Apparatus for ultrasonically measuring thin film thickness with retroreflector and method thereof
AssigneesSeoul National University R&Db Foundation, Center for Advanced Meta-Materials
InventorsJeseung Lee, Jooa Park, Yoon Young Kim
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Abstract
A thin film thickness measuring apparatus includes: an ultrasonic retroreflector that is provided under a test object formed in the shape of a thin film and retroreflects an ultrasonic wave incident through the test object; an ultrasonic wave input portion that is provided on one side of the test object and inputting an ultrasonic wave to one side of the test object; and a measurement portion that is connected to the ultrasonic wave input portion and measures an arrival time of the ultrasonic wave reflected through the test object.
Claims8
A thin film thickness measuring apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasonic retroreflector that is provided under a propagation path of an ultrasonic wave within a test object formed in the shape of a thin film with parallel top and bottom surfaces and retroreflects an ultrasonic wave incident through the test object;
- an ultrasonic wave input portion that is provided on one side of the test object and comprising a single ultrasonic wave transceiver and an oblique incident portion, wherein the oblique incident portion is configured to make the ultrasonic wave incident into the test object at a single, predetermined oblique angle;
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- a measurement portion that is connected to the ultrasonic wave input portion and measures an arrival time of the ultrasonic wave that travels diagonally through the test object from the ultrasonic wave input portion, is retroreflected by the ultrasonic retroreflector, and is returned to the single ultrasonic wave transceiver,
- wherein the single, predetermined oblique angle is configured to select to increase the propagation distance of the ultrasonic wave within the test object.
A thin film thickness measuring method comprising:
- preparing an ultrasonic retroreflector provided under a propagation path of an ultrasonic wave within a test object formed in a thin film shape with parallel top and bottom surfaces to retroreflect an ultrasonic wave incident through the test object;
- providing an ultrasonic wave input portion on one side of the test object, the ultrasonic wave input portion comprising a single ultrasonic wave transceiver and an oblique incident portion, wherein the oblique incident portion is configured to make the ultrasonic wave incident into the test object at a single, predetermined oblique angle;
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- measuring a thickness of the test object with a measuring portion by measuring an arrival time of the ultrasonic wave that travels diagonally through the test object from the ultrasonic wave input portion, is retroreflected by the ultrasonic retroreflector, and is returned to the single ultrasonic wave transceiver,
- wherein the single, predetermined oblique angle is configured to select to increase the propagation distance of the ultrasonic wave within the test object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.