Abstract
Mechanical vibrations occuring in a production environment cause a relative motion between the sample and inspection tool that distorts measurements at the nanometer level. To overcome this problem, this paper proposes a metrology platform that maintains a constant relative distance to the sample by means of an H& inf;-feedback controller. Experiments in one degree of freedom show that the metrology platform can reduce vibrations as they occur in a production environment by one order of magnitude. Therefore, it enables in-line surface metrology at the nanometer level.
Translated title of the contribution | Design and control of a positioning system for robot-based nanometrology |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 727-738 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | At-Automatisierungstechnik |
Volume | 63 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- In-process measurement
- instrumentation
- precision measurement
- precision positioning