Radiant energy – Irradiation of objects or material – Irradiation of semiconductor devices
Patent
1986-05-06
1989-06-06
Howell, Janice A.
Radiant energy
Irradiation of objects or material
Irradiation of semiconductor devices
250398, 382 56, 364490, 364491, 364521, 340747, G21K 100
Patent
active
048374474
ABSTRACT:
A real-time rasterization system for converting plural polygonal pattern data into respective bits of a two-dimensional bit-map, wherein the respective bits of the bit-map and the locations thereof within the bit-map correspond to the shapes and locations of the polygons in a two-dimensional field and wherein the bit-map is divided into plural data stripes, each including plural scan lines having plural bits. The rasterization system converts the plural pattern data of a data stripe into plural linked data entries such that data entries which correspond to polygons intersecting the same scan line are sequentially linked, and includes a double buffer pattern data memory for storing the plural linked data entries; a processor for determining for each scan line the bits thereof intersected by each polygon represented by the respective linked data entries and for producing bit-map data corresponding to the determined bits; a double-buffer bit-map memory coupled to the processor for storing the bit-map data for each scan line of the data stripe; and a double-buffer output register for reading out sequentially the bit-map data stored in the bit-map memory.
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Kanopoulos Nick
Pierce John L.
Howell Janice A.
Miller John A.
Research Triangle Institute, Inc.
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