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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik Gmbh, Regensburg, DE;
Zimmermann & Schilp Handhabungstechnik GmbH, Regensburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for inspecting contact-sensitive planar materials or workpieces, e.g. wafers for the semiconductor industry, solar cells, glasses, FPD substrates, or biologically active substrates for biosensors, as well as materials having contact-sensitive curved surfaces. Said inspection device comprises a support element () for supporting a material () on the top face of the support element (), at least one oscillator which is connected to the support element () and the oscillation frequency and amplitude of which are selected in such a way as to keep the material () hovering on the support element (), and at least one optical sensor (). The support element is made of a light-permeable material, and the optical sensor () is arranged below the support element ().