摘要:
An automatic focusing apparatus comprises a stage holding a substrate, an objective lens disposed facing the substrate surface, an illumination optics illuminating the substrate surface with a spotted light beam from an oblique direction, a photodetector detecting reflected light from the substrate surface, a position detection circuit detecting a vertical position of the substrate surface from an electric signal obtained from the photodetector to output a position signal, a correction circuit monitoring the position signal in real time and subtracting a surplus exceeding a signal change corresponding to a surface shape change of the substrate from the position signal, when a change amount per unit time of the position signal exceeds a predetermined level and outputting a corrected position signal, and a stage control circuit controlling the vertical position of the stage based on the corrected position signal.
摘要:
The present invention is to allow rapid detection of such a defect as buried in a pixel positional deviation, expansion/contraction noise or sensing noise on an image. A relationship between an inspection reference pattern image and a pattern image to be inspected is identified during inspection to construct a mathematical model obtained by absorbing (applying fitting on) a pixel positional deviation, expansion/contraction noise or sensing noise on an image, and a defect is detected by comparing a new inspection reference pattern image (model image) obtained by simulating the mathematical model and a pattern image to be inspected.
摘要:
A pattern inspection apparatus determines a difference of the measured dislocation of respective alignment marks of an opaque pattern and a phase shifting pattern (measurement difference), in addition to a difference between the both alignment mark positions in design (design difference). A difference between the measurement difference and the design difference is set as a difference in alignment mark position between the opaque pattern and the phase shifting pattern in a reference pattern which is later used in inspection. In this manner, by correcting one pattern data with respect to the other pattern data in the reference pattern, the displacement generated in the both patterns can be reflected, and the reference pattern data regarding an image of a sample which is actually observed can be created.
摘要:
A normal-direction mode which switches on first and fourth switches and in a mutually diagonal relationship of an H-type bridge circuit and switches off second and third switches also in a mutually diagonal relationship of the bridge circuit is executed for an on-duty time of an opening-degree command signal, and a reverse-direction mode which switches off the first and fourth switches and switches off the second and third switches is executed for an off-duty time of the opening-degree command signal. During normal operation, conduction of current to the H-type bridge circuit 70 and a coil is constantly performed irrespective of a degree of opening of a valve to be adjusted, and in a case where conduction is interrupted, it can be presumed that a broken wire has occurred in the H-type bridge circuit or coil, and determination of a broken wire can be made.
摘要:
A vane pump has an upper casing, a lower casing, a rotor and a motor. First to fourth points are defined on an outer peripheral end of a lower flat surface of the lower casing. The first point is farthest from an intersection between an axis of a shaft of the motor and the lower flat surface. A suction passage passing through the third point and a discharge passage passing through the second point are formed between the upper casing and the lower casing. The fourth point is defined in a range from the third point to the first point. The lower flat surface is provided to incline with respect to the axis of the shaft of the motor such that the fourth point is farthest from a motor case of the motor among points on the outer peripheral end.
摘要:
An ECU determines whether condensed water is present at a rotor and vanes based on an electric current, which flows in an electric motor that drives the rotor. When the condensed water is determined to be present, the ECU drives the motor for a predetermined time period. When the condensed water is determined to be absent, the ECU stores a pressure, which is sensed through a pressure sensor, as a first pressure. The ECU is adapted to sense an abnormality in a pump characteristic based on a value of the first pressure.
摘要:
An upper casing and a lower casing cooperate together to define a pump chamber, in which a rotor is rotatably received. A surface of the lower casing, which is opposed to one end surface of the rotor in an axial direction of the rotor, has a recess that is recessed for a predetermined amount away from the rotor in the axial direction of the rotor. A surface of a plate portion of the upper casing, which is opposed to the other end surface of the rotor in the axial direction of the rotor, has a recess that is recessed for a predetermined amount away from the rotor in the axial direction of the rotor. An outer peripheral edge of each of the recesses is placed radially inward of an outer peripheral edge of the rotor in an axial view of the rotor.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a stimuli-responsive composition that comprises a polymer, a solvent and a substance having a predetermined function. One embodiment of the present invention is a composition comprising a block polymer, a solvent and a substance having a predetermined function. The present invention also relates to an ink composition containing the composition, an image-forming method and an image-forming apparatus using the composition, and a recording medium applying the composition. Further, the present invention relates to an ABC type block polymer compound wherein the polymer is an ABC type triblock polymer, and wherein at least one of the blocks in the triblock polymer changes in nature from solvophilic to solvophobic or from solvophobic to solvophilic in response to stimuli, and more preferably, the A component, then the B component, and finally the C component respond to the stimuli.
摘要:
The mask defect inspection apparatus including an illumination optical system for illuminating a mask on which a pattern is formed; an objective lens facing the mask; at least a pair of detection optical systems having a detection sensor for obtaining an image of the pattern, respectively, and which receive illumination light from illumination areas different from each other through the objective lens, respectively; and focusing changing means for changing a position of focusing between sites of the pattern in a film-thickness direction of the mask and the pattern images obtained by the detection sensors, such that the pattern images obtained by the detection sensors are changed corresponding to the film-thickness direction of the mask.
摘要:
An image correction method employable in a pattern inspection method for emitting light falling onto a workpiece with a pattern formed thereon and for inspecting a pattern image resulting from the pickup of an optical image of the workpiece by comparing it to a corresponding fiducial pattern image is disclosed. The method includes the step of generating a system of equations describing therein an input/output relation using a 2D linear prediction model(s) with respect to the pattern image being tested and the fiducial pattern image. Then, estimate the equation system by least-squares methods to thereby obtain a parameter of the equation system. Next obtain a centroid of the parameter. Then perform interpolation using the value of the centroid, thereby to generate a corrected image. A pattern defect inspection method using the image correction method is also disclosed.