Patent SG-11201811333R-A (SG)
Title: Solid inspection apparatus and method of use
Inventor: EARNEY JOHN GERHARDT
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2017-12-11
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD HIM 01E101011M 0111010MOHOHEIII 101I 00111101111 MI Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\"\" WO 2018/128753 Al 12 July 2018 (12.07.2018) WIP0 1 PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (74) Agent: DIERKER, Julia Church et al.; Dierker & Ka- (21) GO1N 21/64 (2006.01) GO1N 21/95 (2006.01) vanaugh, P.C., 3331 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 109, Troy, Michigan 48084 (US). International Application Number: PCT/US2017/065606 (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (22) International Filing Date: kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, 11 December 2017 (11.12.2017) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (25) Filing Language: English DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (26) Publication Language: English HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (30) Priority Data: MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, 62/443,675 07 January 2017 (07.01.2017) US OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, (71) Applicant: ILLUMINA, INC. [US/US]; 5200 Illumina TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. Way, San Diego, California 92122 (US). (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (72) Inventors: EARNEY, John Gerhardt; 5200 Illumina kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, Way, San Diego, California 92122 (US). PINTO, Joseph GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, Francis; 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, California 92122 UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, — (US). BOWEN, M. Shane; 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, California 92122 (US). GRAIGE, Michael S.; 914 Nolbey EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, Street, Cardiff by the Sea, California 92007 (US). PITERA, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, Arthur; 5200 Illumina Diego, California 92122 Way, San TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, (US). VENKATESAN, Bala Murali K.; 5200 Illumina KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). = Way, San Diego, California 92122 (US). YUAN, Dajun A.; _ 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, California 92122 (US). = (54) Title: SOLID INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE = (57) : An inspection apparatus is provided that comprises an 107 optical target including a solid host material and a fluorescing materi- = 120 120A al embedded in the solid host material. The solid host material has a predetermined phonon energy HOSTp E . The fluorescing material ex- _ 105 109 hibits a select ground energy level and a target excitation (TE) energy == = level separated from the ground energy level by a first energy gap cor- _ — 118 2A 12 responding to a fluorescence emission wavelength of interest. The flu- = 116 114 orescing material has a next lower lying (NLL) energy level relative to _ 102 1 4* the TE energy level. The NLL energy level is spaced a second energy = = gap FMEG2 below the TE energy level, wherein a ratio of the FMEG2/ 4 116 HOSTpE is three or more. n7 = = 1 04 108 = 117 106 1.1111.111 11 1 \". * 10 M in 2A IN GC ei 1-1 --.... 00 Figure 1A Il 0 ei o [Continued on next page] WO 2018/128753 Al Dill Declarations under Rule 4.17: — as to the identity of the inventor (Rule 4.17(0) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))