SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING A SAMPLE USING MULTI-BEAM INSPECTION APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20210217582A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17251724

    申请日:2019-06-07

    摘要: An improved system and method for inspection of a sample using a particle beam inspection apparatus, and more particularly, to systems and methods of scanning a sample with a plurality of charged particle beams. An improved method of scanning an area of a sample using N charged particle beams, wherein Nis an integer greater than or equal to two, and wherein the area of the sample comprises a plurality of scan sections of N consecutive scan lines, includes moving the sample in a first direction. The method also includes scanning, with a first charged particle beam of the N charged particle beams, first scan lines of at least some scan sections of the plurality of scan sections moving towards a probe spot of the first charged particle beam. The method further includes scanning, with a second charged particle beam of the N charged particle beams, second scan lines of at least some scan sections of the plurality of scan sections moving towards a probe spot of the second charged particle beam.

    LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
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    发明申请
    LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD 有权
    LITHOGRAPHIC装置和装置制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160139514A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-19

    申请号:US14942679

    申请日:2015-11-16

    IPC分类号: G03F7/20

    摘要: A lithographic apparatus may include an optical element, such as an immersion fluid reservoir, which supported at least in part by a bearing, such as a gas bearing. To enable illumination by the lithographic apparatus of an edge of the substrate, a surrounding structure is provided that surrounds the substrate, A level parameter of the substrate, such as a thickness of the substrate, is measured by a sensor, such as a thickness sensor. By means of an actuator, the substrate table on which the substrate is or will be held is positioned with respect to the surrounding structure, such that a surface of the substrate would be on a substantially same level as a surface of the surrounding structure, thus enabling the optical element to transition from the surface of the substrate to the surface of the surrounding structure and vice versa.

    摘要翻译: 光刻设备可以包括至少部分由诸如气体轴承的轴承支撑的光学元件,例如浸没式流体储存器。 为了使基板的边缘的光刻设备进行照明,提供围绕基板的周围结构,基板的电平参数(例如基板的厚度)由诸如厚度传感器的传感器 。 通过致动器,其上放置或将保持衬底的衬底台相对于周围结构定位,使得衬底的表面将处于与周围结构的表面基本相同的高度,因此 使得光学元件能够从衬底的表面转移到周围结构的表面,反之亦然。