Orbotech Limited

Ilia Lutsker

Yigal Katzir

Ram Oron

Elie Meimoun

Andrei Brunfeld

Gregory Toker

David Fisch

Avraham Adler

Tal Goichman

Uri Gold

Chay Goldenberg

Shai Wiseman

Hanina Golan

Ofer Ish-Shalom

Mordechay Silberberg

Avinoam Rosenberg

Assaf Hacohen

Ronen Yogev

Yaron Bar-Tal

Michael Matusovsky

Ehud Pertzov

Ben-Zion Lavi

Ofir Shnit

Gil Tidhar

The combined illumination system includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide. An output end of the first waveguide is coupled to an input end of the second waveguide. An LED light source is configured to emit light from an input end of the first waveguide and through the output end of the second waveguide to illuminate a workpiece. A laser light source is coupled to an input end of an optical fiber, and an output end of the optical fiber is coupled to the input end of the second waveguide. The laser light source is configured to emit laser light from the input end of the optical fiber through the output end of the second waveguide to illuminate the workpiece.

LED and laser diode combined illumination system

An image acquisition device including a first plurality of cameras arranged in a mutually spaced configuration, each having a field of view, each field of view lying in a plane and a second plurality of photon emitters arranged in a multiplicity of generally circumferential arrangements about each camera of the first plurality of cameras, at least one photon emitter within the generally circumferential arrangement directing light to a field of view of one of the first plurality of cameras that is not the closest field of view thereto.

Multiplexed photon emitter and camera configuration for an image acquisition device

Provided is an optical apparatus that includes an illumination assembly which include an extended radiation source emitting radiation with a controllable spatial distribution and telecentric condensing optics, configured to receive and project the emitted radiation with a numerical aperture exceeding 0.3 along a first optical axis onto a field and an imaging assembly that includes a sensor and objective optics configured to image the field along a second optical axis onto the sensor and also a prism combiner positioned between the field and the condensing and objective optics which is configured to combine the first and second optical axes, while reflecting at least one of the optical axes multiple times within the prism combiner.

Multi-modal wide-angle illumination employing a compound beam combiner

An inspection system including an illumination subsystem and an image sensing subsystem, the illumination subsystem providing a plurality of illumination modalities, the system simultaneously illuminating at least two areas of an object with different ones of the plurality of illumination modalities, images of which are acquired by a single sensor forming part of the image sensing subsystem.

Multimodality multiplexed illumination for optical inspection systems

An optical inspection apparatus includes an interferometer module, which is configured to direct a beam of coherent light toward an area under inspection and to produce a first image of interference fringes of the area. The apparatus also includes a triangulation module configured to project a pattern of structured light onto the area, and at least one image sensor configured to capture the first image of interference fringes and a second image of the pattern that is reflected from the area. Beam combiner optics are configured to direct the beam of coherent light and the projected pattern to impinge on the same location on the area. A processor is configured to process the first and second images in order to generate a 3D map of the area.

Hybrid 3D inspection system

A range differentiator useful for auto-focusing, the range differentiator including an image generator providing an image of a scene at various physical depths, a depth differentiator distinguishing portions of the image at depths below a predetermined threshold, irrespective of a shape of the portions, and providing a depth differentiated image and a focus distance ascertainer ascertaining a focus distance based on the depth differentiated image.

Range differentiators for auto-focusing in optical imaging systems

An LED-based high power uniform light engine including an array of LEDs having a common anode and a fill factor which exceeds 0.85, the common anode having heat spreading functionality and an active heat sink which is thermally connected to the common anode.

Light engine

Apparatus for optical inspection includes an illumination assembly, including multiple parallel rows of light sources for emitting light and illumination optics associated with each row for directing the light onto an object under inspection. The multiple parallel rows include at least a first row with first illumination optics including a first array of prisms that are configured to reflect the light emitted by the light sources in the first row, and at least a second row with second illumination optics including a second array of prisms that are configured to refract the light emitted by the light sources in the second row. An imaging assembly is configured to capture an image of the object under illumination by the multiple parallel rows of the light sources.

Illumination system for optical inspection

Apparatus for sensing information regarding a surface including a first plurality of optical elements arranged to acquire two dimensional information about a surface, a second plurality of optical elements arranged to acquire topographical information about the surface, wherein the first plurality and the second plurality of optical elements are arranged to simultaneously provide the two dimensional information and the topographical information to at least partially non-overlapping portions of a single sensor array.

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Ilia Lutsker