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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9772183
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14409756

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The present disclosure provides a system and method of optical inspection of substrates that have relative large variations in topography. The present disclosure provides a system wherein optical components of the optical inspection system can be automatically moved vertically towards or away from the substrate during optical inspection of the substrate. The system moves the optics in a controlled and precise manner, thereby enabling accurate on-the-fly inspection of substrates having a large variation in topography.

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ONTO INNOVATION INC16 JONSPIN ROAD WILMINGTON MA 01887

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Abondolo, James Budd Lake, US 1 1
Colgan, Michael Flanders, US 3 14
Kane, James Francis Spart, US 1 1
Stefanczyk, Wojciech Woodland Park, US 1 1

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