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Object holding apparatus, and inspection apparatus

US8686383B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 2012
Grant dateApr 1, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/68728
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In order to enable high accuracy positioning and strong pressing of a substrate, the present invention provides a substrate holding apparatus including: a rotating bed having an inclined surface supporting a lower side of an outer circumferential side surface of the substrate, which bed rotates on a normal line of the substrate as the rotation axis together with the substrate; a position restriction unit rotating together with the rotating bed and restricting the substrate in a predetermined position on the rotating bed by pressing a plurality of points on the circumference on an upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate prior to the rotation; and a pressing unit rotating together with the rotating bed and pressing the substrate against the inclined surface by pressing a plurality of points on the upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate during the rotation.

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