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Foreign substance detection device, foreign substance detection method and recording medium

US11048016B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2018
Grant dateJun 29, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2015/0687
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus includes flow path units 15A to 15K configured to form flow paths 17A to 17K through which a fluid supplied to a target object W is flown; a laser light irradiator 51 configured to irradiate a laser light into the flow path units such that an optical path intersects with a flow direction of the fluid in the flow path units; light receiving elements 45A and 45B provided at the optical path having passed through the flow path units; a detector 6 configured to detect the foreign substance in the fluid based on a signal from the light receiving elements; and a filter unit 57 provided at the optical path between the light receiving elements and the flow path units, and configured to block a Raman scattered light and allow a Rayleigh scattered light to be transmitted to the light receiving elements.

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