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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Unity Semiconductor, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, FR;

Inventor:
Assignee:

Unity Semiconductor, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G01N 21/474 (2013.01); G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G01N 21/9506 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4707 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4709 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4742 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8822 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for dark-field optical inspection of a substrate comprises: a light source for generating an incident beam that is projected onto an inspection zone of the substrate and that is capable of being reflected in the form of diffuse radiation; at least one first and one second collecting device; and a reflecting device for directing at least a portion of the diffuse radiation originating from a focal point of collection coincident with the inspection zone in the direction of the collecting devices, with a first and second reflective zone from which a first portion of the diffuse radiation is directed toward a first focal point, which is optically conjugated with the focal point of collection, and a second portion of the diffuse radiation is reflected toward a second focal point, which is optically conjugated with the collection focal point and distinct from the first focal point of detection.


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