Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithography apparatus capable of efficiently drawing with high accuracy even if beams are always turned off or improper beams whose irradiation amount cannot be controlled occur in lithography by a multiple beam method.SOLUTION: A multiple charged particle beam lithography apparatus of one aspect of the present invention includes: a detector for detecting improper beams in multiple beams passing through a plurality of apertures in an aperture member; a setting section for setting a partial area so as to include more apertures in residual apertures except apertures through which improper beams pass in the plurality of apertures in the aperture member; and a lithography processing control section for controlling lithography processing so that patterns are drawn on a sample by using multiple beams formed by beams passing through apertures in the partial area.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beam apparatus loaded with an electromagnetic lens capable of generating a magnetic field over the limit due to saturation in characteristics of a yoke itself.SOLUTION: A charged particle beam apparatus includes: an electron gun 201 which discharges charged particle beams; and an objective lens 207 which has a coil, a yoke for disposing the coil thereinside, and a permanent magnet disposed so that a closed loop is configured in the direction opposite to the direction of a magnetic field line due to the coil by the direction of the magnetic field line to be generated by passing the magnetic field line to be generated through the yoke itself, and which refracts the charged particle beams.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the accuracy of lithography by suppressing the movement of a beam position on a sample surface due to blanking deflection. SOLUTION: In the electron beam lithography apparatus, condenser lenses 21, 22 and a blanking deflector 31 are provided on an electron source 11 side of an aperture mask 41 closest to the electron source 11 and a projection lens 23 is provided on an downstream side nearer to a beam progressing axis direction than the aperture mask 41, and the blanking deflector 31 controls ON-OFF of electron beams. The blanking deflector 31 consists of at least two stages of electrostatic deflection electrodes 311, 312 arranged between the condenser lenses 21, 22 and the aperture mask 41, and the deflection electrodes 311, 312 are driven by allowing the deflection directions to be opposite so that the movement due to blanking of a cross-over image formed by the condenser lenses 21, 22 and the projection lens 23 can be reduced. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drawing device which suppresses variation in pattern dimensions due to deviation of the irradiation position of a multi-beam caused by distortion of an optical system.SOLUTION: A drawing device 100 comprises an XY stage 105, an electron gun 201, an aperture member 203 having a plurality of holes through which the portions of an electron beam pass to form a multi-beam, blanking plates 204 performing the blanking deflection of corresponding beams, respectively, a deflector 208 which deflects respective beams to respective irradiation positions on a specimen, a drawing control unit 18 which controls a plurality of beams passed through holes, different from each other, to perform drawing at predetermined control grid intervals on the specimen, and an amount of irradiation control unit 16 which controls the amount of irradiation of a beam, involved in deviation, variably depending on the amount of deviation when the interval of drawing beams deviates from the control grid interval.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress a deflection error associated with blanking of a charged particle beam, and to improve drawing accuracy. SOLUTION: This charged particle beam drawing device for drawing a desired pattern on a sample includes: a charged particle beam source 11 for generating a charged particle beam; a lens system 21, 22, 23 for focusing the charged particle beam 12 generated by the charged particle beam source 11 on a sample surface 14; a blanking deflector 41 for controlling the arrival of the beam on the sample surface 14; a blanking deflection control circuit 51 for supplying a blanking signal to the blanking deflector 41; and a blanking correction mechanism for correcting a deflection error associated with blanking deflection in response to at least one of the waveform, the frequency, the time ratio and the shot time of the blanking signal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drawing device in which working distance can be increased while keeping a reduction rate and suppression of aberration.SOLUTION: A drawing device 100 includes an XY stage 105 movable while mounting a sample, an electron gun 201 emitting an electron beam, an aperture member 203 having a plurality of apertures formed therein, receiving irradiation of a charged particle beam in an aperture formation region including the plurality of apertures entirely, and forming a multi-beam when a part of the charged particle beam passes through the plurality of apertures, respectively, a reduction optical system (205, 207) for reducing the multi-beam, and a doublet lens (212, 214) arranged in the subsequent stage of the reduction optical system, and having a magnification of 1 and reverse direction of magnetic flux.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithography method capable of improving accuracy of exposure dose control while mitigating restriction of circuit installation space.SOLUTION: A multi-charge-particle beam lithography method of an embodiment comprises the steps of: converting exposure time of each of multi-beams composed of charged particle beams to a binary value having the predetermined number of digits, for each shot; and for each shot of each beam, dividing an exposure of the beam into exposures of the number of digits times obtained by combining respective digits having exposure time corresponding to definition of a value of each digit of the converted binary value in the case of using a decimal number, and sequentially exposing a sample to beams having exposure time respectively corresponding to the respective digits.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lithography apparatus capable of drawing with high accuracy even if beams are always turned on or improper beams whose irradiation amount cannot be controlled occur in lithography by a multiple beam method.SOLUTION: A multiple charged particle beam lithography apparatus of one aspect of the present invention includes: a detector for detecting improper beams in multiple beams passing through a plurality of apertures in an aperture member; a setting section for setting a partial area so as to include more apertures in residual apertures except apertures through which improper beams pass in the plurality of apertures in the aperture member; a movable shield member for shielding apertures outside the partial area in the plurality of apertures in the aperture member; and a lithography processing control section for controlling lithography processing so that patterns are drawn on a sample by using multiple beams formed by beams passing through apertures in the partial area without being shielded by the shield member.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for suppressing a blanking deflector array from being charged and contamination from being grown by charged particles scattered by a multibeam forming aperture.SOLUTION: A drawing apparatus 100 comprises: an electron gun 201 for emitting charged particle beams; a multibeam forming aperture member 203 for forming a multibeam; a blanking plate 204 having a plurality of blankers disposed thereon each for performing blanking deflection on a corresponding beam of the multibeam; electromagnetic lenses 212, 214 disposed between the multibeam forming aperture member 203 and the blanking plate 204; a limiting aperture member 216 disposed at a multibeam convergent point position between the electromagnetic lenses 212, 214 for limiting charged particles to passing out of a convergent point; and a limiting aperture member 206 for shielding the beams deflected into beam-off state by the plurality of blankers.