公开(公告)号：US07605368B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-20

申请号：US11595184

申请日：2006-11-09

申请人： Masatsugu Shigeno ,  Masato Iyoki

发明人： Masatsugu Shigeno ,  Masato Iyoki

IPC分类号： G11B9/00 ,  G01N23/00 ,  G21K7/00

CPC分类号： G01Q60/32 ,  G01Q70/04

摘要： A vibration-type cantilever holder holds a cantilever opposed to a sample. The holder supports a main body part of the cantilever at only its base end so that a probe at the free end of the cantilever can contact the sample. The holder has a cantilever-attaching stand on which the main body part is placed and fastened such that the cantilever is tilted at a predetermined angle with respect to the sample. A first vibration source is fastened to the cantilever-attaching stand and vibrates with a phase and an amplitude depending on a predetermined waveform signal, and the first vibration source is fastened at a first location to a holder main body. A second vibration source is fastened at a second location, which is spaced from the first location, to the holder main body and generates vibrations to offset vibrations traveling from the first vibration source to the cantilever-attaching stand and holder main body. The holder allows the cantilever to vibrate according to the vibrational characteristics of only the cantilever by counteracting additional vibrations.

摘要翻译： 振动型悬臂支架支撑与样品相对的悬臂。 支架仅在其底端支撑悬臂的主体部分，使得悬臂自由端处的探头可以接触样品。 支架具有悬臂连接台，主体部分放置在该悬臂上并固定，使得悬臂相对于样品以预定角度倾斜。 第一振动源被固定到悬臂安装台上，并且根据预定的波形信号以相位和振幅振动，并且第一振动源在第一位置被固定到保持器主体。 第二振动源被固定在与第一位置间隔开的第二位置处，并且产生振动以将从第一振动源传播的振动偏移到悬臂连接支架和保持器主体。 支架允许悬臂根据仅悬臂的振动特性通过抵消额外的振动而振动。

公开(公告)号：US07588366B2

公开(公告)日：2009-09-15

申请号：US12031283

申请日：2008-02-14

申请人： Ryoichi Kinoshita

发明人： Ryoichi Kinoshita

IPC分类号： G01K17/00 ,  G01K7/00 ,  G01N25/00

CPC分类号： G01N25/4866

摘要： There is provided a differential scanning calorimeter in which a base line stability and a responsiveness are improved. There is made a constitution in which the stability is ensured by making a neck-like part in a heat passage from a heat reservoir 1 to a sensor plate 4 and, at the same time, a two-dimension heat flow passage to a sample holder 5a is ensured.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种提高基线稳定性和响应性的差示扫描量热计。 通过在从储热器1到传感器板4的热通道中形成颈状部分并且同时具有到样品架的二维热流通道，从而确保了稳定性 5a。

公开(公告)号：US07573047B2

公开(公告)日：2009-08-11

申请号：US11712011

申请日：2007-02-28

申请人： Hiroyuki Suzuki

发明人： Hiroyuki Suzuki

IPC分类号： G21K5/08 ,  G01N13/12

CPC分类号： H01L21/68728 ,  H01L21/67213 ,  H01L21/67748

摘要： A wafer holder includes: a frame-shaped holder main body which has an opening at its center and carries a wafer on its upper surface; guide members which contact the outer periphery of the wafer placed on the holder main body and position the wafer on the holder main body; and cross section sample holding members which are disposed on an outer circumference of the holder main body and holds a cross section sample produced from the wafer. Each of the cross section sample holding members includes plate-shaped sample stands to which the cross section sample is fixed, and fixing stands each of which is detachably attached to the holder main body and pinches the sample stand such that the sample stand is attachable to and detachable from the fixing stand.

摘要翻译： 晶片保持器包括：框架保持器主体，其中心具有开口并在其上表面承载晶片; 引导构件，其与放置在保持器主体上的晶片的外周接触并将晶片定位在保持器主体上; 以及横截面样品保持构件，其设置在保持器主体的外周上并且保持从晶片产生的横截面样本。 每个横截面样品保持构件包括固定有横截面样本的板状样品台，以及固定架，每个固定架可拆卸地安装在保持器主体上，并夹住样品台，使得样品台可附接到 并可从固定台拆下。

公开(公告)号：US07518109B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-14

申请号：US11824994

申请日：2007-07-02

申请人： Yutaka Ikku ,  Tatsuya Asahata ,  Hidekazu Suzuki

发明人： Yutaka Ikku ,  Tatsuya Asahata ,  Hidekazu Suzuki

IPC分类号： G01N23/225

CPC分类号： G01B15/02 ,  G01N23/225 ,  H01J2237/2814

摘要： In a method of measuring a thin film sample of irradiating an electron beam to a thin film sample, detecting a generated secondary electron and measuring a film thickness of the thin film sample by utilizing the secondary electron, it is provided that the film thickness is measured accurately, in a short period of time and easily even when a current amount of the irradiated electron beam is varied. An electron beam 2b is irradiated, and a generated secondary electron 4 is detected by a secondary electron detector 6. A calculated value constituted by an amount of a secondary electron detected at a film thickness measuring region and an amount of a secondary electron detected at a reference region is calculated by first calculating means 11. A film thickness of the film thickness measuring region can be calculated from a calibration data of a standard thin film sample and the calculated value calculated by a sample 5.

