Patent · US Active

Apparatus for uniformly irradiating and imaging an article

US9784688B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

10References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Seagate Technology LLC · US

Inventors

Joachim Walter Ahner · Livermore, US
David M. Tung · Livermore, US
Samuel Kah Hean Wong · Johor Bahru, MY
Henry Luis Lott · Fremont, US
Stephen Keith McLaurin · Sunnyvale, US
Maissarath Nassirou · Fremont, US
Florin Zavaliche · San Ramon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 4, 2013
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 16, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2201/0636
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided herein is an apparatus, including a reflective surface configured to reflect photons onto a surface of an article, a stage configured to support the article, and an assembly. The assembly is configured to radiate photons through the article to the reflective surface. The assembly is further configured to image the article with irradiance of the photons.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.