Optics: measuring and testing – By polarized light examination
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-25
2008-03-25
Punnoose, Roy M (Department: 2886)
Optics: measuring and testing
By polarized light examination
C356S369000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11882275
ABSTRACT:
A process monitoring system has a process chamber configured to hold an object to be processed, an illumination source configured to emit a light to the object, a polarizer configured to polarize the light, a monitor window having a birefringent material and provided on the process chamber to propagate the light, direction adjusting equipment configured to adjust a relationship between a polarization plane of the light and a direction of an optic axis of the monitor window, and a monitoring information processor configured to detect the light reflected from the object.
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Kibe Masanobu
Ohiwa Tokuhisa
Sakai Takayuki
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.
Punnoose Roy M
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