Patents by Inventor Rene Wirtz

Rene Wirtz 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: 8779276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoelectric device, in particular an all-organic thermoelectric device, and to an array of such thermoelectric devices. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a thermoelectric device, in particular an all-organic thermoelectric device. Moreover, the present invention relates to uses of the thermoelectric device and/or the array in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Rene Wirtz, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles
  • Patent number: 8605250
    Abstract: In an immersion lithography tool, the status of the immersion hood surface may be estimated on the basis of an inline detection system that generates optical measurement data. For example, a digital imaging system may be implemented in order to obtain optical measurement data without requiring exposure of the interior of the lithography tool to ambient air. In other cases, other optical measurement techniques, such as FTIR and the like, may be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Rolf Seltmann, Rene Wirtz
  • Publication number: 20130264545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dithiocarbamate compounds and to an assembly for use in an electronic device, said assembly comprising a self-assembled monolayer of at least one dithiocarbamate compound. The present invention also relates to an electronic device including such assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Florian VON WROCHEM, Jurina WESSELS, Dequing GAO, William FORD, Sylvia ROSSELLI, Rene WIRTZ
  • Publication number: 20130194399
    Abstract: A device for controlling shutter glasses used in a 3D display system, including: a generator unit generating sync signals used to synchronize shutter glasses with the 3D display system, the sync signals having a timing and a sync rate; a transmit unit for transmitting the sync signals to the shutter glasses, and a sync signal adjusting unit coupled to the generator unit and configured to adjust the timing and/or sync rate of the sync signal generated by the generator unit. The adjusting unit includes a transmit element transmitting an adjusting signal indicating the timing and/or the sync rate and receivable by other devices for controlling shutter glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rene Wirtz
  • Patent number: 8455864
    Abstract: Method of manufacture of an electronic device, comprising providing a substrate comprising a semiconductor device stack, depositing a first material layer over the substrate, the first material layer being an insulating layer, depositing an active organic material layer over the first material layer, depositing a second material layer over the active organic material layer, the second material layer being an insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Rene Wirtz, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles, Nikolaus Knorr, Zoi Karipidou, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai
  • Patent number: 8431918
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device, comprising a field effect transistor and a resistive switch electrically coupled with each other, wherein the resistive switch is configured to be switched between a state of low resistance and a state of high resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Rene Wirtz, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles, Bjoern Luessem
  • Publication number: 20130042899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoelectric device, in particular an all-organic thermoelectric device, and to an array of such thermoelectric devices. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a thermoelectric device, in particular an all-organic thermoelectric device. Moreover, the present invention relates to uses of the thermoelectric device and/or the array in accordance with the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Rene WIRTZ, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles
  • Patent number: 8338061
    Abstract: Fluorine-passivated reticles for use in lithography and methods for fabricating and using such reticles are provided. According to one embodiment, a method for performing photolithography comprises placing a fluorine-passivated reticle between an illumination source and a target semiconductor wafer and causing electromagnetic radiation to pass from the illumination source through the fluorine-passivated reticle to the target semiconductor wafer. In another embodiment, a fluorine-passivated reticle comprises a substrate and a patterned fluorine-passivated absorber material layer overlying the substrate. According to another embodiment, a method for fabricating a reticle for use in photolithography comprises providing a substrate and forming a fluorine-passivated absorber material layer overlying the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry J. Levinson, Uzodinma Okoroanyanwu, Anna Tchikoulaeva, Rene Wirtz
  • Publication number: 20120098931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an 3D motion picture adaption system (1) comprising a 3D motion picture device (10, 11) for displaying 3D motion pictures (13, 14), a sensor device (40) for detecting the position of the viewer's eyes; and an adaption device (50, 56, 60) for adapting the position of the displayed 3D motion pictures (13, 14) to the detected position of the 3D glasses (20, 21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Rene WIRTZ
  • Publication number: 20120025175
    Abstract: Semiconductor device, comprising a substrate with a first electrode and having a layer of organic material deposited over the substrate and the first electrode; and a second electrode deposited over the layer of organic material, wherein the second electrode comprises a dielectric layer that is separated from the layer of organic material by the material of the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Rene Wirtz, Nikolaus Knorr, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles
  • Publication number: 20110244377
