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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:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2016
Applicant:

J.a. Woollam Co., Inc., Lincoln, NE (US);

Inventors:

Martin M. Lihardt, Lincoln, NE (US);

Ping He, Lincoln, NE (US);

Galen L. Pfeiffer, Roca, NE (US);

Assignee:

J.A. WOOLLAM CO., INC., Lincoln, NE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/21 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/0289 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01N 21/211 (2013.01); G01N 21/255 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging system, and method of its use, for viewing a sample surface at an inclined angle, preferably in functional combination with a sample investigating reflectometer, spectrophotometer, ellipsometer or polarimeter system; wherein the imaging system provides that a sample surface and multi-element imaging detector surface are oriented with respect to one another to meet the Scheimpflug condition, and wherein a telecentric lens system is simultaneously positioned between the sample surface and the input surface of the multi-element imaging detector such that an image of the sample surface produced by said multi-element imaging detector is both substantially in focus over the extent thereof, and such that substantially no keystone error is demonstrated in said image.


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