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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2021
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of optical device metrology is provided. The method includes providing a first type of light into a first optical device during a first time period; measuring a quantity of the first type of light transmitted from a first location on the top surface or the bottom surface during the first time period; coating at least a portion of an edge of the one or more edges with a first coating of optically absorbent material during a second time period that occurs after the first time period; providing the first type of light into the first optical device during a third time period that occurs after the second time period; and measuring a quantity of the first type of light transmitted from the first location on the top surface or the bottom surface during the third time period.