摘要:
A system for monitoring wind characteristics in a volume including a plurality of non-coherent laser anemometers operative to measure wind characteristics in a plurality of corresponding sub-volumes located within the volume and a data processing subsystem operative to receive data from the plurality of non-coherent laser anemometers and to provide output data representing the wind characteristics in the volume.
摘要:
A method is provided for the detection of defects on a semiconductor wafer by checking individual pixels on the wafer, collecting the signature of each pixel, defined by the way in which it responds to the light of a scanning beam, and determining whether the signature is that of a faultless pixel or of a pixel that is defective or suspect to be defective. An apparatus is also provided for the determination of such defects, which comprises a stage for supporting a wafer, a laser source generating a beam that is directed onto the wafer, collecting optics and photoelectric sensors for collecting the laser light scattered by the wafer in a number of directions and generating corresponding analog signals, an A/D converter deriving from said signals digital components defining pixel signatures, and selection systems for identifying the signatures of suspect pixels and verifying whether the suspect pixels are indeed defective.
摘要:
The present invention generally provides an apparatus and a method for scanning a substrate in a processing system. A transmitter unit and a receiver unit are disposed on a processing system and cooperate to transmit and detect energy, respectively. The transmitter unit is positioned to transmit a signal onto the substrate surface moving between vacuum chambers, one of which is preferably a transfer chamber of a cluster tool. Features disposed on the substrate surface, which may include particles, devices, alphanumeric characters, the substrate edges, notches, etc., cause a scattering or reflection of a portion of the signal. The receiver unit is disposed to collect the scattered/reflected portion of the signal and direct the same to a processing unit. Preferably, the transmitter unit comprises a laser source and the receiver unit comprises a charged-coupled device (CCD). Preferably, the invention is integrally positioned in a processing system to allow substrate inspection during normal operation and provide real-time information.
摘要:
A two dimensional sensor array is used to collect light diffracted from the inspected substrate. The signal generated by each individual sensor is passed through a threshold. Those signals which are below the threshold are amplified and are summed up. The summed signal is then passed through a second threshold. Summed signals which pass the second threshold are flagged as indicating suspect locations on the substrate. In the preferred embodiment, the entire circuitry is provided in the form of a CMOS camera which is placed in the Fourier plane of the diffracted light.
摘要:
A solar electricity generation system including a solar energy-to-electricity converter having a solar energy receiving surface including at least an electricity-generating solar energy receiving surface and a plurality of reflectors arranged to reflect solar energy directly onto the solar energy receiving surface, each of the plurality of reflectors having a reflecting surface which is configured and located and aligned with respect to the solar energy receiving surface to reflect specular solar radiation with a high degree of uniformity onto the solar energy receiving surface, the configuration, location and alignment of each of the reflectors being such that the geometrical projection of each reflecting surface is substantially coextensive with the electricity-generating solar energy receiving surface.
摘要:
A DPSK/DQPSK receiver includes an optical splitter that separates the received DPSK/DQPSK optical signal according to an optical power splitting ratio into a plurality of received optical signals. A plurality of optical filters passes a plurality of filtered received optical signals. A plurality of optical detectors generates a plurality of electrical detection signals, each with a power that is related to a power of a respective filtered optical signal. A plurality of amplifiers generates a plurality of amplified electrical signals. At least one electrical signal combiner combines the plurality of amplified electrical detection signals generated by the plurality of optical amplifiers into a combined reception signal.
摘要:
A two dimensional sensor array is used to collect light diffracted from the inspected substrate. The signal generated by each individual sensor is passed through a threshold. Those signals which are below the threshold are amplified and are summed up. The summed signal is then passed through a second threshold. Summed signals which pass the second threshold are flagged as indicating suspect locations on the substrate. In the preferred embodiment, the entire circuitry is provided in the form of a CMOS camera which is placed in the Fourier plane of the diffracted light.
摘要:
A method for the fire control of flat trajectory weapons, which comprises the steps of measuring the target range and cross wind velocity along the intended projectile trajectory prior to firing the weapon and, using the know ballistic equations of the projectile, determining the expected vertical and horizontal deflection of the projectile and adjusting the weapon sight to compensate for said deflections.
摘要:
A system for monitoring wind characteristics in a volume including a plurality of non-coherent laser anemometers operative to measure wind characteristics in a plurality of corresponding sub-volumes located within the volume and a data processing subsystem operative to receive data from the plurality of non-coherent laser anemometers and to provide output data representing the wind characteristics in the volume.
摘要:
System and methods for all-optical signal regeneration based on free space optics are described. In one exemplary embodiment, a method for regenerating an optical signal comprises counter-propagating an input signal and a regenerating signal within an all-optical signal regenerator based on free space optics, where the all-optical signal regenerator based on free space optics comprises a Sagnac loop interferometer, and extracting a regenerated output signal from the Sagnac loop interferometer. In another exemplary embodiment, an all-optical signal regenerator based on free space optics comprises a Sagnac loop interferometer, an optical signal input path coupled to a semiconductor optical amplifier of the Sagnac loop interferometer, a regenerating optical signal path coupled to the semiconductor optical amplifier of the Sagnac loop interferometer, and a regenerated optical output path coupled to the Sagnac loop interferometer.