Inventor · Encinitas, CA, US

Robert Jay Rafac

51Patents
7h-index
38Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 26, 2003 → Jan 25, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7088758B2 Relax gas discharge laser lithography light source Electricity 27 Expired
US8872143B2 Target for laser produced plasma extreme ultraviolet light source Electricity 17 Active
US8791440B1 Target for extreme ultraviolet light source Electricity 16 Active
US8014432B2 Regenerative ring resonator Electricity 11 Active
US8520186B2 Active spectral control of optical source Physics 10 Active
US7317536B2 Spectral bandwidth metrology for high repetition rate gas discharge lasers Physics 8 Expired
US8680495B1 Extreme ultraviolet light source Electricity 7 Active
US9232623B2 Extreme ultraviolet light source Physics 6 Active
US8927952B2 Target for laser produced plasma extreme ultraviolet light source Electricity 6 Active
US8624209B1 Controlling spatial properties in an excimer ring amplifier Electricity 6 Active
US7304748B2 Method and apparatus for bandwidth measurement and bandwidth parameter calculation for laser light Physics 6 Expired
US9713240B2 Stabilizing EUV light power in an extreme ultraviolet light source Electricity 6 Active
US9239269B1 Calibration of photoelectromagnetic sensor in a laser source Physics 5 Active
US9832852B1 EUV LPP source with dose control and laser stabilization using variable width laser pulses Electricity 5 Active
US7639364B2 Methods and apparatus for bandwidth measurement and bandwidth parameter calculation for laser light Physics 5 Active
US9820368B2 Target expansion rate control in an extreme ultraviolet light source Electricity 4 Active
US7256893B2 Method and apparatus for measuring bandwidth of an optical spectrum output of a very small wavelength very narrow bandwidth high power laser Electricity 4 Expired
US7684046B2 Method and apparatus for bandwidth measurement and bandwidth parameter calculation for laser light Physics 4 Active
US9426872B1 System and method for controlling source laser firing in an LPP EUV light source Electricity 4 Active
US8866110B2 Extreme ultraviolet light source Electricity 3 Active
US8563956B1 Intracavity loss element for power amplifier Electricity 3 Active
US9239268B1 Calibration of photoelectromagnetic sensor in a laser source Electricity 2 Active
US10314153B2 Target expansion rate control in an extreme ultraviolet light source Electricity 2 Active
USRE45957E1 Regenerative ring resonator General 2 Active
US9516729B2 Variable radius mirror dichroic beam splitter module for extreme ultraviolet source Electricity 2 Active

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