Patent ID: 8098372
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An optical inspection system, the system comprising: a pulsed illumination source; an imager comprising an array of binnable pixel elements, the array comprising pixels of at least one detector; a stage for supporting an object; and a control system configured to provide at least one motion control signal to the stage that varies what area of the object is in view of the array; wherein the optical inspection system is configured to image a plurality of areas of the object along an inspection path by changing, a rate of motion for the stage and thereby changing which area of the object is in view of the array; wherein the optical inspection system is configured to operate in at least a base speed mode and at least one N-multiplied speed mode while inspecting the object during the same inspection, wherein the N-multiplied speed mode is a function of the base speed mode multiplied by an integer N; wherein, in the base speed mode: wherein, in the N-multiplied speed mode: