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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Courosh Mehanian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven W. Meeks, Fremont, CA (US);
Eliezer Rosengaus, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Courosh Mehanian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven W. Meeks, Fremont, CA (US);
Eliezer Rosengaus, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
KLA-Tencor Technologies Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01J 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a surface scanning system comprises a radiation directing assembly that scans a surface using a Cartesian scanning pattern; and a radiation collecting assembly that collects radiation reflected from the surface. A scattered radiation collection system is included that measures the scattered light from the surface.