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Profiling complex surface structures using scanning interferometry

US7106454B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 8, 2004
Grant dateSep 12, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2025

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

Abstract

A method including comparing information derivable from a scanning interferometry signal for a first surface location of a test object to information corresponding to multiple models of the test object, wherein the multiple models are parametrized by a series of characteristics for the test object. The derivable information being compared may relate to a shape of the scanning interferometry signal for the first surface location of the test object.

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