Particle position correlator and correlation method for a surface scanner

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PATENT NO 4641967
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06786620

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A method and apparatus for particle detection and position correlation that fuses separate detections of the same particle on adjacent scan lines into one. A first scan line on a surface is scanned with a laser beam and the scattered light detected. The detection generates address and amplitude data for each particle which is stored. The second line scanned also generates data which is stored in a buffer. Particle data between scan lines is compared. Data for new particles is stored, data for previous particles no longer detected being sent to computer storage, and data for the same particle being compared and only the one with larger amplitude being kept. The results in computer storage may be displayed as a wafer with those pixels lit which have particles.

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HUGHES DANBURY OPTICAL SYSTEMS INCINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 100 WOOSTER HEIGHTS ROAD DANBURY CT 06810

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Pecen, Jiri Palo Alto, CA 11 683

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