Patents by Inventor Arthur Clough

Arthur Clough 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).

  • Publication number: 20060289798
    Abstract: An angle measurement system for an ion beam includes a flag defining first and second features, wherein the second feature has a variable spacing from the first feature, a mechanism to translate the flag along a translation path so that the flag intercepts at least a portion of the ion beam, and a sensing device to detect the ion beam for different flag positions along the translation path and produce a sensor signal in response to the detected ion beam. The sensor signal and corresponding positions of the flag are representative of a vertical beam angle of the ion beam in a vertical plane. The sensing device may include a mask and a mechanism to translate the mask in order to define a beam current sensor on a portion of an associated Faraday sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: James Cummings, Joseph Olson, Arthur Clough, Eric Hermanson, Rosario Mollica, Paul Murphy, Mark Donahue