Patent ID: 7181368
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. An inspection system for detecting anomalies on a substrate, the inspection system comprising: a sensor array for generating image data, a first high speed network coupled to the sensor array and adapted to receive and communicate the image data, an array of process nodes coupled to the first high speed network and adapted to receive and process the image data to produce anomaly reports, each process node having, where the interface card sets a register indicating whether a predetermined amount of image data has been stored in a memory, and the process node reads the register to determine whether the predetermined amount of image data has been stored in the memory, and initiates image processing when the register indicates that the predetermined amount of image data has been stored in the memory, a second high speed network coupled to the process nodes and adapted to receive the anomaly reports from the process nodes, and a job manager coupled to the second high speed network and adapted to receive the anomaly reports from the process nodes and send information to the process nodes to coordinate the processing of the image data in the array of process nodes.