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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1997

Filed:

Mar. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:

Ralph Johnson, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Keith Wells, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Lee K Galbraith, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tencor Instruments, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356237 ;
Abstract

Light scattered from illuminated spot on a patterned wafer is first passed through a di-electric filter and then by an optical fiber bundle to a detector. The di-electric filter controls the aperture of the light that is passed to a desired azimuth angle and the optical fiber further limits the aperture.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Johnson, Ralph. (1997). Particle detection system employing a subsystem for collecting scattered (U.S. Patent No. 5604585). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5604585

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