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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Sachio Uto, Yokohama, JP;
Minori Noguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Nishiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshimasa Ohshima, Yokohamai, JP;
Akira Hamamatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Jingu, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Nakata, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Sachio Uto, Yokohama, JP;
Minori Noguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Nishiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshimasa Ohshima, Yokohamai, JP;
Akira Hamamatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Jingu, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Nakata, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inspecting apparatus and method including first and second illuminating units for illuminating a surface of a specimen to be inspected with different incident angles and first and second detecting optical units arranged at different elevation angle directions to the surface of the specimen for detecting images of the specimen illuminated by the first and second illuminating units.