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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charged particle beam device in which the information based on the charged particles discharged from the bottom of a high aspect structure is made more obvious.SOLUTION: The charged particle beam device includes a first orthogonal electromagnetic field generator which deflects charged particles discharged from a sample, a second orthogonal electromagnetic field generator which further deflects the charged particles deflected by the first orthogonal electromagnetic field generator, an aperture formation member having a passage aperture of a charged particle beam, and a third orthogonal electromagnetic field generator for deflecting the charged particles passed through the aperture formation member.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charged particle beam device in which the edge information at the bottom of a high aspect structure, such as a deep hole or a deep groove, is manifested.SOLUTION: The charged particle beam device includes an aperture forming member having an aperture for passing a charged particle beam emitted from a charged particle beam source, and a detector for detecting charged particles brought about by collision of charged particles passed through the aperture and collided against other member. The charged particle beam device is further provided with a deflector for deflecting the charged particles emitted from a sample, and a controller for controlling the deflector. The controller controls the deflector so the trajectory of the charged particles emitted from the sample is moved, and performs length measurement based on the detection signals before and after deflection by the deflector.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scanning electron microscope forming an electric field that pulls up electrons discharged from the bottom of a hole or the like with high efficiency even when a sample surface is made of a conductive material.SOLUTION: A scanning electron microscope includes: a deflector for deflecting a scanning position of an electron beam; a sample stage for mounting a sample thereon; and a controller for controlling the deflector or the sample stage so that an underlying lower layer pattern of a pattern to be measured irradiates underlying other patterns with the electron beam before the pattern to be measured is irradiated with the electron beam.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method having functions for automatically performing operations of right and wrong diagnosis and optimization of a recipe in an inspection of a semiconductor pattern. SOLUTION: A SEM image with low magnification is acquired for an area including a measurement point set on the semiconductor pattern. Next, whether a pattern for addressing, a pattern for automatic focusing, and a pattern for auto stigma preliminarily registered as the recipe satisfy predetermined recommendation conditions is judged. When it is judged that the patterns do not satisfy the predetermined recommendation conditions, the optimal pattern for addressing, the optimal pattern for automatic focusing, and the optimal pattern for auto stigma are selected from the SEM image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for measuring the surface potential of a sample using a charged particle beam, by measuring the potential of a sample induced by irradiation with a charged particle beam, or detecting the compensation value of variation in the device conditions which change by charging of a sample.SOLUTION: While irradiating a sample with a charged particle beam, the charged particle beam emitted from the sample is deflected by a charged particle deflector, and the information about the sample potential is detected by using a signal obtained at that time.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing apparatus that achieves image processing suitable for addressing on a sample generated by patterning using a directed self-assembly (DSA) technology, a pattern generation method using a directed self-assembly lithography technology, and a computer program.SOLUTION: There are provided an image processing apparatus that creates a template for addressing on the basis of guide pattern data used for patterning using DSA, a pattern generation method using a directed self-assembly lithography technology, and a computer program, to measure a pattern formed through a patterning process using DSA, or to create an addressing pattern suitable for alignment of field of view when inspection is performed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for measuring a pattern by use of a SEM image photographed from above the pattern, by which even when changes in pattern height such as reduction in a resist film thickness occur, the cross-sectional shape of the pattern can be accurately measured.SOLUTION: The method for measuring a pattern shape formed on a sample is carried out using a charged particle beam device in the following manner. A sample is irradiated with a converged charged particle beam to scan to generate from the sample secondary charged particles, which are detected to acquire a charged particle beam image of the pattern formed on the sample surface; information about height of the pattern is acquired from the information of the charged particle beam image of the pattern, which is acquired based on a preliminarily acquired relationship between pattern height and information of the charged particle beam image of the pattern; and dimensions of the pattern are calculated from the information of the charged particle beam image of the pattern using the acquired information about height of the pattern.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain specifying the type of a gap formed in a manufacturing process, having a plurality of exposure processes, at a high throughput. SOLUTION: A pattern measuring apparatus and a computer program are proposed for extracting the feature quantities regarding one end of a pattern where a plurality of patterns is arranged, and another feature quantity regarding the other end of the pattern from a signal detected, based on scanning of charged particle beams, and for determining the types of spaces among the plurality of patterns based on the comparison of the two types of feature quantity. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT