Patent ID: 6236503
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A microscope stand for a wafer inspection microscope comprising:a stand base supporting an object stage;a cross head supporting an objective device and an eyepiece device, the eyepiece device being positioned at a front-side of the stand, said cross head being spaced apart from said stand base and extending parallel to said stand base;a vertical pillar having a left-hand side and a right-hand side and being positioned adjacent a rear end of said stand base, said stand base being mounted to one of the left-hand and right-hand sides of said vertical pillar and said cross head being mounted to the same side of said vertical pillar as the stand base;whereby a direct, rectilinear loading of wafers to be inspected on the object stage can be realised from the left-hand side, the right-hand side and the rear side of the stand base.