Object holding apparatus, and inspection apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8686383
APP PUB NO 20120205850A1
SERIAL NO

13454897

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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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HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION17-1 TORANOMON 1-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 1056409 ?1056409

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Asami, Koichi Kodama, JP 13 81
Miyazaki, Yusuke Hitachinaka, JP 22 80
Zama, Kazuhiro Mito, JP 20 53

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