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Grating measurement apparatus

US10571245B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 27, 2017
Grant dateFeb 25, 2020
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Expiry dateJul 27, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B2290/70
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A grating measuring device includes: a light source module (300) for generating two light beams having different frequencies, one of which serves as a measuring beam and the other as a reference beam; a grating (200); and a grating measuring probe (100) including a dual-frequency light reception module, a vertical measurement module, a vertical detection module and a reference detection module. The dual-frequency light reception module is configured to receive the measuring and reference beams, and the vertical measurement module is adapted to project the measuring beam onto the grating (200), collect a zeroth-order diffracted beam resulting from double diffraction occurring at the grating, and feed the zeroth-order diffracted beam to the vertical detection module. The zeroth-order diffracted beam interferes with the reference beam in the vertical detection module, resulting in a vertical interference signal. In addition, the measuring and reference beams interfere with each other also in the reference detection module to result in a reference interference signal. The vertical and reference interference signals are received by a signal processing module and serve as a basis for cal…

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