Extending the lifetime of a deep UV laser in a wafer inspection tool

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8432944
APP PUB NO 20110315897A1
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13153942

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Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for automatic correction of beam waist position drift in real time, using wafer inspection data taken during normal tool operation. Also disclosed herein is an improved laser astigmatism corrector for use either internal or external to the laser.

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KLA-TENCOR CORPORATIONONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE MILPITAS CA 95035

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Kren, George Los Alto Hills, US 20 351
Romanovsky, Anatoly Palo Alto, US 28 361
Whiteside, Bret Gilroy, US 16 104

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