OPTICAL INSPECTION METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE DEFECT DETECTION

Patent №

US 7,499,583

Granted

2009-03-03

Filed 2004

Owner

APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.

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Lab

AI components

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vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10852996

A method and apparatus for inspecting the surface of articles, such as chips and wafers, for defects, includes a first phase of optically examining the complete surface of the article inspected at a relatively high speed and with a relatively low spatial resolution, and a second phase of optically examining with a relatively high spatial resolution only the suspected locations for the presence or absence of a defect therein.

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AI classification

Vision0.57
Evolutionary computation0.01
Natural language0.00
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Machine learning0.00
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Ownership

APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.

namechg · 169710898

ORBOT INSTRUMENTS, LTD.

assignment · 169720143

OPAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.

merger · 169720395

Assignors

ALUMOT, DAVID, NEUMANN, GAD, SHERMAN, RIVKA, TIROSH, EHUD, ALUMOT, DAVID, NEUMANN, GAD, SHERMAN, RIVKA, TIROSH, EHUD

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