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- the present invention relates to an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images. More specifically, the present invention relates to an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system. More specifically, the present invention relates to an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system. Alternatively, the present invention relates to an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images that can detect most defects and foreign materials by type by only obtaining one or more images.
- a method of inspecting a display panel or a semiconductor wafer includes irradiating light to a transparent member such as glass or a liquid crystal display panel, a wafer, etc. constituting the display panel using a single light source. Reflection is generated and detected to determine whether the display panel or the semiconductor wafer is defective.
- a flat panel display panel or semiconductor wafer 10 is placed on an inspection apparatus and irradiated with light from one or one type of continuous light source 20 using a fluorescent lamp or the like, and then onto the display panel or semiconductor wafer. To detect defects on the surface of the panel or the semiconductor wafer, the defects on the surface of the panel or the semiconductor wafer are examined.
- the inspection method using one or one type of continuous light source 20 has a limitation in the types and characteristics of inspectable foreign matters, and in particular, there are limitations in inspecting various defects and foreign matters on the substrate moving on the conveyor.
- conventional FPD substrates and semiconductor wafer inspection apparatuses generally acquire one image at a time.
- the term once means that the X-Y stage moves once or the camera moves once in the stage type.
- the conveyor type the conveyor flows at once.
- the inspection apparatus since only defects or foreign objects observed by one light source are usually scanned in the image, the inspection apparatus generally has to be a dedicated inspection apparatus having strong detection power only in a specific portion.
- an object of the present invention is to irradiate light onto a flat panel display panel or a semiconductor wafer through lighting means, or to be buried in a flat panel display panel or a semiconductor wafer, or
- an existing particle two or more images are acquired by scanning one surface, so that most defects or foreign objects can be accurately detected by type with only one inspection.
- Another object of the present invention is to configure at least one or more lighting means to capture light reflected from multiple angles to obtain a multidimensional scan image to multi-dimensionally determine the presence of particles.
- Another object of the present invention is to improve the disadvantage of using a plurality of conventional dedicated inspection apparatus to complete the inspection through one inspection apparatus at a time.
- Another object of the present invention is to configure a variety of light sources (lasers, LEDs, etc.) differently to professionally detect defects or foreign matter with excellent detection power according to the light source to obtain the same results as the inspection results of a number of professional inspection devices To make it possible.
- Still another object of the present invention is to capture a plurality of times when the scanable distance of the camera flows to obtain various types of whole scanned images.
- a camera installed on the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer and configured to photograph the reflected light reflected from the first lighting means to the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer;
- First lighting means installed in a direction corresponding to the camera to supply an amount of light necessary for photographing the camera;
- a reflection mirror for refracting the light supplied from the first lighting means at a predetermined angle to irradiate the flat panel display panel
- An inspection controller configured to operate the first lighting means and the camera and to receive an image of photographing data output from the camera and to correct the image; and include a particle buried in a flat panel display panel or a semiconductor wafer or present on a surface thereof. After the camera scans the first line area that can be scanned, the flat panel display panel or semiconductor wafer is moved so that the total distance traveled is half the distance that the camera can scan. It is characterized by the inspection.
- At least one lighting means is configured to capture light reflected from multiple angles to obtain a multidimensional scan image, thereby providing an effect of multidimensionally checking the existence of particles.
- the operation signal is sequentially output to at least one lighting means and irradiated onto the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer so as to be embedded in the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer, or to inspect particles present on the surface and to protrude at a predetermined height. It is possible to run simultaneously, thereby saving the inspection time.
- different types of light sources are configured differently to detect defects or foreign materials with excellent detection power depending on the light source, thereby providing much higher detection power than the conventional inspection method using a single light source. It provides an effect that can obtain the same results as the inspection results of a number of professional inspection devices.
- At least one image detected using different light sources may be compared with each other to provide an effect of finding or verifying a characteristic of a defect due to mutual verification.
