Patent ID: 7804590
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An inspection system for inspecting an object, the system comprising: an illuminator including at least one pulsed light source, said illuminator being operative to selectively provide a plurality of modes of illumination according to an illumination schedule; a detector assembly comprising a plurality (n) of 2-dimensional detectors; and a relative motion provider operative to provide motion of the object relative to the detector assembly, along an axis of motion according to a motion schedule, wherein said motion schedule and said illumination schedule are selected to provide images of at least part of said object in at least two of said plurality of modes of illumination; wherein one of said plurality of 2-dimensional detectors images a first location on said object and another one of said plurality of 2-dimensional detectors images a second location on said object, such that said first location and said second location adjoin.