Patents by Inventor Ofer Ish-Shalom

Ofer Ish-Shalom 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).

  • Illumination system for optical inspection
    Patent number: 8077307
    Abstract: Apparatus for optical inspection includes an illumination assembly, including multiple parallel rows of light sources for emitting light and illumination optics associated with each row for directing the light onto an object under inspection. The multiple parallel rows include at least a first row with first illumination optics including a first array of prisms that are configured to reflect the light emitted by the light sources in the first row, and at least a second row with second illumination optics including a second array of prisms that are configured to refract the light emitted by the light sources in the second row. An imaging assembly is configured to capture an image of the object under illumination by the multiple parallel rows of the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Orbotech Ltd.
    Inventors: Ehud Pertzov, Michael Matusovsky, Yaron Bar-Tal, Ilia Lutsker, Ofer Ish-Shalom
  • ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION
    Publication number: 20090257050
    Abstract: Apparatus for optical inspection includes an illumination assembly, including multiple parallel rows of light sources for emitting light and illumination optics associated with each row for directing the light onto an object under inspection. The multiple parallel rows include at least a first row with first illumination optics including a first array of prisms that are configured to reflect the light emitted by the light sources in the first row, and at least a second row with second illumination optics including a second array of prisms that are configured to refract the light emitted by the light sources in the second row. An imaging assembly is configured to capture an image of the object under illumination by the multiple parallel rows of the light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: ORBOTECH LTD.
    Inventors: Ehud PERTZOV, Michael Matusovsky, Yaron Bar-Tal, Ilia Lutsker, Ofer Ish-Shalom