Patent №
US 7,280,261
Granted
2007-10-09
Filed 2004
Owner
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11017440
An apparatus images a surface. An imager stage has a planar surface for supporting a sample. A fiber optic bundle has a first end of parallel first fiber ends that are arranged to define an input aperture for viewing the sample on the imager stage. A distal bundle end is arranged to define an output aperture disposed away from the imager stage. A scanning radiation source scans a radiation beam along a path that is perpendicular to the sample on the imager stage. The input aperture of the fiber optic bundle receives a light signal that is produced by the radiation source scan of the imager stage sample. The light signal is transmitted to the bundle output aperture. A photodetector detects the light signal at the distal bundle end, and a processor processes the detected light.
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Ownership
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
assignment · 161150898
Assignors
CURRY, DOUGLAS N., BRUCE, RICHARD H., KRIVACIC, ROBERT T.
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