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Patent No.:

US 10338005 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2016

Apparatus for inspecting back surface of epitaxial wafer and method of inspecting back surface of epitaxial wafer using the same

Applicant:

Sumco Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tatsuya Osada, Tokyo, JP;

Hideaki Kinbara, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiko Egashira, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SUMCO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Shawn Decenzo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 11/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01B 11/30 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G01B 11/30 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G01N 21/956 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8477 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8845 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for inspecting the back surface of an epitaxial wafer, capable of detecting defects in the back surface of an epitaxial wafer. An epitaxial wafer back surface inspection apparatus has an optical system including an annular fiber optic illuminator and an imaging unit which are placed perpendicular to the back surface of an epitaxial wafer; and a scanning unit operating the optical system in parallel with the back surface to scan the back surface. A light source of the annular fiber optic illuminator is composed of either blue LEDs or red LEDs.

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Osada, Tatsuya. (2019). Apparatus for inspecting back surface of epitaxial wafer and method of inspecting back surface of epitaxial wafer using the same (U.S. Patent No. 10338005). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10338005

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