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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Haruhiko Kusunose, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruhiko Kusunose, Kanagawa, JP;
Lasertec Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an inspection apparatus including an objective lens, a reflected illumination optical system that illuminates a first area which is part of a field of view of the objective lens, a transmitted illumination optical system that illuminates the first area and a second area; an adjusting unit that adjusts positions on the sample of transmitted illumination light from the transmitted illumination optical system and reflected illumination light from the reflected illumination optical system; a first detector that detects a transmitted light transmitted by the sample and a reflected light reflected by the sample in the first area; and a second detector that detects through the objective lens a transmitted light transmitted by the sample in the second area.