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Inspection apparatus

US9646372B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 2013
Grant dateMay 9, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30148
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for inspecting flat objects, in particular wafers, containing an object holder; a camera arrangement having a camera for recording an image of at least one part of the object; and a drive arrangement for producing a relative movement between the camera arrangement and the object from a first recording position to at least one further recording position; is characterized in that the camera arrangement has at least one further camera; the object areas imaged in different cameras are at least partially different, wherein all cameras together simultaneously record only part of the total inspection area of the object; and each object point of the entire inspection area can be imaged at least once in one of the cameras as a result of the relative movement between the camera arrangement and the object, as produced with the drive arrangement.

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