IP Library Granted Patent US 5,633,712
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US 5,633,712 · App. 08/520,198

Method and apparatus for determining the thickness and index of refraction of a film using low coherence reflectometry and a reference surfaces

Inventors: Shalini Venkatesh, Wayne V. Sorin, Brian L. Heffner
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Granted: May 27, 1997 Filed: Aug 28, 1995
Inventors
Shalini Venkatesh
Wayne V. Sorin
Brian L. Heffner
Assignee (at issue)
Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P.

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Patent No.
US 5,633,712
App. No.
08/520,198
Filed
1995-08-28
Granted
1997-05-27
Kind
A