Patent ID: 7035003

Claim:
A microscope arrangement for inspecting a substrate, comprising: a sight glass for finding a macroscopic defect on a surface of a substrate in a first visual range; an illuminating system for illuminating the substrate in the first visual range; a microscope operable to generate a high resolution representation of a section on the surface of the substrate in a second visual range, the sight glass and the microscope being arranged such that the first visual range and the second visual range overlap at least partially; a holder on which the microscope and the sight glass are fixed; a substrate pallet, for handling the substrate, which is fitted on the holder such that the substrate pallet can move along at least one first coordinate direction; a substrate pallet moving device operabe to move the substrate pallet along the coordinate direction between at least a first position within the first visual range and a second position within the second visual range; and a substrate pallet rotating device operable to rotate and/or incline the substrate pallet.