Patents by Inventor Rashid M. SALLAK

Rashid M. SALLAK 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: 11397384
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for autofocusing an imaging apparatus in real-time during substrate scanning to pattern a substrate that includes a photoresist formed over one or more patterned materials. Displays of varying sizes can be fabricated using digital photolithography systems. The digital photolithography systems discussed herein, which may be referred to as imaging systems, use one or more exposure sources, including solid state emitter devices, for operations including patterning photoresists. Signal classifiers are used to perform shape and pattern recognition to determine whether signals received during substrate scanning are from a top photoresist surface or from sub-surface layers. One or more parameters of the imaging apparatus can be adjusted or maintained based on the signal analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Rashid M. Sallak
  • Publication number: 20210088916
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for autofocusing an imaging apparatus in real-time during substrate scanning to pattern a substrate that includes a photoresist formed over one or more patterned materials. Displays of varying sizes can be fabricated using digital photolithography systems. The digital photolithography systems discussed herein, which may be referred to as imaging systems, use one or more exposure sources, including solid state emitter devices, for operations including patterning photoresists. Signal classifiers are used to perform shape and pattern recognition to determine whether signals received during substrate scanning are from a top photoresist surface or from sub-surface layers. One or more parameters of the imaging apparatus can be adjusted or maintained based on the signal analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Rashid M. SALLAK
  • Patent number: 10890852
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for autofocusing an imaging apparatus in real-time during substrate scanning to pattern a substrate that includes a photoresist formed over one or more patterned materials. Displays of varying sizes can be fabricated using digital photolithography systems. The digital photolithography systems discussed herein, which may be referred to as imaging systems, use one or more exposure sources, including solid state emitter devices, for operations including patterning photoresists. Signal classifiers are used to perform shape and pattern recognition to determine whether signals received during substrate scanning are from a top photoresist surface or from sub-surface layers. One or more parameters of the imaging apparatus can be adjusted or maintained based on the signal analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Rashid M. Sallak
  • Publication number: 20200150548
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for autofocusing an imaging apparatus in real-time during substrate scanning to pattern a substrate that includes a photoresist formed over one or more patterned materials. Displays of varying sizes can be fabricated using digital photolithography systems. The digital photolithography systems discussed herein, which may be referred to as imaging systems, use one or more exposure sources, including solid state emitter devices, for operations including patterning photoresists. Signal classifiers are used to perform shape and pattern recognition to determine whether signals received during substrate scanning are from a top photoresist surface or from sub-surface layers. One or more parameters of the imaging apparatus can be adjusted or maintained based on the signal analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Rashid M. SALLAK