ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,681, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Kateeva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).
"Substrate positioning for deposition machine" was invented by Jerry Chang (Cupertino, Calif.), Jesse Lu (Milpitas, Calif.) and Matt Audet (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposition device is described. The deposition device has a substrate support and an imaging system disposed to image a portion of a substrate positioned on the substrate support. The imaging system comprises an LED light source and an imaging unit, and is coupled to a deposition assembly disposed across the substrate support."
The patent was filed on Sept. 6, 2023, under Applic...