Electricity: measuring and testing – Impedance – admittance or other quantities representative of... – Distributive type parameters
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-10
2005-05-10
Le, N. (Department: 2858)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Impedance, admittance or other quantities representative of...
Distributive type parameters
C324S633000, C324S230000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06891380
ABSTRACT:
The system of the invention for measuring characteristics of thin conductive and non-conductive material, such as bulk material or films, is based on the use of a resonance oscillating circuit that incorporates at least two components selected from the group consisting of an inductive coil and a capacitor, which in combination form a sensor that could be approached close to the surface to be measured. The measurement of the film or material characteristics, such as film resistance (film thickness) or a dielectric constant (film thickness) of a non-conductive material, is based on the principle that the sensor is approached to the measured surface at a distance, at which the inductance and capacitance of the sensor generate in the measured material a virtual coil and an additional capacitance, which strongly depend on the characteristics of the measured material. As the sensor approached towards the surface to be measured, the sensor-material system generates a series of resonances having different values of power. One of these resonances can be defined as the so-called full resonance, which is characterized by the maximum value of the power, and hence provides the most accurate measurement and can be used for precisely determining the measurement distance. By comparing the results of measurements with those known from measuring the precalibrated films or materials under the same conditions, it becomes possible to determine the target characteristics of the films or materials.
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Kesil Boris
Velikov Leonid
Vorobyev Yuri
Le N.
MultiMetrixs LLC
Nguyen Hoai-An D.
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