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公开(公告)号:US20240222062A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-04
申请号:US18556076
申请日:2022-03-25
Applicant: Photo electron Soul, Inc.
Inventor: Tomohiro NISHITANI
IPC: H01J37/147 , H01J1/34 , H01J37/073
CPC classification number: H01J37/1471 , H01J1/34 , H01J37/073 , H01J2201/3423 , H01J2237/0203
Abstract: Provided are an electron gun that can extend the lifetime of a photocathode, an electron beam applicator on which the electron gun is mounted, and an irradiation position moving method. This object can be achieved by an electron gun including: a light source; a photocathode that emits an electron beam in response to receiving light from the light source; an anode; a motion device that moves excitation light irradiating the photocathode; and a control unit, the control unit controls the motion device to move an irradiation position of the excitation light from a position Rn (n is a natural number) on the photocathode to a position Rn+1 outside an excitation light irradiation-caused deteriorated range associated with the position Rn, the excitation light irradiation-caused deteriorated range is a range where the photocathode is deteriorated due to irradiation with the excitation light, and the distance between the center of a spot of the excitation light at the position Rn and the center of a spot of the excitation light at the position Rn+1 is at least three or more times a spot diameter of the excitation light on the photocathode.
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公开(公告)号:US20240161997A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-16
申请号:US18282906
申请日:2021-04-16
Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
Inventor: Takashi OHSHIMA , Naohiro KOHMU , Hideo MORISHITA , Tatsuro IDE , Yoichi OSE , Junichi KATANE , Toshihide AGEMURA
IPC: H01J37/073 , H01J37/147 , H01J37/26
CPC classification number: H01J37/073 , H01J37/1471 , H01J37/265
Abstract: A light source that emits pulse excitation light includes a laser light source, an optical splitter that splits a pulse laser beam into a plurality of pulse laser beams, phase adjusters and optical amplifiers provided for the pulse laser beams, and an optical combiner that combines the plurality of pulse laser beams whose phases are adjusted and that are amplified, and outputs combined light as the pulse excitation light. An optical phase controller controls phase delay amounts of the phase adjusters, and an optical monitor detects an inclination of the pulse excitation light relative to an optical axis of a focusing lens. The optical phase controller stores phase delay amount data indicating phase delay amounts of the plurality of phase adjusters in which the inclination is a predetermined value, and sets the phase delay amounts of the plurality of phase adjusters based on the phase delay amount data.
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公开(公告)号:US20240006148A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-04
申请号:US18031358
申请日:2021-01-12
Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Inventor: Hirokazu TAMAKI , Yudai KUBO
IPC: H01J37/153 , H01J37/147 , H01J37/141
CPC classification number: H01J37/153 , H01J2237/1534 , H01J37/141 , H01J37/1471
Abstract: An aberration corrector includes: a first multipole and a second multipole configured to form a hexapole field; and a transfer optics including a plurality of round lenses. The transfer optics is disposed between the first multipole and the second multipole, and acts on a charged particle beam such that an absolute value of a slope of the charged particle beam passing through the first multipole is different from an absolute value of a slope of the charged particle beam passing through the second multipole.
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公开(公告)号:US11749495B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17494784
申请日:2021-10-05
Applicant: KLA Corporation
Inventor: Youfei Jiang , Michael Steigerwald
IPC: H01J37/244 , H01J37/28 , H01J37/05 , H01J37/147
CPC classification number: H01J37/244 , H01J37/05 , H01J37/1471 , H01J37/28 , H01J2237/0492 , H01J2237/2448 , H01J2237/24475
Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting charged particles from a specimen are provided. One system includes a first repelling mesh configured to repel charged particles from a specimen having an energy lower than a first predetermined energy and a second repelling mesh configured to repel the charged particles that pass through the first repelling mesh and have an energy that is lower than a second predetermined energy. The system also includes a first attracting mesh configured to attract the charged particles that pass through the first repelling mesh, are repelled by the second repelling mesh, and have an energy that is higher than the first predetermined energy and lower than the second predetermined energy. The system further includes a first detector configured to generate output responsive to the charged particles that pass through the first attracting mesh.
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公开(公告)号:US20230197402A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-22
申请号:US17891204
申请日:2022-08-19
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: YUJIN CHO , JONGHYUK KANG , INHYE PARK , SUYOUNG LEE , CHUNGSAM JUN , HONGCHE NOH , JANGHEE LEE
IPC: H01J37/28 , H01J37/244 , H01J37/26 , H01J37/147
CPC classification number: H01J37/28 , H01J37/244 , H01J37/265 , H01J37/1471 , H01J2237/2817 , H01J2237/0048 , H01J2237/24592
Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor inspection apparatuses and methods. The semiconductor inspection apparatus comprises a stage that supports a semiconductor device, a first column that irradiates a first electron beam toward the semiconductor device on the stage, a second column that irradiates a second electron beam toward the semiconductor device, and a detector that detects a secondary electron generated by the second electron beam. The first column is disposed to make a first angle with a top surface of the semiconductor device. The second column is disposed to make a second angle with the top surface of the semiconductor device. The first angle and the second angle are different from each other.
