resistor and sorts the...
7323657 Precision machining method using a near-field scanning optical microscope  
A method for manufacturing a microstructure device using a near field scanning optical microscope (NSOM) laser micromachining system. A microstructure device preform, including an existing feature,...
7304265 Method and system for machining fragile material  
In a method for processing brittle material, a laser light from a laser light source irradiates the brittle material and transports an irradiating position of the laser light along a predetermined...
7301647 Method for regulating shape of floatation surface of slider floating above record carrier  
A method for manufacturing a slider including a head for recording data into and reproducing data from a record carrier, and a floatation surface that floats above the record carrier includes the...
7297972 Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as a metrology target  
Various methods and systems measure, determine, or align a position of a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor substrate having structures on or within the semiconductor substrate to be...
7292318 System and method for generating thrust at remote objects  
A system and method for detecting thrust in a remote object is disclosed herein. The system is suitable for use in connection with midcourse discrimination systems that distinguish actual targets...
7288739 Method of forming an opening or cavity in a substrate for receiving an electronic component  
A method of forming an opening or cavity in a substrate, for receiving an electronic component, consists of or includes providing a patterned opaque masking layer on or adjacent a first major...
7284396 Method and system for laser marking in the volume of gemstones such as diamonds  
A method and an apparatus for laser marking indicia in the volume of gemstones such as diamonds, the indicia being made up of a plurality of microscopic dot-shaped marks whose build-up can be...
7278201 Method of manufacturing a resistor  
A high precision power resistor having the improved property of reduced resistance change due to power is disclosed. The resistor includes a substrate having first and second flat surfaces and...
7273998 System and method for monitoring laser shock processing  
A method and system for monitoring laser shock peening of a work piece. A line spectrum is obtained from radiation emitted by a plasma produced by a laser shock peening process. The shape of the...
7268316 Method for cleaning a resonator  
A method for cleaning a resonator in an oscillator, a laser being first used for the adjustment of the resonator, in that, using the laser, a dielectric material of the resonator is removed until a...
7267436 Manufacturing method of spectacle lens, marking apparatus, marking system and spectacle lens  
A mark ( 10 A) is formed by focused laser beam inside a spectacle lens (L 1 ). The mark is formed approximately parallel to an optical axis of the spectacle lens (L 1 ). An optical reference...
7265316 Laser marking system  
A laser energy microinscribing system, comprising a semiconductor excited Q-switched solid state laser energy source; a cut gemstone mounting system, allowing optical access to a mounted workpiece;...
7265033 Laser beam processing method for a semiconductor wafer  
A laser beam processing method for a semiconductor wafer having a low-dielectric insulating film formed on the front surface of a semiconductor substrate thereof, a plurality of circuits sectioned...
7259321 Method of manufacturing thin film photovoltaic modules  
A method for manufacturing a thin film photovoltaic module comprising series connected cells, the cells comprising a front contact, a back contact and a photovoltaically active region positioned...
7258808 High-power ball grid array package, heat spreader used in the BGA package and method for manufacturing the same  
A high-power BGA includes a printed circuit board with a through hole, connection pads formed on the bottom of the printed circuit board, matrix solder balls surrounding the through hole and...
7244907 Method of optimizing optical power use in a parallel processing laser system  
The present invention relates to optimizing optical power from a laser processing system, and more specifically to a method of optimizing the optical power by employing parallel laser processing...
7228606 Method for producing a piezoelectric transducer  
A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric transducer including piezoelectric fibers in a polymer matrix is described. The piezoelectric fibers or fiber segments are jacketed with a liquid polymer...
7227098 Method and system for decreasing the effective pulse repetition frequency of a laser  
Methods and systems operate a machine having a laser characterized by a PRF (pulse repetition frequency) parameter that specifies a PRF at which pulses produced by the laser have desirable pulse...
7194803 Seal ring and method of forming micro-topography ring surfaces with a laser  
A seal ring of a shaft seal has micro-topography depth features, such as wavy faces or radial grooves, formed in the seal face which define a hydrodynamic seal region between opposing seal faces....
7186945 Sprayable adhesive material for laser marking semiconductor wafers and dies  
A sprayable adhesive composition having a viscosity within the range of 0.5 Pa.s to 5.0 Pa.s, containing at least one colored filler present in an amount up to 50% by weight of the adhesive...
7173212 Method and apparatus for laser cutting and drilling of semiconductor materials and glass  
A method for laser drilling and laser cutting of semiconductor material or glass in pulsed regime permits, for a given laser power, a rate of material cutting which is substantially higher than the...