- multiple shots can be taken as the camera's scannable distance flows, resulting in two or more shots depending on the camera's scanning speed and the speed of the FPD substrate and semiconductor wafer logistics. This will provide an effect that can be used to combine duplicate scanned images.
- 1 is an exemplary view showing an inspection method through a conventional inspection device.
- FIG. 2 is a side view of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is an exemplary view illustrating synchronization of a camera, first lighting means and second scanning means according to a synchronization signal of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a duplicate image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is an exemplary view illustrating synchronization of a camera and two lighting means according to a synchronization signal when two first lighting means of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images according to an embodiment of the present invention exist. .
- FIG. 5 is an exemplary view illustrating an example in which a plurality of lighting means and a camera of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images according to an embodiment of the present invention are installed and inspected.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an inspection controller of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a duplicate image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a difference in brightness of an image detected by a camera of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images when particles exist in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is an exemplary diagram of redundant scanning of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a redundant image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a result of overlapping scanning of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a duplicate image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is an exemplary view of a result of complex overlap scanning of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a duplicate image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer so as to photograph the reflected light reflected from the first lighting means to the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer, or the light supplied from the second lighting means is supplied to the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer.
- First lighting means installed in a direction corresponding to the camera to supply an amount of light necessary for photographing the camera;
- Second illumination means installed in a direction parallel to the camera and configured to supply an amount of light necessary for photographing the camera
- a reflection mirror for refracting the light supplied from the first lighting means at a predetermined angle to irradiate the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer;
- An inspection controller for operating the first lighting means, the second lighting means, and the camera, and receiving an image of the photographing data output from the camera and correcting the image; and being embedded in a flat panel display panel or a semiconductor wafer, After scanning the first line area where the camera can scan particles present on the surface, the flat panel panel or semiconductor wafer is moved so that the total distance traveled is half the distance that the camera can scan. And overlapping scan to check for duplication.
- a camera installed on the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer and configured to photograph the reflected light reflected from the first lighting means to the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer;
- At least one first lighting means installed in a direction corresponding to the camera to supply an amount of light required for photographing the camera
- a reflection mirror for refracting the light supplied from the first lighting means at a predetermined angle to irradiate the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer;
- An inspection controller configured to operate the first lighting means and the camera and to receive an image of photographing data output from the camera and to correct the image; and include a particle buried in a flat panel display panel or a semiconductor wafer or present on a surface thereof. After the camera scans the first line area that can be scanned, the flat panel display panel or semiconductor wafer is moved so that the total distance traveled is half the distance that the camera can scan. It is characterized in that the inspection and inspection from multiple angles.
- the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer so as to photograph the reflected light reflected from the first lighting means to the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer, or the light supplied from the second lighting means is supplied to the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer.
- At least one first lighting means installed in a direction corresponding to the camera to supply an amount of light required for photographing the camera
- a second lighting means installed in a direction parallel to the camera and configured to supply an amount of light required for photographing the camera
- a reflection mirror for refracting the light supplied from the first lighting means at a predetermined angle to irradiate the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer;
- An inspection controller for operating the first lighting means, the second lighting means, and the camera, and receiving an image of the photographing data output from the camera and correcting the image; and being embedded in a flat panel display panel or a semiconductor wafer,
- the camera scans the first line area where the camera can scan particles present on the surface, and the flat panel display panel or semiconductor wafer is moved, and the camera can be scanned, the latter line area is overlapped with the electronic line area by a certain interval and scanned for overlapping inspection. It is characterized by the inspection from multiple angles.
- At least one first lighting means installed in a direction corresponding to the camera to supply an amount of light required for photographing the camera
- At least one second lighting means installed in parallel with the camera and configured to supply an amount of light required for photographing the camera
- a reflection mirror for refracting the light supplied from the first lighting means at a predetermined angle to irradiate the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer;
- the light supplied from the at least one first lighting means photographs the reflected light reflected by the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer, or is supplied from the at least one second lighting means.
