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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joachim Walter Ahner, Livermoore, CA (US);
Stephen Keith McLaurin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samuel Kah Hean Wong, Johor Bahru, MY;
Henry Luis Lott, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 21/94 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01N 21/88 (2013.01); G01N 21/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/17 (2013.01); G01N 2201/061 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is an apparatus, including two photon emitters and a photon detector array. The two photon emitters are configured to emit photons onto an entire surface of an article. The photon detector array includes a number of photon detectors configured to detect photons scattered from features in the entire surface of the article, wherein the features are less than 500 nm in their largest dimension.