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Defect inspection apparatus and defect inspection method

CA 2647004 C · Owner: Hatanaka, Hiroaki · Inventors: Tagami, Minoru; Hatanaka, Hiroaki; Ido, Nobukazu

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An object of the present invention is to quantitatively evaluate a distribution of , defects which are generated within an inspection material. In order to achieve this , object, the present invention provides a defect inspection apparatus comprising: an , ultrasonic wave probe; an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving device that , irradiates ultrasonic waves via the ultrasonic wave probe onto a surface of an inspection , material on which a predetermined propagation medium has been provided and , that also , receives as noise signals ultrasonic waves that have been scattered by defects present in , the interior of the inspection material; a frequency spectrum calculation …

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  • Filed March 24, 2006 and granted February 12, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 24, 2026.
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FiledMarch 24, 2006
GrantedFebruary 12, 2013
Term endedMarch 24, 2026
Patent numberCA 2647004 C
Classification (IPC)G01N29/44

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