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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Onto Innovation Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Inventors:
James Millerd, Tucson, AZ (US);
Eric Frey, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Onto Innovation Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/2441 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical device for characterizing a workpiece combines an interferometer with a polarization rotation pellicle, installed in a stand-alone fashion in a spatial gap between the mirrors of the interferometer, and a polarization based phase-shift sensor.