- an inspection controller for operating the at least one first lighting means, at least one second lighting means, and a camera, and receiving an image of photographing data output from the camera and correcting the image. Particles buried in the panel or semiconductor wafer or present on the surface after scanning the first line area that can be scanned by the camera, the flat panel display panel or semiconductor wafer is moved to inspect the camera from multiple angles.
- a line scan camera for continuously photographing a flat panel display panel or a semiconductor wafer surface in units of lines.
- the production time can be saved by inspecting the flat panel display panel being mounted in the conveying means.
- a sync signal generator for generating a sync signal according to a pulse signal generated through the pulse generator
- An operation signal generator for outputting an operation signal for operating the lighting means in synchronization with the synchronization signal generated by the synchronization signal generator;
- An image analysis unit for receiving an image of photographing data output from a camera and interpreting a duplicated scan image according to a light source of a lighting unit;
- An odd scan image adding unit for extracting and collecting only odd scan lines from the redundant scan images analyzed by the image analyzing unit
- An even scan image adder for extracting and collecting only even scan lines from the redundant scan images interpreted by the image analyzer
- a scan addition image output unit for outputting respective scan images collected through the odd scan image addition unit and the even scan image addition unit;
- a central control unit for controlling overall operations of the pulse generator, the synchronization signal generator, the operation signal generator, the image analyzer, the odd scan image adder, the even scan image adder, and the scan add image output unit. It is done.
- a brightness pattern detection unit for identifying general brightness patterns of the photographed panel image
- the apparatus may further include a defect determining unit for determining whether the brightness of a specific region is relatively bright or dark compared to the general brightness of the image determined through the brightness pattern detecting unit.
- the output images are the same as scanning the entire image, respectively, so that two scan images can be obtained in one scan of the entire surface of the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer.
- the scan area may be applied at D / n interval during scanning.
- the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer so as to photograph the reflected light reflected from the first lighting means to the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer, or the light supplied from the second lighting means is supplied to the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer.
- First lighting means installed in a direction corresponding to the camera to supply an amount of light necessary for photographing the camera;
- Second illumination means installed in a direction parallel to the camera and configured to supply an amount of light necessary for photographing the camera
- a reflection mirror for refracting the light supplied from the first lighting means at a predetermined angle to irradiate the flat panel display panel
- an inspection controller for operating the first lighting means, the second lighting means, and the camera, and receiving an image of the photographing data output from the camera and correcting the image. It consists of a plurality of two lighting means as a set to scan the entire line of the panel at a time to reduce the inspection time.
- FIG. 2 is a side view of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the FPD substrate and the semiconductor wafer inspection system using the overlapped image As shown in FIG. 2, the FPD substrate and the semiconductor wafer inspection system using the overlapped image according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention,
- First lighting means 120 installed in a direction corresponding to the camera to supply an amount of light necessary for photographing the camera;
- a second lighting means 140 installed in a direction parallel to the camera to supply an amount of light necessary for photographing the camera;
- an inspection controller 200 for operating the first lighting means, the second lighting means, and the camera, and receiving an image of the photographing data output from the camera and correcting the image. After scanning the first line area where the camera can scan buried or existing particles on the surface, the flat display panel or semiconductor wafer is moved so that the total distance traveled is half the distance that the camera can scan. It overlaps and scans half of the area.
- Conventional FPD substrates and semiconductor wafer inspection apparatuses generally acquire one image on the entire surface (one side) at a time.
- the one time means that the X-Y stage moves once or the camera moves once in the stage type, and the conveyor flows once in the conveyor type.
- the inspection apparatus since only defects (defects) or foreign objects observed by one light source are usually scanned in the image, the inspection apparatus generally becomes a detection device having a strong detection power only in a specific portion.
- the duplicated scanning of the present invention improves the conventional problem and provides an advantage of detecting most defects or foreign objects by type by only one inspection by acquiring two or more images in one scan.
