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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:
Nov. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:

Lasertec Corporation, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Ko Gondaira, Yokohama, JP;

Teruaki Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;

Hideo Takizawa, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Lasertec Corporation, Yokohama, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01); H01L 21/64 (2006.01); G01B 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/028 (2013.01); G01B 11/06 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01B 11/30 (2013.01); G01N 21/84 (2013.01); H01L 21/64 (2013.01);
Abstract

A measurement apparatus and a measurement method capable of speedily and accurately measuring an edge shape are provided. A measurement apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an objective lens positioned so that its focal plane cuts across an edge part of a substrate, a detector including a plurality of pixels and configured to detect a reflected light from the edge part of the substrate through a confocal optical system, an optical head in which the objective lens and the detector are disposed, a moving mechanism configured to change a relative position of the optical head with respect to the substrate so that an inclination of the focal plane with respect to the substrate is changed, and a processing unit configured to measure a shape of the edge part.


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