Patents by Inventor Rogier Lodder
Rogier Lodder 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).
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Publication number: 20230395402Abstract: A heater and/or cooler chamber includes a heat storage block or chunk. In the block a multitude of parallel, stacked slit pockets each dimensioned to accommodate a single plate shaped workpiece. Workpiece handling openings of the slit pockets are freed and respectively covered by a door arrangement. The slit pockets are tailored to snuggly surround the plate shaped workpieces therein so as to establish an efficient heat transfer between the heat storage block or chunk and the workpieces to be cooled or heated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Rogier Lodder, Martin Schafer, Jurgen Weichart
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Patent number: 11776825Abstract: A heater and/or cooler chamber includes a heat storage block or chunk. In the block a multitude of parallel, stacked slit pockets are each dimensioned to accommodate a single plate shaped workpiece. Workpiece handling openings of the slit pockets are freed and respectively covered by a door arrangement. The slit pockets are tailored to snugly surround the plate shaped workpieces therein so as to establish an efficient heat transfer between the heat storage block or chunk and the workpieces to be cooled or heated.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: EVATEC AGInventors: Rogier Lodder, Martin Schafer, Jurgen Weichart
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Patent number: 10590538Abstract: To reduce pumping time of a vacuum treatment chamber served by a transport arrangement in a transport chamber. The vacuum treatment chamber is split in a workpiece treatment compartment and in a pumping compartment in mutual free flow communication and arranged opposite each other with respect to a movement path of the transport arrangement serving the vacuum treatment chamber. The pumping compartment allows providing a pumping port of a flow cross-section area freely selectable independently from the geometry of the treatment compartment.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: EVATEC AGInventors: Bart Scholte Von Mast, Wolfgang Rietzler, Rogier Lodder, Rolf Bazlen, Daniel Rohrer
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Publication number: 20190093223Abstract: To reduce pumping time of a vacuum treatment chamber served by a transport arrangement in a transport chamber. The vacuum treatment chamber is split in a workpiece treatment compartment and in a pumping compartment in mutual free flow communication and arranged opposite each other with respect to a movement path of the transport arrangement serving the vacuum treatment chamber. The pumping compartment allows providing a pumping port of a flow cross-section area freely selectable independently from the geometry of the treatment compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: EVATEC AGInventors: Bart Scholte Von Mast, Wolfgang Rietzler, Rogier Lodder, Rolf Bazlen, Daniel Rohrer
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Publication number: 20190096715Abstract: A heater and/or cooler chamber includes a heat storage block or chunk. In the block a multitude of parallel, stacked slit pockets are each dimensioned to accommodate a single plate shaped workpiece. Workpiece handling openings of the slit pockets are freed and respectively covered by a door arrangement. The slit pockets are tailored to snugly surround the plate shaped workpieces therein so as to establish an efficient heat transfer between the heat storage block or chunk and the workpieces to be cooled or heated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2016Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Rogier Lodder, Martin Schafer, Jurgen Weichart
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Patent number: 10138553Abstract: To reduce pumping time of a vacuum treatment chamber served by a transport arrangement in a transport chamber. The vacuum treatment chamber is split in a workpiece treatment compartment and in a pumping compartment in mutual free flow communication and arranged opposite each other with respect to a movement path of the transport arrangement serving the vacuum treatment chamber. The pumping compartment allows providing a pumping port of a flow cross-section area freely selectable independently from the geometry of the treatment compartment.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: EVATEC AGInventors: Bart Scholte Von Mast, Wolfgang Rietzler, Rogier Lodder, Rolf Bazlen, Daniel Rohrer
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Publication number: 20180025925Abstract: A wafer holder and temperature controlling arrangement has a metal circular wafer carrier plate, which covers a heater compartment. In the heater compartment a multitude of heater lamp tubes is arranged, which directly acts upon the circular wafer carrier plate. Latter is drivingly rotatable about the central axis. A wafer is held on the circular wafer carrier plate by means of a weight-ring residing upon the periphery of a wafer deposited on the wafer carrier plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Juergen Kielwein, Bart Scholte Von Mast, Rogier Lodder
