Patents by Inventor Konrad Carl Steimer

Konrad Carl Steimer 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: 11703770
    Abstract: An arrangement of a microlithographic optical imaging device includes first and supporting structures. The first supporting structure supports an optical element of the imaging device. The first supporting structure supports the second supporting structure via supporting spring devices of a vibration decoupling device. The supporting spring devices act kinematically parallel to one another between the first and second supporting structures. Each supporting spring device defines a supporting force direction and a supporting length along the supporting force direction. The second supporting structure supports a measuring device configured to measure the position and/or orientation of the optical element in relation to a reference in at least one degree of freedom and up to all six degrees of freedom in space. A creep compensation device compensates a change in a static relative situation between the first and second supporting structures in at least one correction degree of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Eylem Bektas Knauf, Ulrich Schoenhoff, Marwène Nefzi, Ralf Zweering, Konrad Carl Steimer, Yim-Bun Patrick Kwan
  • Patent number: 11526089
    Abstract: An arrangement of a microlithographic optical imaging device includes first and second supporting structures. The first supporting structure supports an optical element of the imaging device. The first supporting structure supports the second supporting structure via supporting spring devices of a vibration decoupling device. The supporting spring devices act kinematically parallel to one another between the first and second supporting structures. Each of the supporting spring devices defines a supporting force direction and a supporting length along the supporting force direction. The second supporting structure supports a measuring device which measures the position and/or orientation of the at least one optical element in relation to a reference in at least one degree of freedom up to all six degrees of freedom in space. A reduction device reduces a change in a static relative situation between the first and second supporting structures in at least one correction degree of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Marwène Nefzi, Stefan Hembacher, Stefan Troeger, Ralf Zweering, Konrad Carl Steimer
  • Publication number: 20210405359
    Abstract: An arrangement of a microlithographic optical imaging device includes first and supporting structures. The first supporting structure supports an optical element of the imaging device. The first supporting structure supports the second supporting structure via supporting spring devices of a vibration decoupling device. The supporting spring devices act kinematically parallel to one another between the first and second supporting structures. Each supporting spring device defines a supporting force direction and a supporting length along the supporting force direction. The second supporting structure supports a measuring device configured to measure the position and/or orientation of the optical element in relation to a reference in at least one degree of freedom and up to all six degrees of freedom in space. A creep compensation device compensates a change in a static relative situation between the first and second supporting structures in at least one correction degree of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Eylem Bektas Knauf, Ulrich Schoenhoff, Marwène Nefzi, Ralf Zweering, Konrad Carl Steimer, Yim-Bun Patrick Kwan
  • Publication number: 20210405543
    Abstract: An arrangement of a microlithographic optical imaging device includes first and second supporting structures. The first supporting structure supports an optical element of the imaging device. The first supporting structure supports the second supporting structure via supporting spring devices of a vibration decoupling device. The supporting spring devices act kinematically parallel to one another between the first and second supporting structures. Each of the supporting spring devices defines a supporting force direction and a supporting length along the supporting force direction. The second supporting structure supports a measuring device which measures the position and/or orientation of the at least one optical element in relation to a reference in at least one degree of freedom up to all six degrees of freedom in space. A reduction device reduces a change in a static relative situation between the first and second supporting structures in at least one correction degree of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Marwène Nefzi, Stefan Hembacher, Stefan Troeger, Ralf Zweering, Konrad Carl Steimer