Inventor · Escondido, CA, US

Alexander I. Ershov

152Patents
36h-index
176Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 23, 1997 → Oct 16, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7196342B2 Systems and methods for reducing the influence of plasma-generated debris on the internal components of an EUV light source Physics 260 Expired
US6128323A Reliable modular production quality narrow-band high REP rate excimer laser Electricity 171 Expired
US6567450B2 Very narrow band, two chamber, high rep rate gas discharge laser system Electricity 144 Expired
US5991324A Reliable. modular, production quality narrow-band KRF excimer laser Electricity 139 Expired
US5856991A Very narrow band laser Electricity 136 Expired
US6625191B2 Very narrow band, two chamber, high rep rate gas discharge laser system Electricity 136 Expired
US6192064A Narrow band laser with fine wavelength control Electricity 135 Expired
US6094448A Grating assembly with bi-directional bandwidth control Electricity 112 Expired
US6535531B1 Gas discharge laser with pulse multiplier Electricity 97 Expired
US6549551B2 Injection seeded laser with precise timing control Electricity 96 Expired
US5835520A Very narrow band KrF laser Electricity 93 Expired
US5970082A Very narrow band laser Electricity 89 Expired
US5982800A Narrow band excimer laser Electricity 87 Expired
US7164144B2 EUV light source Physics 79 Expired
US6028879A Narrow band laser with etalon based output coupler Electricity 79 Expired
US5901163A Narrow band laser with etalon based output coupler Electricity 74 Expired
US5978409A Line narrowing apparatus with high transparency prism beam expander Electricity 74 Expired
US5852627A Laser with line narrowing output coupler Electricity 73 Expired
US6014398A Narrow band excimer laser with gas additive Electricity 70 Expired
US6690704B2 Control system for a two chamber gas discharge laser Electricity 70 Expired
US7405416B2 Method and apparatus for EUV plasma source target delivery Electricity 64 Expired
US6693939B2 Laser lithography light source with beam delivery Electricity 63 Expired
US7491954B2 Drive laser delivery systems for EUV light source Electricity 60 Active
US6381257B1 Very narrow band injection seeded F2 lithography laser Electricity 59 Expired
US6538737B2 High resolution etalon-grating spectrometer Physics 56 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.