    Abstract: Fluorine-passivated reticles for use in lithography and methods for fabricating and using such reticles are provided. According to one embodiment, a method for performing photolithography comprises placing a fluorine-passivated reticle between an illumination source and a target semiconductor wafer and causing electromagnetic radiation to pass from the illumination source through the fluorine-passivated reticle to the target semiconductor wafer. In another embodiment, a fluorine-passivated reticle comprises a substrate and a patterned fluorine-passivated absorber material layer overlying the substrate. According to another embodiment, a method for fabricating a reticle for use in photolithography comprises providing a substrate and forming a fluorine-passivated absorber material layer overlying the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Harry J. LEVINSON, Uzodinma Okoroanyanwu, Anna Tchikoulaeva, Rene Wirtz
  • Patent number: 7985513
    Abstract: Fluorine-passivated reticles for use in lithography and methods for fabricating and using such reticles are provided. According to one embodiment, a method for performing photolithography comprises placing a fluorine-passivated reticle between an illumination source and a target semiconductor wafer and causing electromagnetic radiation to pass from the illumination source through the fluorine-passivated reticle to the target semiconductor wafer. In another embodiment, a fluorine-passivated reticle comprises a substrate and a patterned fluorine-passivated absorber material layer overlying the substrate. According to another embodiment, a method for fabricating a reticle for use in photolithography comprises providing a substrate and forming a fluorine-passivated absorber material layer overlying the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry J. Levinson, Uzodinma Okoroanyanwu, Anna Tchikoulaeva, Rene Wirtz
  • Publication number: 20110156012
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a substrate comprising an active organic layer, the method comprising providing a substrate comprising a first layer of an organic material, depositing a second layer on the first layer of organic material, depositing a third layer on the second layer, wherein the second layer protects the first layer of organic material during the deposition of the third layer, and patterning the second layer and the third layer to form a hardmask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rene WIRTZ, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles
  • Publication number: 20110127487
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device, comprising a field effect transistor and a resistive switch electrically coupled with each other, wherein the resistive switch is configured to be switched between a state of low resistance and a state of high resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rene Wirtz, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles, Bjoern Luessem
  • Publication number: 20110108816
    Abstract: Method of manufacture of an electronic device, comprising providing a substrate comprising a semiconductor device stack, depositing a first material layer over the substrate, the first material layer being an insulating layer, depositing an active organic material layer over the first material layer, depositing a second material layer over the active organic material layer, the second material layer being an insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rene Wirtz, Silvia Rosselli, Gabriele Nelles, Nikolaus Knorr, Zoi Karipidou, Ameneh Bamedi Zilai
  • Patent number: 7887691
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming coatings of at least two different coating molecules on at least two electrodes, the method comprising: (a) providing an array of at least two individually-addressable electrodes, (b) allowing a layer of a masking molecule to adsorb onto all electrodes, (c) inducing electrochemical desorption of the masking molecule from at least one but not all electrodes to expose a first set of exposed electrodes, (d) allowing a first coating molecule to adsorb onto the first set of exposed electrodes, (e) exposing all electrodes to a masking molecule to allow adsorption of the masking molecule onto all electrodes, (f) inducing electrochemical desorption of masking molecule from a second set of electrodes to expose a second set of exposed electrodes, (g) allowing a second coating molecule to adsorb onto the second set of exposed electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cambridge University Technical Services Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Giles Davies, Christoph Walti, Anton Peter Jacob Middelberg, Michael Pepper, Rene Wirtz
  • Publication number: 20110031481
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dithiocarbamate compounds and to an assembly for use in an electronic device, said assembly comprising a self-assembled monolayer of at least one dithiocarbamate compound. The present invention also relates to an electronic device including such assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Florian VON WROCHEM, Jurina WESSELS, Dequing GAO, William FORD, Sylvia ROSSELLI, Rene WIRTZ
  • Publication number: 20100245790
    Abstract: In an immersion lithography tool, the status of the immersion hood surface may be estimated on the basis of an inline detection system that generates optical measurement data. For example, a digital imaging system may be implemented in order to obtain optical measurement data without requiring exposure of the interior of the lithography tool to ambient air. In other cases, other optical measurement techniques, such as FTIR and the like, may be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Rolf Seltmann, Rene Wirtz
  • Publication number: 20100110402
    Abstract: Aberration control capabilities of sophisticated lithography tools may be exploited in order to locally adapt the focal surface of the optical system. That is, higher order correction terms may be incorporated in the design of the local surface in addition to the conventionally used first order corrections, thereby enhancing uniformity of the lithography process and thus of corresponding microstructure devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Rene WIRTZ, Rolf SELTMANN
  • Publication number: 20100112468
    Abstract: A substrate support system for process tools, such as lithography tools, comprises a configuration in which a local height level adjustment may be accomplished. Thus, upon detecting a non-allowable height level, the corresponding portion of the substrate support surface may be re-adjusted. Hence, the focus conditions of advanced exposure processes may be significantly enhanced, thereby providing superior process results and also increasing tool utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Andre Poock, Rene Wirtz