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Optical inspection apparatus and illumination system particularly useful therein

US5153668A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 1991
Grant dateOct 6, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/95638
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Optical inspection apparatus includes an illumination system illuminating an area of the workpiece surface with a sky of illumination which is, with respect to each point in the illuminated area, substantially circularly symmetric over a solid angle around the optical axis passing perpendicularly through the electro-optical sensor and the workpiece surface.

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