Electro Scientific Industries

US Patent 7119566 Test probe alignment apparatus

US Patent 7126746 Generating sets of tailored laser pulses

US Patent 7133182 AOM frequency and amplitude modulation techniques for facilitating full beam extinction in laser systems

US Patent 7133186 AOM modulation techniques employing transducers to modulate different axes

US Patent 7133187 AOM modulation techniques employing plurality of transducers to improve laser system performance

US Patent 7133188 AOM modulation techniques employing an upstream Bragg adjustment device

US Patent 7139294 Multi-output harmonic laser and methods employing same

US Patent 7157038 Ultraviolet laser ablative patterning of microstructures in semiconductors

US Patent 7161346 Method of holding an electronic component in a controlled orientation during parametric testing

US Patent 7173432 Method and machine for repetitive testing of an electrical component

US Patent 7227098 Method and system for decreasing the effective pulse repetition frequency of a laser

US Patent 7241669 Method of forming a scribe line on a passive electronic component substrate

US Patent 7243776 Loading and extraction of modular belt carriers of electronic components

US Patent 7244906 Energy monitoring or control of individual vias formed during laser micromachining

US Patent 7245412 On-the-fly laser beam path error correction for specimen target location processing

US Patent 7259354 Methods for processing holes by moving precisely timed laser pulses in circular and spiral trajectories

US Patent 7289549 Lasers for synchronized pulse shape tailoring

US Patent 7297972 Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as a metrology target

US Patent 7301981 Methods for synchronized pulse shape tailoring

US Patent 7315038 Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as an alignment target

US Patent 7345448 Adaptive command filtering for servomechanism control systems

US Patent 7348516 Methods of and laser systems for link processing using laser pulses with specially tailored power profiles

US Patent 7349567 Method and apparatus for determining angular pose of an object

US Patent 7363180 Method for correcting systematic errors in a laser processing system

US Patent 7372878 Method and system for preventing excessive energy build-up in a laser cavity

US Patent 7378337 Laser-based termination of miniature passive electronic components

US Patent 7396706 Synchronization technique for forming a substantially stable laser output pulse profile having different wavelength peaks

US Patent 7402994 Self-cleaning lower contact

US Patent 7420995 Simultaneously mode-locked, Q-switched laser

US Patent 7423818 Method of suppressing distortion of a working laser beam of a laser link processing system

US Patent 7425471 Semiconductor structure processing using multiple laser beam spots spaced on-axis with cross-axis offset

US Patent 7437207 Method and apparatus for automatically processing multiple applications in a predetermined order to affect multi-application sequencing

US Patent 7443179 Zero motion contact actuation

US Patent 7482551 Processing a memory link with a set of at least two laser pulses

US Patent 7494900 Back side wafer dicing

US Patent 7544304 Process and system for quality management and analysis of via drilling

US Patent 7557594 Automated contact alignment tool

US Patent 7589869 Adjusting image quality using multi-wavelength light

US Patent 7592823 Electrical component handler having self-cleaning lower contact

US Patent 7599576 Image subtraction of illumination artifacts

US Patent 7602192 Passive station power distribution for cable reduction

US Patent 7602562 Fluid counterbalance for a laser lens used to scribe an electronic component substrate

US Patent 7603785 Air bearing assembly for guiding motion of optical components of a laser processing system

US Patent 7605343 Micromachining with short-pulsed, solid-state UV laser

US Patent 7608800 Methods and systems for decreasing the effective pulse repetition of a laser

US Patent 7609078 Contact alignment verification/adjustment fixture

US Patent 7616669 High energy pulse suppression method

US Patent 7629234 Semiconductor structure processing using multiple laterally spaced laser beam spots with joint velocity profiling

US Patent 7633034 Semiconductor structure processing using multiple laser beam spots overlapping lengthwise on a structure

US Patent 7635973 Electronic component handler test plate

US Patent 7638731 Real time target topography tracking during laser processing

US Patent 7656427 Charge pump for bus-powered device

US Patent 7667159 Resolving thermoelectric potentials during laser trimming of resistors

US Patent 7671295 Processing a memory link with a set of at least two laser pulses

US Patent 7683630 Self test, monitoring, and diagnostics in grouped circuitry modules

US Patent 7687740 Semiconductor structure processing using multiple laterally spaced laser beam spots delivering multiple blows

US Patent 7704033 Long axis component loader

US Patent 7720121 Laser with highly efficient gain medium

US Patent 7725024 Optimizing use and performance of optical systems implemented with telecentric on-axis dark field illumination

US Patent 7734976 Synchronizing control of test instruments

US Patent 7741131 Laser processing of light reflective multilayer target structure

US Patent 7750653 Automated contact alignment tool

US Patent 7755225 Recoilless voice coil actuator and method

US Patent 7760331 Decoupled, multiple stage positioning system

US Patent 7776720 Program-controlled dicing of a substrate using a pulsed laser

US Patent 7787159 Achieving convergent light rays emitted by planar array of light sources

US Patent 7796671 Multi-pass optical power amplifier

US Patent 7813389 Generating laser pulses of prescribed pulse shapes programmed through combination of separate electrical and optical modulators

US Patent 7813394 Laser with gain medium suppressing higher order modes to provide lasing output with high beam quality

US Patent 7817685 Methods and systems for generating pulse trains for material processing

US Patent 7817686 Laser micromachining using programmable pulse shapes

US Patent 7819235 Venturi vacuum generator on an electric component handler

US Patent 7834293 Method and apparatus for laser processing

US Patent 7839138 Adjustable force electrical contactor

US Patent 7858901 Focusing an optical beam to two foci

US Patent 7862207 Optimizing use and performance of optical systems implemented with telecentric on-axis dark field illumination

US Patent 7880798 Apparatus and method for optically converting a three-dimensional object into a two-dimensional planar image

US Patent 7886437 Process for forming an isolated electrically conductive contact through a metal package

US Patent 7886449 Flexure guide bearing for short stroke stage

US Patent 7887712 Laser machining system and method

US Patent 7888620 Reducing coherent crosstalk in dual-beam laser processing system

US Patent 7888949 Electrical tester setup and calibration device

US Patent 7889322 Specimen inspection stage implemented with processing stage coupling mechanism

US Patent 7903701 Intracavity harmonic generation using a recycled intermediate harmonic

US Patent 7905471 Vacuum ring designs for electrical contacting improvement

US Patent 7923306 Semiconductor structure processing using multiple laser beam spots

US Patent 7924033 Compensation tool for calibrating an electronic component testing machine to a standardized value

US Patent 7929857 Optimizing use and performance of optical systems implemented with telecentric on-axis dark field illumination

US Patent 7935941 Semiconductor structure processing using multiple laser beam spots spaced on-axis on non-adjacent structures

US Patent 7940058 Capacitive measurements with fast recovery current return

US Patent 7943862 Method and apparatus for optically transparent via filling

US Patent 7947575 Laser machining

US Patent 7964819 Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as a metrology target

US Patent 7965091 Test plate for electronic handler

US Patent 7968820 Method of producing a panel having an area with light transmissivity

US Patent 7977213 Use of laser energy transparent stop layer to achieve minimal debris generation in laser scribing a multilayer patterned workpiece

US Patent 7977601 X and Y orthogonal cut direction processing with set beam separation using 45 degree beam split orientation apparatus and method

US Patent 7982160 Photonic clock stabilized laser comb processing

US Patent 7982161 Method and apparatus for laser drilling holes with tailored laser pulses

US Patent 7985942 Method of providing consistent quality of target material removal by lasers having different output performance characteristics

US Patent 7989320 Die bonding