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- Patent Title: Liquid droplet measurement method and liquid droplet measurement device, and method and apparatus for manufacturing device
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Application No.: US15925730Application Date: 2018-03-19
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Publication No.: US11009338B2Publication Date: 2021-05-18
- Inventor: Satoshi Suemasu , Keijiro Masunaga
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JPJP2017-074097 20170404,JPJP2017-249165 20171226
- Main IPC: G01B11/00
- IPC: G01B11/00 ; B41M5/00 ; B41M3/00 ; G01B11/30 ; G06T7/62 ; G01B11/24 ; H01L51/00

Abstract:
A liquid droplet measurement method and a liquid droplet measurement device with which the luminance contrast can be improved without making changes in, for example, the numerical aperture of a lens when the quantity of reflected light from the surface of the measurement target liquid droplet alone cannot provide a sufficient luminance contrast. A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a device are also provided. The liquid droplet measurement device includes: a measurement table having a surface with a recess and for holding a translucent sample substrate; an imaging section that applies light onto the sample substrate having formed thereon a liquid droplet, and measures quantities of reflected light from the sample substrate and the liquid droplet; and a measurement control unit that determines a volume or a surface shape of the liquid droplet using luminance information of the reflected light quantities measured by the imaging section.
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