Michele W Winz

US Patent:

20080048285, Feb 28, 2008

Filed:

May 10, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/801443

Inventors:

Jim Schloss - Tigard OR, US
Michele Winz - Woodburn OR, US
Sam Mallicoat - Portland OR, US
Wolfram Urbanek - Camas WA, US
Guang Li - Beaverton OR, US
Larry Potter - Vancouver WA, US
Kevin Shea - Vancouver WA, US

International Classification:

H01L 31/00
G01D 5/56
G01D 5/12
G01D 5/26

US Classification:

257467, 257414, 738661

Abstract:

A laminated wafer sensor structure includes a housing layer having pocket openings formed therein, a circuit layer having a sensor element and electronic components mounted for registration with the pocket openings in the housing layer, and a rigid back layer. The laminated structure is suitable for handling by conventional robotic wafer handling systems. The wafer sensor structure is adapted for electrical connection to a base station that is also adapted for connection to a host computer system to facilitate communication among the sensor structure, the base station and the host computer.

US Patent:

20200341286, Oct 29, 2020

Filed:

Apr 24, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/393545

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Michele Wayne WINZ - Woodburn OR, US

Assignee:

Coherent, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G02B 27/09
G02B 27/16

Abstract:

An apparatus includes a beam source, beam forming optics, a first focusing lens having a focal length, a second focusing lens having a focal length similar to the focal length of the first lens, and a lens translator configured to move the second lens transversely relative to the beam forming optics and to the first lens, and thereby move the elongated focus transversely. In some embodiments, the beam forming optics are positioned between the beam source and the first focusing lens, the first focusing lens is positioned between the beam forming optics and the second focusing lens, and the beam forming optics, the first focusing lens, and the second focusing lens are arranged to receive a beam of laser radiation from the beam source and to form the beam into an elongated focus.

US Patent:

20180107006, Apr 19, 2018

Filed:

Oct 19, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/297564

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Andrea CAPRARA - Palo Alto CA, US
Michele Wayne WINZ - Woodburn OR, US
Sergei GOVORKOV - Los Altos CA, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/09
G02B 5/10
G02B 27/30
G02B 27/28

Abstract:

A mirror is used to form a beam of laser-radiation having a uniform intensity distribution from a beam of laser-radiation having a non-uniform intensity distribution. The mirror has a reflective surface that has a compound shape, which is two inclined surfaces joined by a rounded apex. The compound-mirror is achromatic and can form a uniform intensity distribution from a polychromatic beam of laser-radiation. The uniform intensity distribution may be an isotropic distribution or a flat-top distribution in a plane. The non-uniform intensity distribution may be a Gaussian distribution from a laser source.

US Patent:

20180017769, Jan 18, 2018

Filed:

Jul 11, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/646688

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Michele Wayne WINZ - Woodburn OR, US

International Classification:

G02B 13/08
G02B 9/16
G02B 27/09
G01N 15/14
G02B 27/14
G02B 27/10

Abstract:

In a flow cytometer, an objective lens for focusing an input laser-radiation beam including at least four different laser-radiation wavelengths in a common plane includes only three singlet lens-elements. Two of the elements are cylindrical elements arranged as a cylindrical telescope for shaping and reducing the size of the input laser-beam. The third element is a spherical element arranged to focus the reduced size beam in the common plane. In one example, all three elements are made from the same optical material.

US Patent:

20150077869, Mar 19, 2015

Filed:

Jul 15, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/332367

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Jordan Wesley CRIST - Sherwood OR, US
Michele Wayne WINZ - Woodburn OR, US
James SCHLOSS - Tigard OR, US

International Classification:

G02B 5/04
G02B 27/09

US Classification:

359737, 359837

Abstract:

An optical apparatus for delivering to a flow-cell of a flow-cytometer a plurality of beams of laser radiation each thereof having a different wavelength. The apparatus includes a dispersion compensation-prism and a plurality of directing-prisms equal in number to the number of laser-beam. The directing-prisms are arranged to direct the laser radiation beams directly therethrough into the dispersion compensation-prism as converging fan of beams in a first plane. The beams are transmitted by the compensation-prism as a converging fan of beams intersecting then proceeding as a diverging fan of beams in the first plane. A spherical focusing lens is arranged cooperative with a cylindrical lens for focusing the plurality of laser-beams as a plurality of spaced apart elongated focal spots in a plane in which the cytometer flow-cell is located.