Patents by Inventor Gerhard Joseph Nickel

Gerhard Joseph Nickel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8351049
    Abstract: An interferometric device for position measurement of an element moveable in a plane is disclosed. A laser light source measures the position of the moveable element and emits the required measuring light. A beam splitter splits the measuring light into a first partial beam path and a second partial beam path, which each impinge on a reflecting surface of the moveable element via an interferometer. Herein, at least the beam splitter, which splits the measuring light into a first partial beam path and a second partial beam path, and the beam splitter, which directs the third partial beam path onto an etalon via an interferometer, have a respective beam trap associated with them, which traps the light returning from the respective interferometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Artur Boesser, Siegfried Peter Kluge, Joerg Lenz, Gerhard Joseph Nickel
  • Publication number: 20100020332
    Abstract: An interferometric device for position measurement of an element moveable in a plane is disclosed. A laser light source measures the position of the moveable element and emits the required measuring light. A beam splitter splits the measuring light into a first partial beam path and a second partial beam path, which each impinge on a reflecting surface of the moveable element via an interferometer. Herein, at least the beam splitter, which splits the measuring light into a first partial beam path and a second partial beam path, and the beam splitter, which directs the third partial beam path onto an etalon via an interferometer, have a respective beam trap associated with them, which traps the light returning from the respective interferometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: VISTEC Semiconductor Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Artur Boesser, Siegfried Peter Kluge, Joerg Lenz, Gerhard Joseph Nickel