Inventor · Aalen, DE

Wolfgang Singer

123Patents
16h-index
139Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 29, 2000 → Jun 23, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6438199B1 Illumination system particularly for microlithography Physics 80 Expired
US10191288B2 Optical system and method for transmitting a source image Physics 71 Active
US6658084B2 Illumination system with variable adjustment of the illumination Physics 59 Expired
US7511886B2 Optical beam transformation system and illumination system comprising an optical beam transformation system Physics 56 Expired
US7256932B2 Optical system for ultraviolet light Physics 36 Expired
US6646718B2 Projection objective having adjacently mounted aspheric lens surfaces Physics 30 Expired
US7714983B2 Illumination system for a microlithography projection exposure installation Physics 29 Active
US7196841B2 Lighting system, particularly for use in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography Physics 22 Expired
US6806942B2 Projection exposure system Physics 22 Expired
US7321126B2 Collector with fastening devices for fastening mirror shells Physics 22 Expired
US6859328B2 Illumination system particularly for microlithography Physics 20 Expired
US7015489B2 Collector having unused region for illumination systems using a wavelength less than or equal to 193 nm Physics 20 Expired
US7116394B2 Method for cleaning a surface of a component of a lithographic projection apparatus, lithographic projection apparatus, device manufacturing method and cleaning system Physics 19 Expired
US7605386B2 Optical device with raster elements, and illumination system with the optical device Physics 18 Active
US6964485B2 Collector for an illumination system with a wavelength of less than or equal to 193 nm Physics 16 Expired
US7385764B2 Objectives as a microlithography projection objective with at least one liquid lens Physics 16 Expired
US7354168B2 Facet mirror having a number of mirror facets Physics 13 Expired
US6891980B2 Method and apparatus for analysis of schlieren Physics 12 Expired
US7075433B2 Bluetooth theft control Physics 12 Expired
US7329886B2 EUV illumination system having a plurality of light sources for illuminating an optical element Physics 11 Expired
US7473907B2 Illumination system for a wavelength of ≦ 193 nm, with sensors for determining an illumination Physics 11 Active
US7583433B2 Multi mirror system for an illumination system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7466489B2 Projection objective having a high aperture and a planar end surface Physics 10 Expired
US6972841B2 Method and apparatus for determining the non-volatile component of aerosol particles in a gas sample Physics 10 Expired
US7186983B2 Illumination system particularly for microlithography Physics 9 Expired

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