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Enhanced sensitivity automated photomask inspection system

  • US 6,282,309 B1
  • Filed: 05/29/1998
  • Issued: 08/28/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for inspecting a substrate, comprising:

  • a T-R remapper for receiving transmitted and reflected images of said substrate, comprising;

    a setup mechanism for converting transmitted and reflected images of a baseline specimen substrate into a signal representative of a greyscale depiction of said baseline specimen substrate, said baseline specimen greyscale depiction providing a single ordinate value for any point along the abscissa under all conditions; and

    an evaluation mechanism for converting transmitted and reflected images of a present specimen substrate into a signal representative of a greyscale depiction of said present specimen substrate, said present specimen greyscale depiction providing a single ordinate value for any point along the abscissa under all conditions.

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