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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jay Mody, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Hemant Dixit, Halfmoon, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An illustrative system disclosed herein includes a conductive probe that is adapted to hold a quantity of mercury, wherein the conductive probe includes a conductive body with an outlet and a mercury control system adapted to supply mercury to the conductive probe. In this example, the system also includes an image sensor that is adapted to obtain an image of a mercury droplet positioned on a surface of a material and a measurement system that is adapted to receive the image of the mercury droplet and calculate a contact area between the mercury droplet and the surface of the material based upon the image of the mercury droplet.