- the light source when used differently, such as LED, laser, etc., it is possible to professionally detect the defect or the foreign material having the highest detection power in each light source, thereby obtaining the same effect as that of a plurality of professional inspection equipments at a time.
- the present invention is installed in a direction corresponding to the camera to inspect the particles from multiple angles to constitute at least one first lighting means for supplying the amount of light required for the camera shooting Particles buried in a flat panel display panel or semiconductor wafer, or present on the surface and protruding to a certain height can be inspected from various angles.
- the synchronization signal generation unit of the inspection controller generates a synchronization signal for the number of the first lighting means and the second lighting means and outputs an operation signal for operating in synchronization with the synchronization signal generated by the operation signal generator. do.
- FIG. 3 is an exemplary view illustrating synchronization of a camera, first lighting means and second scanning means according to a synchronization signal of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a duplicate image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a plurality of first lighting means may be composed of three (to be defined as # 1 first lighting means, # 2 first lighting means, and # 3 first lighting means), and one second lighting means may be configured.
- the first pulse signal among the pulse signals generated by the pulse generator is # 1 for the first lighting means
- the second pulse signal for the # 2 first lighting means the third pulse signal for the # 3 first lighting means
- the fourth The pulse signal is continuously output as described above to the second lighting means.
- FIG. 4 is an exemplary view illustrating synchronization of a camera and two lighting means according to a synchronization signal when two first lighting means of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images according to an embodiment of the present invention exist. .
- the reflected light is sequentially supplied to the camera.
- the camera is installed on the flat display panel or the upper side of the semiconductor wafer, and the first lighting unit 120 is installed and configured in a direction corresponding to the camera to supply the amount of light required for photographing the camera.
- the second lighting means 140 By installing and configuring the second lighting means 140 to supply the amount of light required for the camera shooting.
- the reflection mirror 130 for irradiating the light supplied from the first lighting means at a predetermined angle to irradiate the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer is installed under the first lighting means.
- the reflected light reflected by the flat panel is irradiated by the light emitted from the first lighting means by the camera.
- the photographed image is grasped by the brightness pattern detection unit of the inspection controller to determine the general brightness pattern of the panel, and the defect determination unit determines that the defect is relatively bright or dark compared to the general brightness of the image.
- the reflected light reflected by the particles present in the flat display panel or the semiconductor wafer, the light supplied through the second lighting means 140 is taken by the camera.
- the principle that defects are found is the reflection of light caused by particles, when the second lighting means is installed in the lower side in parallel with the camera, because the camera and the light source are in the same direction. All light hitting the semiconductor wafer is reflected in the opposite direction of the camera.
- the image obtained through the camera is dark when there is no particle, but if there is a particle, some light (light) from the light source hits the particle and returns to the camera so that the particle part comes out brighter than the background. This will examine the particles on the surface.
- the uneven determination part may be installed in the inspection system, but may be installed in a separate host computer to analyze the image inspected through the inspection system.
- the camera used in the present invention preferably uses a line scan camera that continuously photographs the panel or wafer surface in units of lines, and a technique for processing an image taken by the line scan camera is a general technique well known to those skilled in the art. Therefore, detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the scan area of the camera is defined as 'D' and the number of light sources (lighting means) is defined as 'n' when a pulse is output to operate the camera, the camera according to the present invention is scanned during scanning.
- the area is applied at D / n intervals.
- the three light sources each have a moving distance of 4 microns
- the first light source uses the camera.
- the scan area that can be scanned is 1 to 12 micro points
- the scan area that the camera can scan using the second light source is 5 to 16 micro points
- the scan area that the camera can scan using the third light source is 9 to 12 micro points. 20 micro points.
- the present invention is able to acquire three images through a scan camera.
- the first lighting means uses an LED lighting device.
- LED light is output through the LED lighting apparatus, and the LED light is refracted at a predetermined angle so that the LED light is refracted to the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer through the reflective mirror 130. Will be investigated.