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Patent number: 9793144Abstract: A wafer holder and temperature controlling arrangement has a metal circular wafer carrier plate, which covers a heater compartment. In the heater compartment a multitude of heater lamp tubes is arranged, which directly acts upon the circular wafer carrier plate. Latter is drivingly rotatable about the central axis. A wafer is held on the circular wafer carrier plate by means of a weight-ring residing upon the periphery of a wafer deposited on the wafer carrier plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: EVATEC AGInventors: Juergen Kielwein, Bart Scholte Von Mast, Rogier Lodder
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Publication number: 20160265109Abstract: To reduce pumping time of a vacuum treatment chamber served by a transport arrangement in a transport chamber. The vacuum treatment chamber is split in a workpiece treatment compartment and in a pumping compartment in mutual free flow communication and arranged opposite each other with respect to a movement path of the transport arrangement serving the vacuum treatment chamber. The pumping compartment allows providing a pumping port of a flow cross-section area freely selectable independently from the geometry of the treatment compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: EVATEC AGInventors: Bart Scholte Von Mast, Wolfgang Rietzler, Rogier Lodder, Rolf Bazlen, Daniel Rohrer
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Patent number: 9396981Abstract: To reduce pumping time of a vacuum treatment chamber served by a transport arrangement in a transport chamber the vacuum treatment chamber is split into a workpiece treatment compartment and a pumping compartment in mutual free flow communication and arranged opposite each other with respect to a movement path of the transport arrangement serving the vacuum treatment chamber. The pumping compartment allows a pumping port to have a flow cross-section area that is freely selectable independently from the geometry of the treatment compartment.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: EVATEC AGInventors: Bart Scholte Von Mast, Wolfgang Rietzler, Rogier Lodder, Rolf Bazlen, Daniel Rohrer
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Patent number: 9252037Abstract: A vacuum treatment apparatus and method for manufacturing has a plurality of treatment chambers for treating workpieces, in particular silicon wafers, a transfer chamber attached to the treatment chambers communicating via respective openings and having handling zones located adjacent to each of the treatment chambers. A workpiece carrier is arranged within the transfer chamber and configured to transfer the workpieces between the handling zones, and one or more handlers for moving the workpieces between the handling zones and the treatment chambers. The transfer chamber is ring-shaped about an axis and the openings have opening substantially parallel thereto. This way, forces on the transfer chamber are redirected to a large support structure and thus, a cost-effective, light and still rigid mechanical construction can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Oerlikon Advanced Technologies AGInventors: Bart Scholte Von Mast, Wolfgang Rietzler, Rogier Lodder, Rolf Bazlen, Daniel Rohrer
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Publication number: 20140086711Abstract: To reduce pumping time of a vacuum treatment chamber served by a transport arrangement in a transport chamber the vacuum treatment chamber is split into a workpiece treatment compartment and a pumping compartment in mutual free flow communication and arranged opposite each other with respect to a movement path of the transport arrangement serving the vacuum treatment chamber. The pumping compartment allows a pumping port to have a flow cross-section area that is freely selectable independently from the geometry of the treatment compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2011Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: OC OERLIKON BALZERS AGInventors: Bart Scholte Von Mast, Wolfgang Rietzler, Rogier Lodder, Rolf Bazlen, Daniel Rohrer
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Publication number: 20130287527Abstract: A vacuum treatment apparatus and method for manufacturing has a plurality of treatment chambers for treating workpieces, in particular silicon wafers, a transfer chamber attached to the treatment chambers communicating via respective openings and having handling zones located adjacent to each of the treatment chambers. A workpiece carrier is arranged within the transfer chamber and configured to transfer the workpieces between the handling zones, and one or more handlers for moving the workpieces between the handling zones and the treatment chambers. The transfer chamber is ring-shaped about an axis and the openings have opening substantially parallel thereto. This way, forces on the transfer chamber are redirected to a large support structure and thus, a cost-effective, light and still rigid mechanical construction can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: OC OERLIKON BALZERS AGInventors: Bart Scholte Von Mast, Wolfgang Rietzler, Rogier Lodder, Rolf Bazlen, Daniel Rohrer
