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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Exnodes Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 2201/06113 (2013.01); G01N 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for inspecting a surface, comprising: illuminating a region of said surface, with said region having an aspect ratio larger than unity; capturing an image of scattered radiation originating from said region; and computing electromagnetic field of said scattered radiation from said image of scattered radiation and generating an image of region by computational propagation of said electromagnetic field through a predetermined distance, whereby features of said region are captured in said image of region.