Inventor · New Fairfield, CT, US

Stephen Roux

47Patents
9h-index
69Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 31, 1996 → Jan 4, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5775569A Method for building interconnect structures by injection molded solder and structures built Electricity 68 Expired
US6332569A Etched glass solder bump transfer for flip chip integrated circuit devices Electricity 55 Expired
US6239863A Removable cover for protecting a reticle, system including and method of using the same Electricity 50 Expired
US6149122A Method for building interconnect structures by injection molded solder and structures built Electricity 41 Expired
US6105852A Etched glass solder bump transfer for flip chip integrated circuit devices Electricity 35 Expired
US6133633A Method for building interconnect structures by injection molded solder and structures built Electricity 21 Expired
US6778258B2 Wafer handling system for use in lithography patterning Electricity 16 Expired
US6906789B2 Magnetically levitated and driven reticle-masking blade stage mechanism having six degrees freedom of motion Electricity 14 Expired
US7135693B2 Method and apparatus for recycling gases used in a lithography tool Physics 10 Expired
US6919573B2 Method and apparatus for recycling gases used in a lithography tool Physics 8 Expired
US6770895B2 Method and apparatus for isolating light source gas from main chamber gas in a lithography tool Physics 8 Expired
US6934005B2 Reticle focus measurement method using multiple interferometric beams Physics 7 Expired
US10558129B2 Mask assembly Physics 6 Active
US8553205B2 Method for controlling the position of a movable object, a control system for controlling a positioning device, and a lithographic apparatus Physics 6 Active
US7359037B2 Drive for reticle-masking blade stage Electricity 5 Expired
US7136151B2 Reticle gripper barrier system for lithography use Physics 4 Expired
US7105836B2 Method and apparatus for cooling a reticle during lithographic exposure Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Expired
US7136214B2 Active faceted mirror system for lithography Physics 3 Expired
US7474384B2 Lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and a projection element for use in the lithographic apparatus Physics 3 Active
US7372548B2 Levitated reticle-masking blade stage Electricity 3 Expired
US7119883B2 Correcting variations in the intensity of light within an illumination field without distorting the telecentricity of the light Physics 3 Expired
US6950175B2 System, method, and apparatus for a magnetically levitated and driven reticle-masking blade stage mechanism Physics 3 Expired
US6894293B2 System for recycling gases used in a lithography tool Physics 3 Expired
US6984474B2 Reticle barrier system for extreme ultra-violet lithography Physics 3 Expired
US11500298B2 Reticle sub-field thermal control Physics 2 Active

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