- the camera reflects the light reflected by the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer and analyzes the image by the inspection controller. As shown in FIG. 2, the pattern of the general brightness of the panel is identified and compared to the general brightness of the image. Detecting defects with relatively bright or dark brightness in a specific area can help determine the location and size of particles attached to the panel surface or particles buried inside the panel.
- FIG. 5 is an exemplary view illustrating an example in which a plurality of lighting means and a camera of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images according to an embodiment of the present invention are installed and inspected.
- a plurality of line scan cameras, a first lighting means and a second lighting means are configured as a set so that the entire line of the panel or wafer can be scanned at a time, thereby reducing the inspection time of the inspection system. It can be further shortened.
- FIG. 6 is a scanned image of even lines using an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images
- FIG. 7 is a scanned image of odd lines using an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images.
- 8 shows an image obtained by synthesizing the scanned image of the even lines and the odd lines using the FPD substrate and the semiconductor wafer inspection system using the overlapped image, and it is possible to confirm the detected state through the inspection controller.
- the scanned image of the even lines photographed by the first lighting means through the above-described configuration is characterized by inspecting particles on the surface of the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer or by inspecting particles present on the surface thereof.
- the scanned image of the odd lines can check the particle height and the effect of checking the foreign matter protruding or attached to the flat display panel or the semiconductor wafer at a constant height, and can check the size and height of the particles in three dimensions. It is done.
- the presence of the overlapping and complementary characteristics of the inspectable particles from the image photographed by the first and second lighting means has the advantage that the defect detection ability is stronger than the method using the single illumination means. Doing.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an inspection controller of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a duplicate image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- a sync signal generator 220 generating a sync signal according to a pulse signal generated through the pulse generator;
- An operation signal generator 230 for outputting an operation signal for operating the lighting means in synchronization with the synchronization signal generated by the synchronization signal generator;
- An image interpreter 240 for receiving an image of photographing data output from a camera and interpreting a duplicated scan image according to a light source of a lighting unit;
- An odd scan image adder 250 for extracting and collecting only odd scan lines from the redundant scan images interpreted by the image analyzer
- An even scan image adder 260 for extracting and collecting only even scan lines from the redundant scan images interpreted by the image analysis unit;
- a scan addition image output unit 270 for outputting respective scan images collected through the odd scan image addition unit and the even scan image addition unit;
- a central controller 280 for controlling the overall operation of the pulse generator, the synchronization signal generator, the operation signal generator, the image analyzer, the odd scan image adder, the even scan image adder, and the scan add image output unit. It is characterized by.
- the brightness pattern detection unit for grasping the general brightness pattern of the panel or wafer image taken according to an additional aspect the brightness pattern detection unit for grasping the general brightness pattern of the panel or wafer image taken according to an additional aspect
- the apparatus may further include a defect determining unit for determining whether the brightness of a specific region is relatively bright or dark compared to the general brightness of the image determined through the brightness pattern detecting unit.
- a sync signal is generated according to the pulse signal generated by the sync signal generator 220.
- an operation signal is generated.
- the operation signal is output to the lighting means in synchronization with the synchronizing signal generated by the unit 230 to operate to receive the image of the photographing data output from the camera and the image interpreter 240 and the light source of the lighting means by the ( Laser scan or LED) to analyze the overlapped scan image and extract and collect only the odd scan lines among the overlapped scan images interpreted by the image interpreter through the odd scan image adder 250, and the even scan image adder 260.
- the scan addition image output unit 270 By extracting only the even scan lines of the duplicated scan image interpreted by the image analysis unit through the), and by the scan addition image output unit 270 The odd scan image will be output to each of the scanned images through the combined acid and the even scan image is added.
- the image output through the scan addition image output unit 270 may be configured to accurately analyze defects and types of foreign substances by comparing and analyzing the foreign substance characteristic database or the defect characteristic database, for example.
- FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using overlapping images according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- At least one first lighting means (120) installed in a direction corresponding to the camera to supply an amount of light required for photographing the camera;
- At least one second lighting means 140 installed in a direction parallel to the camera and configured to supply an amount of light required for photographing the camera;
- a reflection mirror for refracting the light supplied from the first lighting means at a predetermined angle to irradiate the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer;
- the light supplied from the at least one first lighting means photographs the reflected light reflected by the flat panel display panel or the semiconductor wafer, or is supplied from the at least one second lighting means.
- an inspection controller for operating the at least one first lighting means, at least one second lighting means, and a camera, and receiving an image of photographing data output from the camera and correcting the image. Particles buried in the panel or semiconductor wafer or present on the surface after scanning the first line area that can be scanned by the camera, the flat panel display panel or semiconductor wafer is moved to inspect the camera from multiple angles.
- a plurality of cameras are installed on a moving conveyor, and the light reflected through each lighting means is acquired through the camera to be inspected at various angles.
- FIG. 12 is an exemplary diagram of redundant scanning of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a redundant image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the line scan camera scans the scanable line area 1, and the total distance moved by the FPD substrate or semiconductor wafer is moved so that the line scan camera can scan.
- the scan is performed on the line area 2.
- the FPD substrate or the semiconductor wafer is moved and the total distance moved is half the distance that the line scan camera can scan, the scan is performed on the line area 2.
- the entire scanned image of the FPD substrate or the semiconductor wafer becomes two kinds.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a result of overlapping scanning of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a duplicate image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the first image on the left shows scanning lines when Duplicated scanning is performed.
- the second image on the left is an extract of only odd lines
- the third image is an extract of only even lines from the first image on the left.
- the odd line image and the even line image are the same as scanning the entire respective image, and there is no loss on the scanning.
- both the odd and even line images will be scanned to show a complete image of the defects or foreign objects.
- FIG. 14 is an exemplary view of a result of complex overlap scanning of an FPD substrate and a semiconductor wafer inspection system using a duplicate image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Duplicated scanning also allows complex scanning beyond odd and even divisions.
- Duplicated scanning combinations can be used, depending on the camera scan rate and the FPD substrate or semiconductor wafer logistics speed.
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- 카메라를 통해 촬영된 이미지를 분석하는 검사시스템에 있어서,상기 카메라와 대응되는 방향에 설치 구성되어 카메라의 촬영에 필요한 광량을 공급하기 위한 적어도 한 개 이상의 제1조명수단과;상기 카메라와 나란한 방향에 설치 구성되어 카메라의 촬영에 필요한 광량을 공급하기 위한 적어도 한 개 이상의 제2조명수단과;상기 제1조명수단으로부터 공급되는 광을 일정 각도로 굴절시켜 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼에 조사시키기 위한 반사미러와;평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼의 상측에 설치 구성되어 적어도 한 개 이상의 제1조명수단으로부터 공급되는 광이 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼에 반사되는 반사광을 촬영하거나, 적어도 한 개 이상의 제2조명수단으로부터 공급되는 광이 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼에 존재하는 파티클에 의해 반사되는 반사광을 촬영하기 위한 적어도 한 개 이상의 카메라와;상기 적어도 한 개 이상의 제1조명수단과 적어도 한 개 이상의 제2조명수단 및 카메라를 동작시키며, 카메라로부터 출력된 촬영데이터의 이미지를 수신받아 이미지를 보정하기 위하여,펄스 신호를 발생시키는 펄스발생부와,상기 펄스발생부를 통해 발생되는 펄스 신호에 따라 동기 신호를 생성하는 동기신호생성부와,상기 동기신호생성부에 의해 생성된 동기 신호에 따라 동기되어 조명수단을 동작하기 위한 동작 신호를 출력하는 동작신호발생부와,카메라로부터 출력된 촬영데이터의 이미지를 수신받아 조명수단의 광원에 따라 중복된 스캔 이미지를 해석하기 위한 이미지해석부와,상기 이미지해석부에 의해 해석된 중복 스캔 이미지 중 홀수 스캔 라인만을 추출하여 모으기 위한 홀수스캔이미지가산부와,상기 이미지해석부에 의해 해석된 중복 스캔 이미지 중 짝수 스캔 라인만을 추출하여 모으기 위한 짝수스캔이미지가산부와,상기 홀수스캔이미지가산부와 짝수스캔이미지가산부를 통해 모아진 각각의 스캔 이미지를 출력하기 위한 스캔가산이미지출력부와,상기 펄스발생부와 동기신호생성부와 동작신호발생부와 이미지해석부와 홀수스캔이미지가산부와 짝수스캔이미지가산부와 스캔가산이미지출력부의 전체적인 동작을 제어하는 중앙제어부를 포함하여 구성되는 검사컨트롤러;를 포함하여 구성되는 것을 특징으로 하는 중복 영상을 이용한 에프피디 기판 및 반도체 웨이퍼 검사시스템.