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Publication number: 20130052834Abstract: A wafer holder and temperature controlling arrangement has a metal circular wafer carrier plate, which covers a heater compartment. In the heater compartment a multitude of heater lamp tubes is arranged, which directly acts upon the circular wafer carrier plate. Latter is drivingly rotatable about the central axis. A wafer is held on the circular wafer carrier plate by means of a weight-ring residing upon the periphery of a wafer deposited on the wafer carrier plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: OC Oerlikon Balzers AGInventors: Juergen Kielwein, Bart Scholte Von Mast, Rogier Lodder
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Patent number: 7519230Abstract: A selector (502) for selecting a background motion vector for a pixel in an occlusion region of an image, from a set of motion vectors being computed for the image, comprises: computing means (510) for computing a model-based motion vector for the pixel on basis of a motion model being determined on basis of a part of (402-436) a motion vector field (400) of the image; comparing means (511) for comparing the model-based motion vector with each of the motion vectors of the set of motion vectors; and selecting means (512) for selecting a particular motion vector of the set of motion vectors on basis of the comparing and for assigning the particular motion vector as the background motion vector.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2003Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Rimmert B. Wittebrood, Gerard De Haan, Rogier Lodder
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Publication number: 20070182859Abstract: The invention relates to a signal processing system comprising first electronic means for storing an input signal, second means for a real-time processing of the input signal thus stored, and third electronic means for storing the signal thus processed. This system is according to the invention, characterized in that said second processing means themselves comprise off-line signal enhancement means applied to said input signal and using available processing resources, not still used for real-time or on-line processing, for delivering an enhanced signal and storing it in said third means for storing the signal processed by the second processing means.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2005Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Gerben Hekstra, Ihor Kirenko, Marco Bosma, Frederik De Bruijn, Gerard De Haan, Rogier Lodder, Abraham Riemens
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Patent number: 7206027Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device to increase the resolution of an image by interpolating along edges of the image. Edges are detected and their direction is calculated (10). The interpolation (12) of new pixels is carried out along the direction of the edges. According to the invention, a pre-filter (8) is used with a high-pass filtering in the direction in which new pixels are interpolated, and a low-pass filtering in another direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Gerard De Haan, Rogier Lodder
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Publication number: 20060209947Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for creating a story-board of video frames from a stream of video data wherein only the video frames of the story-board are transmitted to the portable electronic devices. A content controlled summary is generated from input video data. The content control summary is then synchronized with a continuous audio signal. The summary is encoded along with the continuous audio for transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2004Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Gerard De Haan, Marco Bosma, Frederik De Bruijn, Rogier Lodder, Abraham Riemens, Peter Wierenga
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Publication number: 20060072790Abstract: A selector (502) for selecting a background motion vector for a pixel in an occlusion region of an image, from a set of motion vectors being computed for the image, comprises: computing means (510) for computing a model-based motion vector for the pixel on basis of a motion model being determined on basis of a part of (402-436) a motion vector field (400) of the image; comparing means (511) for comparing the model-based motion vector with each of the motion vectors of the set of motion vectors; and selecting means (512) for selecting a particular motion vector of the set of motion vectors on basis of the comparing and for assigning the particular motion vector as the background motion vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2003Publication date: April 6, 2006Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Rimmert Wittebrood, Gerard De Haan, Rogier Lodder
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Publication number: 20050018077Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device to increase the resolution of an image by interpolating along edges of the image. Edges are detected and their direction is calculated (10). The interpolation (12) of new pixels is carried out along the direction of the edges. According to the invention, a pre-filter (8) is used with a high-pass filtering in the direction in which new pixels are interpolated, and a low-pass filtering in another direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2002Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Gerard De Haan, Rogier Lodder