Defect inspecting apparatus and defect inspecting method

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PATENT NO 8970836
APP PUB NO 20140233024A1
SERIAL NO

14235916

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An invention being applied is a defect detecting apparatus that has: an illuminating optical system with a laser light source for irradiating a sample on whose surface a pattern is formed with light; a detecting optical system with a sensor for detecting light generated from the sample illuminated by the illuminating optical system; and a signal processing unit that extracts a defect from an image based on the light detected by the detecting optical system, in which an amplification rate of the sensor is dynamically changed during a time when the light is detected by the detecting optical system.

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  • HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Honda, Toshifumi Tokyo, JP 127 1389
Matsumoto, Shunichi Tokyo, JP 86 1022
Shibata, Yukihiro Tokyo, JP 111 1705
Taniguchi, Atsushi Tokyo, JP 65 354
Ueno, Taketo Tokyo, JP 23 190

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