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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:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter De Groot, Middleton, CT (US);
James W. Kramer, Waterford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Zygo Corporation, Middlefield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ;
Abstract
An analysis method for analyzing height-scanning interferometry data from a test surface, the method including: calculating a coherence profile and a phase profile for the test surface based on the data; calculating an experimental phase gap map based on a difference between the phase profile and the coherence profile; filtering the experimental phase gap map to remove noise; and using the filtered phase gap map to improve an estimate for a height profile of the test surface.