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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Yonezawa, Yokohama, JP;
Haruhiko Kusunose, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Lasertec Corporation, Yokohama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/188 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/188 ;
Abstract
The present invention has a configuration in which a line confocal optical system is formed and plural times of illumination by lines of lights are carried out. Particularly, in the present invention, the diffraction grating 32 produces the m×n number of sub beams. Further, the m×n number of sub beams are deflected by the acoustic optical element 33 so that their irradiation areas are to be continuous. Therefore, since the beam carries out scanning using the m×n number of sub beams, scanning can be completed in a short time.