Patents by Inventor Simone WEYLER

Simone WEYLER 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: 11360393
    Abstract: A mirror having a mirror substrate (12, 32, 52), a reflection layer stack (21, 41, 61) reflecting electromagnetic radiation having an operating wavelength that is incident on the optical effective surface (11, 31, 51), and at least one piezoelectric layer (16, 36, 56), arranged between the substrate and the reflection layer stack and to which an electric field producing a locally variable deformation is applied. A first electrode arrangement (20, 40, 60) situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer faces the reflection layer stack, and a second electrode arrangement (14, 34, 54) is situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer facing the mirror substrate. Optionally, a bracing layer (98) is provided, which limits sinking of the piezoelectric layer (96) into the mirror substrate (92) when an electric field is applied, in comparison with an analogous construction lacking the bracing layer, thereby increasing the piezoelectric layer's effective deflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH
    Inventors: Ben Wylie-Van Eerd, Frederik Bijkerk, Kerstin Hild, Toralf Gruner, Stefan Schulte, Simone Weyler
  • Publication number: 20200174379
    Abstract: A mirror having a mirror substrate (12, 32, 52), a reflection layer stack (21, 41, 61) reflecting electromagnetic radiation having an operating wavelength that is incident on the optical effective surface (11, 31, 51), and at least one piezoelectric layer (16, 36, 56), arranged between the substrate and the reflection layer stack and to which an electric field producing a locally variable deformation is applied. A first electrode arrangement (20, 40, 60) situated on the side of the piezo-electric layer faces the reflection layer stack, and a second electrode arrangement (14, 34, 54) is situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer facing the mirror substrate. Optionally, a bracing layer (98) is provided, which limits sinking of the piezoelectric layer (96) into the mirror substrate (92) when an electric field is applied, in comparison with an analogous construction lacking the bracing layer, thereby increasing the piezoelectric layer's effective deflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Ben WYLIE-VAN EERD, Frederik BIJKERK, Kerstin HILD, Toralf GRUNER, Stefan SCHULTE, Simone WEYLER