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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1989
Tetsuharu Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kubota, Kawasaki, JP;
Koh Ishizuka, Urawa, JP;
Masaaki Tsukiji, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An encoder for measuring the displacement of a movable diffraction grating has means for applying a radiation beam to the diffraction grating, a reflecting optical system for causing first and second reflected and diffracted beams created on the diffraction grating by the application of the radiation beam to be reflected and diffracted at least twice by the diffraction grating, and means for receiving an interference beam formed by the first and second reflected and diffracted beams reflected and diffracted at least twice and converting it into a signal conforming to the displacement of the diffraction grating.