Inventor · Aalen, DE

Michael Gerhard

33Patents
9h-index
70Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 19, 1999 → Sep 27, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6252712A Optical system with polarization compensator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 123 Expired
US6388823B1 Optical system, especially a projection light facility for microlithography Physics 63 Expired
US7145720B2 Objective with fluoride crystal lenses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US6774984B2 Optical imaging system with polarizer and a crystalline-quartz plate for use therewith Physics 60 Expired
US6697199B2 Objective with lenses made of a crystalline material Physics 23 Expired
US7112772B2 Catadioptric projection objective with adaptive mirror and projection exposure method Physics 15 Expired
US7199864B2 Polarization rotator and a crystalline-quartz plate for use in an optical imaging system Physics 12 Expired
US6891980B2 Method and apparatus for analysis of schlieren Physics 12 Expired
US6667839B2 Holding device for an optical element made of a crystalline material Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US7294814B2 Microlithography projection objective including deformable mirror with adjusting elements and systems and methods using the same Physics 8 Active
US8705005B2 Microlithographic illumination system Physics 6 Active
US6936825B2 Process for the decontamination of microlithographic projection exposure devices Physics 5 Expired
US7271876B2 Projection objective for microlithography Physics 5 Expired
US8873023B2 Illumination system for microlithography Physics 4 Active
US9280060B2 Illumination system for microlithography Physics 3 Active
US8870396B2 Substrates for mirrors for EUV lithography and their production Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US7880969B2 Optical integrator for an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7180667B2 Objective with fluoride crystal lenses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US9310693B2 Method for operating a projection exposure tool and control apparatus Physics 1 Active
US6842284B2 Objective with lenses made of a crystalline material Physics 1 Expired
US6836379B2 Catadioptric objective Physics 1 Expired
US7126765B2 Objective with fluoride crystal lenses Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US8520307B2 Optical integrator for an illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9606441B2 Illumination system for microlithography Physics 1 Active
US8411251B2 Optical element and illumination optics for microlithography Physics 1 Active

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