- 카메라를 통해 촬영된 이미지를 분석하는 검사시스템에 있어서,상기 카메라와 대응되는 방향에 설치 구성되어 카메라의 촬영에 필요한 광량을 공급하기 위한 적어도 한 개 이상의 제1조명수단과;상기 카메라와 나란한 방향에 설치 구성되어 카메라의 촬영에 필요한 광량을 공급하기 위한 적어도 한 개 이상의 제2조명수단과;상기 제1조명수단으로부터 공급되는 광을 일정 각도로 굴절시켜 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼에 조사시키기 위한 반사미러와;평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼의 상측에 설치 구성되어 적어도 한 개 이상의 제1조명수단으로부터 공급되는 광이 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼에 반사되는 반사광을 촬영하거나, 적어도 한 개 이상의 제2조명수단으로부터 공급되는 광이 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼에 존재하는 파티클에 의해 반사되는 반사광을 촬영하기 위한 적어도 한 개 이상의 카메라와;상기 적어도 한 개 이상의 제1조명수단과 적어도 한 개 이상의 제2조명수단 및 카메라를 동작시키며, 카메라로부터 출력된 촬영데이터의 이미지를 수신받아 이미지를 보정하기 위하여,펄스 신호를 발생시키는 펄스발생부와,상기 펄스발생부를 통해 발생되는 펄스 신호에 따라 동기 신호를 생성하는 동기신호생성부와,상기 동기신호생성부에 의해 생성된 동기 신호에 따라 동기되어 조명수단을 동작하기 위한 동작 신호를 출력하는 동작신호발생부와,카메라로부터 출력된 촬영데이터의 이미지를 수신받아 조명수단의 광원에 따라 중복된 스캔 이미지를 해석하기 위한 이미지해석부와,상기 이미지해석부에 의해 해석된 중복 스캔 이미지 중 홀수 스캔 라인만을 추출하여 모으기 위한 홀수스캔이미지가산부와,상기 이미지해석부에 의해 해석된 중복 스캔 이미지 중 짝수 스캔 라인만을 추출하여 모으기 위한 짝수스캔이미지가산부와,상기 홀수스캔이미지가산부와 짝수스캔이미지가산부를 통해 모아진 각각의 스캔 이미지를 출력하기 위한 스캔가산이미지출력부와,촬영된 패널 이미지의 일반적인 밝기의 패턴을 파악하기 위한 밝기패턴파악부와,상기 밝기패턴파악부를 통해 파악된 영상의 일반적인 밝기에 비해서 특정 영역의 밝기가 상대적으로 밝거나 어두운지를 판단하기 위한 결함판단부와,상기 펄스발생부와 동기신호생성부와 동작신호발생부와 이미지해석부와 홀수스캔이미지가산부와 짝수스캔이미지가산부와 스캔가산이미지출력부와 밝기패턴파악부 및 결함판단부의 전체적인 동작을 제어하는 중앙제어부를 포함하여 구성되는 검사컨트롤러;를 포함하여 구성되는 것을 특징으로 하는 중복 영상을 이용한 에프피디 기판 및 반도체 웨이퍼 검사시스템.
