Patents by Inventor Ralf Kiesel

Ralf Kiesel 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).

  • Publication number: 20240302754
    Abstract: An optical system comprises a number of optics modules, wherein the respective optics module comprises: a number of displaceable optical elements for guiding radiation in the optical system; a number of actuator/sensor devices, wherein at least one of the actuator/sensor devices is assigned to the respective optical element, wherein the respective actuator/sensor device is configured to displace the assigned optical element and/or to acquire a position of the assigned optical element; a vacuum-tight housing; and an electronics unit in the vacuum-tight housing and configured to actuate the respective actuator/sensor device on the basis of received actuation data, wherein the electronics unit has a first electronics region containing a number of electrical and/or electronic component parts and that generates, and a second electronics region containing a number of electrical and/or electronic component parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Krone, Ralf Kiesel, Volker Wieczorek, Kai Kunze
  • Patent number: 10983443
    Abstract: A control device actuates actuator unit to set a position of an optical element of a lithography system. The control device includes an amplifier unit for providing a control signal for the actuator unit via a voltage signal and a PWM signal. The PWM signal has a duty factor and a clock frequency. The control device also includes a modulator unit designed to provide the PWM signal having the duty factor and a defined clock frequency from a plurality of defined clock frequencies. A defined clock frequency of the plurality of defined clock frequencies is an integer multiple of a basic clock frequency. The basic clock frequency is in the range of 10 kHz to 1 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Krone, Lars Berger, Ralf Kiesel, Paul Wijlaars
  • Publication number: 20190302626
    Abstract: A control device actuates actuator unit to set a position of an optical element of a lithography system. The control device includes an amplifier unit for providing a control signal for the actuator unit via a voltage signal and a PWM signal. The PWM signal has a duty factor and a clock frequency. The control device also includes a modulator unit designed to provide the PWM signal having the duty factor and a defined clock frequency from a plurality of defined clock frequencies. A defined clock frequency of the plurality of defined clock frequencies is an integer multiple of a basic clock frequency. The basic clock frequency is in the range of 10 kHz to 1 MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Krone, Lars Berger, Ralf Kiesel, Paul Wijlaars