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Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Kla-tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ilya Bezel, Mountain View, CA (US);

Anatoly Shchemelinin, Bozeman, MT (US);

Assignee:

KLA Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/443 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/024 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01J 3/0237 (2013.01); G01J 3/0248 (2013.01); G01J 3/0286 (2013.01); G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01J 3/443 (2013.01);
Abstract

A spectrometer apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include light source and the light source may include a chamber for sustaining a plasma within the internal volume of the chamber. The apparatus may also include a spectrometer cavity and a windowless entrance slit. The windowless entrance slit may fluidically and optically couple the spectrometer cavity and the internal volume of the chamber of the light source. Further, the apparatus may include a diffractive element disposed within the spectrometer cavity and a window positioned at an opposite end of the spectrometer cavity from the windowless slit. The apparatus may also include a camera and a spectrometer.


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