Inventor · Wilton, CT, US

Daniel N. Galburt

53Patents
14h-index
46Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 10, 1983 → Jul 13, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4952858A Microlithographic apparatus Electricity 112 Expired
US4506205A Electro-magnetic alignment apparatus Physics 64 Expired
US5285142A Wafer stage with reference surface Electricity 61 Expired
US4506204A Electro-magnetic apparatus Electricity 57 Expired
US4907035A Universal edged-based wafer alignment apparatus Physics 40 Expired
US6013401A Method of controlling illumination field to reduce line width variation Physics 33 Expired
US6760167B2 Apparatus, system, and method for precision positioning and alignment of a lens in an optical system Physics 26 Expired
US6538720B2 Lithographic tool with dual isolation system and method for configuring the same Physics 23 Expired
US6097474A Dynamically adjustable high resolution adjustable slit Physics 22 Expired
US6556364B2 Apparatus, system, and method for precision positioning and alignment of a lens in an optical system Physics 22 Expired
US6912043B2 Removable reticle window and support frame using magnetic force Physics 20 Expired
US6307619A Scanning framing blade apparatus Electricity 19 Expired
US5966216A On-axix mask and wafer alignment system Physics 15 Expired
US5352962A Brushless polyphase reduced force variation motor Electricity 14 Expired
US6906789B2 Magnetically levitated and driven reticle-masking blade stage mechanism having six degrees freedom of motion Electricity 14 Expired
US4933714A Apparatus and method for reproducing a pattern in an annular area Physics 14 Expired
US6853440B1 Position correction in Y of mask object shift due to Z offset and non-perpendicular illumination Physics 13 Expired
US7053990B2 System to increase throughput in a dual substrate stage double exposure lithography system Physics 12 Expired
US7010958B2 High-resolution gas gauge proximity sensor Physics 10 Expired
US7292308B2 System and method for patterning a flexible substrate in a lithography tool Electricity 9 Expired
US6784978B2 Method, system, and apparatus for management of reaction loads in a lithography system Physics 9 Expired
US7134321B2 Fluid gauge proximity sensor and method of operating same using a modulated fluid flow Physics 8 Expired
US6876439B2 Method to increase throughput in a dual substrate stage double exposure lithography system Physics 8 Expired
US6885435B2 Method, system, and apparatus for management of reaction loads in a lithography system Physics 6 Expired
US7437911B2 Method and system for operating an air gauge at programmable or constant standoff Physics 5 Expired

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