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公开(公告)号:US20190198294A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-27
申请号:US16228830
申请日:2018-12-21
Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Hideo Inoue
IPC: H01J37/317 , H01J37/147 , H01J37/04 , H01J37/302
CPC classification number: H01J37/3177 , H01J37/045 , H01J37/1471 , H01J37/3026 , H01J2237/0435 , H01J2237/30472 , H01J2237/31754
Abstract: A multiple charged particle writing method includes performing a tracking operation by shifting the main deflection position of multiple beams using charged particle beams in the direction of stage movement so that the main deflection position of the multiple beams follows the stage movement while a predetermined number of beam shots of the multiple beams are performed, and shifting the sub deflection position of the multiple beams so that each beam of the multiple beams straddles rectangular regions among plural rectangular regions obtained by dividing a writing region of a target object into meshes by the pitch size between beams of the multiple beams, and the each beam is applied to a different position in each of the rectangular regions straddled, and applying a predetermined number of shots per beam using plural beams in the multiple beams to each of the plural rectangular regions, during the tracking operation.
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公开(公告)号:US20190057834A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-21
申请号:US15980399
申请日:2018-05-15
Inventor: Lawrence H. Friedman , Wen-Li WU
CPC classification number: H01J37/1471 , G01B15/04 , G01B2210/56 , H01J37/06 , H01J37/10 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/22
Abstract: An electron reflectometer includes: a sample stage; a source that produces source electrons; a source collimator; and an electron detector that receives collimated reflected electrons.
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公开(公告)号:US20180358200A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-13
申请号:US15616749
申请日:2017-06-07
Applicant: KLA-Tencor Corporation
Inventor: Robert Haynes , John Gerling , Aron Welk , Christopher Sears , Felipe Fuks , Mehran Nasser-Ghodsi , Tomas Plettner
IPC: H01J37/147 , H01J37/14 , H01J37/285 , H01J37/18
CPC classification number: H01J37/1474 , H01J37/14 , H01J37/1471 , H01J37/18 , H01J37/285
Abstract: A multi-column scanning electron microscopy (SEM) system is disclosed. The SEM system includes a source assembly. The source assembly includes two or more electron beam sources configured to generate a plurality of electron beams. The source assembly also includes two or more sets of positioners configured to actuate the two or more electron beam sources. The SEM system also includes a column assembly. The column assembly includes a plurality of substrate arrays. The column assembly also includes two or more electron-optical columns formed by a set of column electron-optical elements bonded to the plurality of substrate arrays. The SEM system also includes a stage configured to secure a sample that at least one of emits or scatters electrons in response to the plurality of electron beams directed by the two or more electron-optical columns to the sample.
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公开(公告)号:US20180330912A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-15
申请号:US15975959
申请日:2018-05-10
Applicant: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
Inventor: Volker Drexel , Bernd Hafner
IPC: H01J37/147 , H01J37/09 , H01J37/10
CPC classification number: H01J37/1472 , H01J37/09 , H01J37/10 , H01J37/1471 , H01J37/28 , H01J2237/0453 , H01J2237/0653 , H01J2237/083 , H01J2237/152
Abstract: A particle source for producing a particle beam includes a particle emitter, a first plate, a first deflector and a second plate with an aperture. The first plate has a smaller aperture, downstream of which a first beam is formed, and a larger aperture, downstream of which a second beam is formed. A controller sets the deflection angle of the deflector so that in a first mode of operation that particles of the first beam pass through the aperture in the second plate and form the particle beam produced by the particle source. The controller sets the deflection angle so that in a second mode of operation that particles of the second beam pass through the aperture in the second plate and form the particle beam produced by the particle source.
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公开(公告)号:US20180247788A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-30
申请号:US15839984
申请日:2017-12-13
Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Eita FUJISAKI , Yukitaka Shimizu
IPC: H01J37/147 , H01J37/04 , H01J37/317 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/302
CPC classification number: H01J37/1471 , H01J37/045 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/3026 , H01J37/3177 , H01J2237/0435
Abstract: In one embodiment, a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an emitter emitting a charged particle beam, a shaping aperture array forming multiple beams by allowing the charged particle beam to pass through a plurality of opening portions, an alignment unit disposed between the emitter and the shaping aperture array, the alignment unit including an aperture plate, a detector provided in the aperture plate and detecting charged particles, and an alignment coil adjusting an angle of incidence of the charged particle beam on the aperture plate, a feature quantity calculating unit calculating, from an alignment scan image based on a detection value of the detector, a feature quantity representing a perpendicularity of the angle of incidence of the charged particle beam on the aperture plate, and a coil control unit controlling an excitation value of the alignment coil based on the feature quantity.
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