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Patent Inventor Names
M. Brandon Steele0
Jeffrey Alan Hawthorne0
Date of Patent
August 15, 2006
0Patent Application Number
111560880
Date Filed
June 17, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A method and system for identifying a defect or contamination on a surface of a material. The method and system involves providing a material, such as a semiconductor wafer, using a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor to scan the wafer, generate contact potential difference data and processing that data to identify a pattern characteristic of the defect or contamination.
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