- 카메라를 통해 촬영된 이미지를 분석하는 검사시스템에 있어서,상기 카메라와 대응되는 방향에 설치 구성되어 카메라의 촬영에 필요한 광량을 공급하기 위한 적어도 한 개 이상의 제1조명수단과;상기 카메라와 나란한 방향에 설치 구성되어 카메라의 촬영에 필요한 광량을 공급하기 위한 적어도 한 개 이상의 제2조명수단과;상기 제1조명수단으로부터 공급되는 광을 일정 각도로 굴절시켜 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼에 조사시키기 위한 반사미러와;평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼의 상측에 설치 구성되어 적어도 한 개 이상의 제1조명수단으로부터 공급되는 광이 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼에 반사되는 반사광을 촬영하거나, 적어도 한 개 이상의 제2조명수단으로부터 공급되는 광이 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼에 존재하는 파티클에 의해 반사되는 반사광을 촬영하기 위한 적어도 한 개 이상의 카메라와;상기 적어도 한 개 이상의 제1조명수단과 적어도 한 개 이상의 제2조명수단 및 카메라를 동작시키며, 카메라로부터 출력된 촬영데이터의 이미지를 수신받아 이미지를 보정하기 위하여,펄스 신호를 발생시키는 펄스발생부와,상기 펄스발생부를 통해 발생되는 펄스 신호에 따라 동기 신호를 생성하는 동기신호생성부와,상기 동기신호생성부에 의해 생성된 동기 신호에 따라 동기되어 조명수단을 동작하기 위한 동작 신호를 출력하는 동작신호발생부와,카메라로부터 출력된 촬영데이터의 이미지를 수신받아 조명수단의 광원에 따라 중복된 스캔 이미지를 해석하기 위한 이미지해석부와,상기 이미지해석부에 의해 해석된 중복 스캔 이미지 중 홀수 스캔 라인만을 추출하여 모으기 위한 홀수스캔이미지가산부와,상기 이미지해석부에 의해 해석된 중복 스캔 이미지 중 짝수 스캔 라인만을 추출하여 모으기 위한 짝수스캔이미지가산부와,상기 홀수스캔이미지가산부와 짝수스캔이미지가산부를 통해 모아진 각각의 스캔 이미지를 출력하기 위한 스캔가산이미지출력부와,파티클에 의해 발생하는 그림자를 이용하여 돌출된 파티클의 높이를 추출하기 위한 요철판단부와,상기 펄스발생부와 동기신호생성부와 동작신호발생부와 이미지해석부와 홀수스캔이미지가산부와 짝수스캔이미지가산부와 스캔가산이미지출력부 및 요철판단부의 전체적인 동작을 제어하는 중앙제어부를 포함하여 구성되는 검사컨트롤러;를 포함하여 구성되는 것을 특징으로 하는 중복 영상을 이용한 에프피디 기판 및 반도체 웨이퍼 검사시스템.
- [규칙 제91조에 의한 정정 17.06.2009]
제 1항에 있어서, 상기 스캔가산이미지출력부에 의해, 출력된 이미지는 각각 전체 이미지를 스캔한 것과 동일하여 평판 디스플레이 패널 또는 반도체 웨이퍼의 전체 면을 한 번의 스캔으로 두 개의 스캔 이미지를 획득할 수 있는 것을 특징으로 하는 중복 영상을 이용한 에프피디 기판 및 반도체 웨이퍼 검사시스템. - [규칙 제91조에 의한 정정 17.06.2009]
제 1항 내지 제 3항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서, 상기 카메라가, 스캔시 스캔 영역을 D/n 간격으로 적용하는 것을 특징으로 하는 중복 영상을 이용한 에프피디 기판 및 반도체 웨이퍼 검사시스템. (D : 원래 이동거리, n : 광원의 갯수)
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