摘要:
A charged particle beam exposure method for deflecting a charged particle beam in a deflection system which includes electromagnetic deflection coils, includes the steps of (a) controlling the deflection system based on deflection data, and (b) generating heat at least a vicinity of the electromagnetic deflection coils so as to compensate for a change in heat generated from the electromagnetic deflection coils.
摘要:
A selectively configurable system for directing an electron beam with a limited energy spread to a sample includes an electron source to generate an electron beam having an energy spread including one or more energies, an aperture having an on-axis opening and an off-axis opening, a first assembly of one or more electron lenses with selectively configurable focal powers positioned to collect the beam from the source and direct the beam to the aperture, a second assembly of one or more selectively configurable electron lenses positioned to collect the beam, a sample stage, and an electron inspection sub-system including electron optics positioned to direct the beam onto one or more samples. The first assembly includes an off-axis electron lens for interacting with the beam at an off-axis position and introducing spatial dispersion to the beam when configured with a nonzero focal power, thus filtering the energy spread.
摘要:
A particle-optical arrangement comprises a charged-particle source for generating a beam of charged particles; a multi-aperture plate arranged in a beam path of the beam of charged particles, wherein the multi-aperture plate has a plurality of apertures formed therein in a predetermined first array pattern, wherein a plurality of charged-particle beamlets is formed from the beam of charged particles downstream of the multi-aperture plate, and wherein a plurality of beam spots is formed in an image plane of the apparatus by the plurality of beamlets, the plurality of beam spots being arranged in a second array pattern; and a particle-optical element for manipulating the beam of charged particles and/or the plurality of beamlets; wherein the first array pattern has a first pattern regularity in a first direction, and the second array pattern has a second pattern regularity in a second direction electron-optically corresponding to the first direction, and wherein the second regularity is higher than the first regularity.
摘要:
To improve the efficiency of generation of chromatic aberrations of an energy filter for reducing energy distribution. Mounted are an energy filter for primary electrons, the energy filter having a beam slit and a pair of a magnetic deflector and an electrostatic deflector that are superimposed with each other. An electron lens is arranged between the beam slit and the pair of the magnetic deflector and the electrostatic deflector.
摘要:
A beamline unit of an ion implanter includes a steering electromagnet, a beam scanner, and a beam collimator. The beamline unit contains a reference trajectory of an ion beam. The steering electromagnet deflects the ion beam in an x direction perpendicular to a z direction. The beam scanner deflects the ion beam in the x direction in a reciprocating manner to scan the ion beam. The beam collimator includes a collimating lens that collimates the scanned ion beam in the z direction along the reference trajectory, and the collimating lens has a focus at a scan origin of the beam scanner. A controller corrects a deflection angle in the x direction in the steering electromagnet so that an actual trajectory of the deflected ion beam intersects with the reference trajectory at the scan origin on an xz plane.
摘要:
A high-energy ion implanter includes: a beam generation unit that includes an ion source and a mass analyzer; a high-energy multi-stage linear acceleration unit that accelerates an ion beam so as to generate a high-energy ion beam; a high-energy beam deflection unit that changes the direction of the high-energy ion beam toward the wafer; and a beam transportation unit that transports the deflected high-energy ion beam to the wafer. The deflection unit is configured by a plurality of deflection electromagnets, and at least a horizontal focusing element is inserted between the plurality of deflection electromagnets.
摘要:
This invention provides two methods for improving performance of an energy-discrimination detection device with an energy filter of reflective type for a charged particle beam. The first method employs a beam-adjusting means to improve the energy-discrimination power, and the second method uses an electron-multiplication means to enhance the image signal without noise raise. A LVSEM with such an improved energy-discrimination detection device can provide variant high-contrast images of interested features on a specimen surface for multiple application purposes.
摘要:
A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a stage configured to mount a sample placed thereon; an electron optical column including a charged particle gun and deflector, wherein the charged particle gun is configured to emit a charged particle beam, and the deflector includes a plurality of deflecting electrodes configured to control a path of the charged particle beam; an ozone introducing mechanism configured to introduce ozone into the electron optical column; a first voltage supply unit configured to apply a deflection voltage to the plurality of deflecting electrodes to deflect the charged particle beam; and a second voltage supply unit configured to apply an identical negative DC voltage to the plurality of deflecting electrodes, wherein a negative voltage in which the deflection voltage and the negative DC voltage are added is applied to the plurality of deflecting electrodes while the sample is irradiated by the charged particle beam.
摘要:
A method of investigating a wavefront of a charged-particle beam that is directed from a source through an illuminator so as to traverse a sample plane and land upon a detector, an output of the detector being used in combination with a mathematical reconstruction technique so as to calculate at least one of phase information and amplitude information for the wavefront at a pre-defined location along its path to the detector, in which method: Said beam is caused to traverse a particle-optical lens system disposed between said sample plane and said detector; At a selected location in the path from said source to said detector, a modulator is used to locally produce a given modulation of the wavefront; In a series of measurement sessions, different such modulations are employed, and the associated detector outputs are collectively used in said mathematical reconstruction.
摘要:
A particle-optical arrangement comprises a charged-particle source for generating a beam of charged particles; a multi-aperture plate arranged in a beam path of the beam of charged particles, wherein the multi-aperture plate has a plurality of apertures formed therein in a predetermined first array pattern, wherein a plurality of charged-particle beamlets is formed from the beam of charged particles downstream of the multi-aperture plate, and wherein a plurality of beam spots is formed in an image plane of the apparatus by the plurality of beamlets, the plurality of beam spots being arranged in a second array pattern; and a particle-optical element for manipulating the beam of charged particles and/or the plurality of beamlets; wherein the first array pattern has a first pattern regularity in a first direction, and the second array pattern has a second pattern regularity in a second direction electron-optically corresponding to the first direction, and wherein the second regularity is higher than the first regularity.