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Rapid scanning technique

US7761241B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 2006
Grant dateJul 20, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 20, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/6421
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a computer programmed to carry out a method for reducing directional error in scanned intensity values. The method includes scanning some rows of a substrate in a first direction, and some rows of the substrate in a second, different, direction, in order to obtain intensity values exhibited by various regions of the various rows. The intensity values from rows scanned in the first direction are analyzed, and the intensity values from rows scanned in the second direction are analyzed, in order to determine the directional error. The intensity values from rows scanned in the first direction and the intensity values from rows scanned in the second direction are then adjusted to reduce the directional error.

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