Patents by Inventor Istvan Balogh

Istvan Balogh 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: 7329014
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a collector mirror for short-wavelength radiation based on a plasma. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for managing the temperature of a collector mirror for focusing short-wavelength radiation generated from a plasma which allows an efficient thermal connection to be produced between the optically active mirror surface and a thermostat system without the disadvantages relating to space requirements or high-precision manufacture of the collector mirror. This object is met, according to the invention, in that the collector mirror has a solid, rotationally symmetric substrate which comprises a material with high thermal conductivity of more than 50 W/mK and in which channels for cooling and temperature management are incorporated in the substrate so that a heat transport medium can flow through directly and for rapidly stabilizing the temperature of the optically active mirror surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: XTREME Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Istvan Balogh, Kai Gaebel
  • Publication number: 20060227826
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a collector mirror for short-wavelength radiation based on a plasma. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for managing the temperature of a collector mirror for focusing short-wavelength radiation generated from a plasma which allows an efficient thermal connection to be produced between the optically active mirror surface and a thermostat system without the disadvantages relating to space requirements or high-precision manufacture of the collector mirror. This object is met, according to the invention, in that the collector mirror has a solid, rotationally symmetric substrate which comprises a material with high thermal conductivity of more than 50 W/mK and in which channels for cooling and temperature management are incorporated in the substrate so that a heat transport medium can flow through directly and for rapidly stabilizing the temperature of the optically active mirror surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Istvan Balogh, Kai Gaebel
  • Patent number: 5521764
    Abstract: A device according to the invention enables a high-precision adjustment of lenses or lens groups in a mounted high-performance lens system at any time. The lens or lens group to be adjusted is fixed in a lens mount which is held in a frictional engagement in a first mount. The fit clearance between the lens mount and first mount which is arranged in the high-performance lens system so as to be substantially virtually free of play radially is at least as great as the desired adjustment region. Piezoelectric translators are arranged in the wall region of the lens mount so as to be parallel to the optical axis and act against the contact-pressing force bringing about the frictional engagement during the adjustment process so that the force required for the displacement of the lens mount in the first mount via radially acting adjusting members is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Jenoptik GmbH
    Inventors: Istvan Balogh, Joerg-Peter Schmidt