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Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Hak Wee Tang, Singapore, SG;

Xulei Yang, Singapore, SG;

Zin Oo Thant, Singapore, SG;

Ruini Cao, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Hak Wee Tang, Singapore, SG;

Xulei Yang, Singapore, SG;

Zin Oo Thant, Singapore, SG;

Ruini Cao, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 9/47 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01B 11/27 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); G01B 11/272 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for determining coplanarity of three-dimensional features on a substrate comprises a support for an object to be inspected in an object plane, a light source for illuminating the object, a first image capturing device having a first sensor and a first tiltable lens, a second image capturing device having a second sensor and a second tiltable lens, and an image processor to determine the coplanarity. Each tiltable lens is movable from a first variable angle to a second variable angle, with respect to its sensor, so that the respective lens plane and its sensor plane substantially intersect at the object plane in accordance with the Scheimpflug principle and the respective image is in focus across the whole field of view and of uniform light intensity.


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