Patents by Inventor Donald Victor Smart

Donald Victor Smart 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: 6911622
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: General Scanning, Inc.
    Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Victor Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
  • Publication number: 20030189032
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: General Scanning, a Massachusetts corporation
    Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Victor Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
  • Patent number: 6559412
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Victor Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
  • Publication number: 20020017510
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Victor Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin
  • Patent number: 6300590
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for vaporizing a target structure on a substrate. According to the invention, a calculation is performed, as a function of wavelength, of an incident beam energy necessary to deposit unit energy in the target structure. Then, for the incident beam energy, the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate as a function of wavelength is calculated. A wavelength is identified that corresponds to a relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate, the low value being substantially less than a value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate at a higher wavelength. A laser system is provided configured to produce a laser output at the wavelength corresponding to the relatively low value of the energy expected to be deposited in the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: General Scanning, Inc.
    Inventors: William Lauer, Pierre Trepagnier, Donald Victor Smart, James Cordingley, Michael Plotkin