7171746 Process for applying conductor tracks to the surface of plastics moldings  
A process is described in which surfaces of foamed plastics are provided with electrical conductor tracks, with the aid of selectively ablating processes. The process permits low-cost production...
7170030 Method and apparatus for repair of reflective photomasks  
A method of selectively ablating an undesired material from a substrate includes providing a substrate with two regions; providing laser pulses; tuning a wavelength of the laser pulses to match a...
7164098 Method for machining grooves by a laser and honeycomb structure forming die and method for producing the same die  
A laser groove machining method for forming bottomed grooves in a surface of a workpiece using a laser, wherein an emitting position of a laser beam which is to be emitted onto the workpiece is...
7157038 Ultraviolet laser ablative patterning of microstructures in semiconductors  
Patterns with feature sizes of less than 50 microns are rapidly formed directly in semiconductors, particularly silicon, GaAs, indium phosphide, or single crystalline sapphire, using ultraviolet...
7148447 Method and apparatus for laser marking by ablation  
A precision, laser-based method and system for high-speed, sequential processing of material of targets within a field are disclosed that control the irradiation distribution pattern of imaged...
7140216 laser aligned shotpeen nozzle  
A shotpeen nozzle includes a tubular core mounted in a casing. The casing has an inlet for receiving shot in a stream of pressurized air, and the core includes an outlet for discharging the stream....
7127812 Process for producing a multi-layer printed wiring board  
A board 20 is provided with a Cu film 30 as a conformal mask, in which are formed a register mark 30 b and an opening 3 a through which a via hole is formed. A camera senses this register...
7126746 Generating sets of tailored laser pulses  
In a master oscillator power amplifier, a driver ( 208 ) of a diode laser ( 202 ) is specially controlled to generate a set of two or more injection laser pulses that are injected into a power...
7126083 Chip scale marker and method of calibrating marking position  
A chip scale marker including a laser system, a wafer holder supporting a wafer to be processed, and a camera moving above the wafer holder by being connected to an X-Y stage and monitoring the...
7109436 Laser shock peening target  
A laser target includes a shank having a first wedge converging from a step to a distal end of the wedge. A complementary second wedge is mounted on the step and converges with the first wedge. The...
7096582 Sliding contact and method for producing the same  
The object is to provide a method of manufacturing a sliding contact which has a high yield of manufacturing sliding contacts and can positively make smooth the tip portion surface of a finger of a...
7082250 Laser cleaving method and apparatus for optical fiber cables  
A laser cleaving apparatus for use in terminating optical fiber cable ends has a laser beam source, the output of which is directed through a beam distorting member, which produces a beam having a...
7078649 Method of forming semiconductor thin-film and laser apparatus used therefore  
A method of forming a semiconductor thin-film constitutes an alignment mark in a laser annealing process. A first laser beam is irradiated to a semiconductor thin-film to form a first irradiated...
7067765 Methods for forming electrically active surfaces for medical electrical leads  
A method for forming an electrically active surface for a medical electrical lead includes the steps of inserting a conductor coil into a shroud that includes an opening, lifting an end of at least...
7067764 Mask for light exposure and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display apparatus employing same  
Light exposure areas 103 and light masking areas 104 in a sole reticle are arrayed in alternation to one another in both the longitudinal and transverse directions. Substrate is exposed to...
7067763 High speed, laser-based marking method and system for producing machine readable marks on workpieces and semiconductor devices with reduced subsurface damage produced thereby  
An improved method of laser marking semiconductor wafers is provided wherein undesirable subsurface damage to a silicon semiconductor wafer is avoided while providing a relative improvement in...
7060933 Method and laser system for production of laser-induced images inside and on the surface of transparent material  
A method and an apparatus for creating laser-induced images inside transparent materials and on their surfaces are disclosed. The method is founded on the production of etch points by creating...
7049543 Method of defining features on materials with a femtosecond laser  
The invention relates to a pulsed laser ablation method of metals and/or dielectric films from the surface of a wafer, printed circuit board or a hybrid substrate. By utilizing a high-energy...
7045739 Stripping flat cables  
The invention pertains to a process for stripping conductor traces ( 2 ) of extruded or laminated flat cables ( 1 ), so-called FFCs, using laser beams ( 4 ). The invention is characterized in that...
7034248 Method and apparatus for customizing louvered blinds  
A clamping apparatus for holding a louvered blind assembly while applying a decorative graphic thereto includes a pair of rectangular frames hingedly connected together for pivoting movement...
7033519 Method of fabricating sub-micron structures in transparent dielectric materials  
A sub-micron structure is fabricated in a transparent dielectric material by focusing femtosecond laser pulses into the dielectric to create a highly tapered modified zone with modified etch...