Patents by Inventor Khalid Manssouri

Khalid Manssouri 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: 9715182
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a driven object having compliant dynamics; a plurality of actuators configured to act on the driven object, wherein the plurality of actuators are over-determined in an actuator degree of freedom; a control system including a transformation matrix configured to generate controller output signals for each of the plurality of actuators in response to a setpoint, wherein the transformation matrix is configured such that the controller output signals do not excite the compliant dynamics of the driven object in at least one degree of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Marinus Maria Johannes Van De Wal, Wilhelmus Henricus Theodorus Maria Aangenent, Ramidin Izair Kamidi, Khalid Manssouri
  • Publication number: 20150316860
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a driven object having compliant dynamics; a plurality of actuators configured to act on the driven object, wherein the plurality of actuators are over-determined in an actuator degree of freedom; a control system including a transformation matrix configured to generate controller output signals for each of the plurality of actuators in response to a setpoint, wherein the transformation matrix is configured such that the controller output signals do not excite the compliant dynamics of the driven object in at least one degree of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Marinus Maria Johannes VAN DE WAL, Wilhelmus Henricus Theodorus Maria AANGENENT, Ramidin Izair KAMIDI, Khalid MANSSOURI
  • Patent number: 8830442
    Abstract: A servo control system to control a position of an object supported by a movable support includes a first measurement system to measure a position of the movable support, a comparative device to provide an error signal based on the comparison between a measured movable support position and a desired movable support position, a controller unit to provide a control signal based on the error signal, and an actuator configured to actuate the movable support based on the control signal. The servo control system further includes a slip compensation device to compensate a slip between the object and the movable support, the slip compensation device including a second measurement system to measure an object position with respect to the movable support, and an addition device to add a slip compensation signal to the measured movable support position or the error signal based on the measured object position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: AMSL Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Youssef Karel Maria De Vos, Dirk-Jan Bijvoet, Ronald Casper Kunst, Ramidin Izair Kamidi, Khalid Manssouri
  • Publication number: 20090147236
    Abstract: A servo control system to control a position of an object supported by a movable support includes a first measurement system to measure a position of the movable support, a comparative device to provide an error signal based on the comparison between a measured movable support position and a desired movable support position, a controller unit to provide a control signal based on the error signal, and an actuator configured to actuate the movable support based on the control signal. The servo control system further includes a slip compensation device to compensate a slip between the object and the movable support, the slip compensation device including a second measurement system to measure an object position with respect to the movable support, and an addition device to add a slip compensation signal to the measured movable support position or the error signal based on the measured object position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Youssef Karel Maria De Vos, Dirk-Jan Bijvoet, Ronald Casper Kunst, Ramidin Izair Kamidi, Khalid Manssouri