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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Subra Suresh, Wellesley, MA (US);
Ares J. Rosakis, Altadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ;
Abstract
Methods and systems for evaluating stresses in line features formed on substrates. Stresses may be computed from measured curvature information based on simple analytical functions. The curvature information can be obtained optically by, e.g., a coherent gradient sensing method, to obtain a full-field measurement of an illuminated area.