System for MEMS inspection and characterization
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1. An apparatus for detecting characteristics of a MEMS system component having a surface, comprising:
- a source providing an illumination beam of radiation to illuminate a spot on the surface;
an instrument causing relative rotation by an angle between said beam and the surface about a pivot, or about at least one axis;
an optical collector collecting a beam of radiation from the beam caused by reflection from the surface of the illumination beam; and
a detector detecting a position of the collected radiation that results from the grotation to determine said characteristics, wherein the position of the collected radiation detected by the detector indicates the angle of the relative rotation between said beam and the surface.
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Abstract
A surface of the component in MEMS is illuminated by an illumination beam and the reflected beam is collected and detected by a position sensitive detector or photo detector array. As the surface is tilted about a pivot or about X and Y axes, the change in position of the collected beam is detected for characterizing the mechanical and optical properties of MEMS.
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1. An apparatus for detecting characteristics of a MEMS system component having a surface, comprising:
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a source providing an illumination beam of radiation to illuminate a spot on the surface;
an instrument causing relative rotation by an angle between said beam and the surface about a pivot, or about at least one axis;
an optical collector collecting a beam of radiation from the beam caused by reflection from the surface of the illumination beam; and
a detector detecting a position of the collected radiation that results from the grotation to determine said characteristics, wherein the position of the collected radiation detected by the detector indicates the angle of the relative rotation between said beam and the surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An method for detecting characteristics of a MEMS system component having a surface, comprising:
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providing an illumination beam of radiation to illuminate a spot on the surface;
causing relative rotation by an angle between said beam and the surface about a pivot, or about at least one axis;
collecting a beam of radiation caused by reflection of the illumination beam by the surface; and
detecting a position of the collected beam in response to the rotation and determining the angle of the relative rotation between said beam and the surface and said characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An apparatus for detecting characteristics of a MEMS system component having a surface, wherein a spot on the surface is illuminated by an illumination beam of radiation, and relative rotation by an angle is caused between said beam and the surface about a pivot, or about at least one axis, said apparatus comprising:
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an optical collector collecting a beam of radiation from the beam caused by reflection from the surface of the illumination beam; and
a detector detecting a position of the collected radiation that results from the rotation to determine said characteristics, wherein the position of the collected radiation detected by the detector indicates the angle of the relative rotation between said beam and the surfac.
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44. A method for detecting characteristics of a MEMS system component having a surface, wherein a spot on the surface is illuminated by an illumination beam of radiation, and relative rotation by an angle is caused between said beam and the surface about a pivot, or about at least one axis, said method comprising:
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collecting a beam of radiation from the beam caused by reflection from the surface of the illumination beam; and
detecting a position of the collected radiation that results from the rotation and determining the angle of the relative rotation between said beam and the surface and said characteristics.
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45. An apparatus for detecting deflection angle of a MEMS system component having a surface, comprising:
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a source providing an illumination beam of radiation to illuminate a spot on the surface, wherein a reflection of the beam from the surface is caused by a stimulus to be deflected by an angle;
an optical collector collecting a beam of radiation from the beam caused by reflection from the surface of the illumination beam; and
a detector detecting a position of the collected radiation that results from the rotation, wherein the position of the collected radiation detected by the detector indicates precision of the deflection angle of said beam from the surface. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for detecting deflection angle of a MEMS system component having a surface, comprising:
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providing an illumination beam of radiation to illuminate a spot on the surface, wherein a reflection of the beam from the surface is caused by a stimulus to be deflected by an angle;
collecting a beam of radiation from the beam caused by reflection from the surface of the illumination beam; and
detecting a position of the collected radiation that results from the rotation, wherein the position of the collected radiation detected by the detector indicates precision of the deflection angle of said beam from the surface. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54)
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