Patent ID: 7480039

Claim:
An inspection system for inspecting an object, the system comprising: an illuminator including at least one pulsed light source, said illuminator being operative to selectively provide at least one mode of illumination according to an illumination schedule; a detector assembly comprising a plurality (n) of 2-dimensional detectors disposed so that on an image plane of said object, said plurality of 2-dimensional detectors are arranged at intervals, and said plurality (n) of 2-dimensional detectors in said detector assembly are arranged in a plurality of columns, such that the layout of at least one of said plurality of columns is different from the layout of at least one other of said plurality of columns; and a relative motion provider operative to provide motion of the object relative to the detector assembly, along an axis of motion according to a motion schedule, wherein said motion schedule and said illumination schedule are selected to provide images of at least part of said object in said at least one mode of illumination and wherein each of said plurality (n) of 2-dimensional detectors provides a 2-dimensional output.