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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2018
Applicant:

Applied Materials Israel Ltd., Rehovot, IL;

Inventors:

Binyamin Kirshner, Elkana, IL;

Yehiel Kapoano, Omer, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); G02B 27/10 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8825 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8848 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for multiple mode inspection of a sample. The system includes a radiation source, an objective lens, a bright field detection module, a dark field detection module and optics. The optics, when the system operates at a first mode, is configured to direct the input beam through a first opening, without substantially blocking any part of the input beam, towards a first region of the objective lens. The optics, when the system operates at a second mode, is configured to direct the input beam through a second opening, without substantially blocking any part of the input beam, towards a second region of the objective lens. The first region of the objective lens differs from the second region of the objective lens.


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