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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Christopher Alan Lee, Pittsford, NY (US);
Mark Joseph Tronolone, Webster, NY (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Alan Lee, Pittsford, NY (US);
Mark Joseph Tronolone, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A frequency scanning interferometer is arranged for simultaneously measuring multiple surfaces of a test object through a wide range of expected offsets. Knowledge of the expected locations of the test surfaces is compared with a sequence of ambiguity intervals based on a synthetic measurement wavelength to center the test surfaces within the ambiguity intervals.