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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2020
Hitachi High-tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toshifumi Honda, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Urano, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Arima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Yamakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shunichi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hisaaki Kanai, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A defect inspection apparatus includes an illumination unit configured to irradiate a surface of a sample with a linear illumination spot; a condensing detection unit configured to condense reflected light of the illumination spot and to control a polarization state of the incident light to form an optical image; and a sensor unit configured to output the optical image and including an array-shaped light receiving portion and an antireflection film at a position conjugate with the illumination spot, in which the condensing detection unit includes a polarization control unit configured to increase light incident efficiency to the sensor unit. The normal line of the light receiving surface of the sensor unit is inclined from the optical axis of the condensing detection unit by 10 degrees or more and less than 80 degrees. The light condensing detection unit increases the optical magnification in the lateral direction of the illumination spot.