Optics: measuring and testing – Inspection of flaws or impurities – Having predetermined light transmission regions
Patent
1984-05-18
1986-09-30
McGraw, Vincent P.
Optics: measuring and testing
Inspection of flaws or impurities
Having predetermined light transmission regions
356 73, G01N 2188, G01N 2121
Patent
active
046144277
ABSTRACT:
An automatic contaminants detection apparatus comprises a polarized laser beam source, a polarized laser beam irradiation optical system having irradiation angle switching means for switching an irradiation angle depending on the presence or absence of a pattern on a sample surface to irradiate the polarized laser beam emitted by the polarized laser beam source to the sample surface with an angle of grazing, a detector for detecting condensed scattered or reflected lights of the laser beam from the sample surface with or without interleave of an analyzer, and analyzer switching means for inserting or removing the analyzer into or from a detection light path of the detector depending on the presence or absence of the pattern on the sample surface. The apparatus can detect contaminants on the patterned or non-patterned sample surface with a high sensitivity.
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Akiyama Nobuyuki
Koizumi Mitsuyoshi
Oshima Yoshimasa
Yachi Toshiaki
Hitachi , Ltd.
Hitachi Electronics Engineering Co. Ltd.
McGraw Vincent P.
Turner S. A.
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