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Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2007
Applicants:

Ronald Jacob Smith, Belle Plaine, MN (US);

John George Gerogeorge, Chanhassen, MN (US);

Sham Sunder Nayar, Savage, MN (US);

Mark Curtis Fahrendorff, New Prague, MN (US);

Shawn Stephen Silewski, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Inventors:

Ronald Jacob Smith, Belle Plaine, MN (US);

John George Gerogeorge, Chanhassen, MN (US);

Sham Sunder Nayar, Savage, MN (US);

Mark Curtis Fahrendorff, New Prague, MN (US);

Shawn Stephen Silewski, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and associated method for measuring spatial characteristics of a test object with stacked features. First and second measurement assemblies for measuring opposing first and second planar features, respectively, of a test object, by directing light beams into a gap between the features to measure a position and a static attitude of each feature.


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