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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2001
Steven Julian Haney, Tracy, CA (US);
Michael E. Malinowski, Livermore, CA (US);
EUV LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable device for detecting surface outgas contaminants of an article includes: (i) a portable housing that has a chamber which is in communication with a port that is adapted to be sealably attached to a surface of the article; (ii) a mass spectrometer that is coupled to the chamber for analyzing gaseous materials in the chamber; and (iii) means for generating a vacuum within the chamber thereby drawing outgas contaminants from the surface of the article into the chamber for analysis by the mass spectrometer. By performing a mass spectrometric analysis of the surface of interest and comparing the data with mass spectrometric data ascertained with the device from a clean surface, the type and amount of outgas contaminants, if any, can be determined.