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Balancing collector contamination of a light source by selective deposition

US10444645B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2018
Grant dateOct 15, 2019
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70916
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method includes identifying a first contamination region of a collector of a light source and enabling a subset of a plurality of temperature control elements positioned on the collector to cause a second contamination region to be formed on the collector symmetric to the first contamination region.

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