摘要翻译： 在测量向薄膜样品照射电子束的薄膜样品的测量方法中，通过利用二次电子来检测产生的二次电子和测量薄膜样品的膜厚度，但是测量膜厚度 准确地说，即使当照射的电子束的当前量变化时，也能够在短时间内容易地进行。 照射电子束2b，并且通过二次电子检测器6检测所产生的二次电子4.由膜厚测量区域检测到的二次电子量和在第二电子检测器检测到的二次电子量构成的计算值 通过第一计算装置11计算参考区域。可以从标准薄膜样品的校准数据和由样品5计算的计算值来计算膜厚测量区域的膜厚度。

公开(公告)号：US07404313B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-29

申请号：US11374842

申请日：2006-03-14

申请人： Kazutoshi Watanabe

发明人： Kazutoshi Watanabe

IPC分类号： G01B5/28 ,  G01N13/16 ,  G01N13/20

CPC分类号： G01Q60/40 ,  G01Q20/04 ,  G01Q60/30

摘要： A scanning probe microscope has a self-detection type probe structure including a cantilever having an electrically conductive probe at a distal end thereof, a supporting part, and a piezoresistance element whose resistance value changes depending on the deflection of the cantilever. A detector applies a predetermined voltage to the piezoresistance element and detects the value of the current passing through the piezoresistance element to detect deflection of the cantilever. A sample table mounts a sample such that a surface of the sample confronts a tip of the probe, and a moving mechanism relatively moves the sample table and the probe tip in X, Y and Z directions. A controller controls the moving mechanism to maintain a fixed distance between the probe tip and the sample surface and measures the surface shape of the sample on the basis of the detection result of the detector. A predetermined voltage is applied between the probe and the sample surface, and a measuring part operates simultaneously with the detector and measures electrical property information caused by the applied voltage.

摘要翻译： 扫描探针显微镜具有自检型探针结构，其包括在其远端具有导电探针的悬臂，支撑部和耐电阻值根据悬臂的偏转而变化的压阻元件。 检测器将预定电压施加到压阻元件，并检测通过压阻元件的电流值，以检测悬臂的偏转。 样品台安装样品，使得样品的表面面对探针的尖端，并且移动机构使样品台和探针尖端在X，Y和Z方向上相对移动。 控制器控制移动机构以在探针尖端和样品表面之间保持固定的距离，并且基于检测器的检测结果测量样品的表面形状。 在探针和样品表面之间施加预定的电压，并且测量部分与检测器同时操作并测量由所施加的电压引起的电特性信息。

公开(公告)号：US07356900B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-15

申请号：US10973796

申请日：2004-10-26

申请人： Masanao Munekane

发明人： Masanao Munekane

IPC分类号： B23P6/00 ,  B23P25/00 ,  B23P13/00

CPC分类号： H01J37/3056 ,  Y10T29/49718 ,  Y10T29/4973 ,  Y10T29/49732 ,  Y10T29/49746 ,  Y10T29/49885 ,  Y10T29/49995

摘要： In a manipulator needle portion defect repairing method, the existence of an abrasion or a fracture in a needle portion for holding a sample at an end of a manipulator disposed in an FIB device is confirmed using a microscope function of the FIB device. The abrasion or the fracture in the needle portion is then repaired by chemical vapor deposition using a focused ion beam of the FIB device.

摘要翻译： 在机械手针部缺陷修复方法中，使用FIB装置的显微镜功能来确认在设置在FIB装置中的机械手的端部处保持样品的针部的磨损或断裂的存在。 然后通过使用FIB装置的聚焦离子束的化学气相沉积来修复针部分中的磨损或断裂。

公开(公告)号：US07337656B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-04

申请号：US11230904

申请日：2005-09-20

申请人： Yoshiharu Shirakawabe ,  Hiroshi Takahashi ,  Tadashi Arai

发明人： Yoshiharu Shirakawabe ,  Hiroshi Takahashi ,  Tadashi Arai

IPC分类号： G01B5/28 ,  G01N13/16 ,  G12B21/08 ,  G12B21/22

CPC分类号： G01Q70/16 ,  G01N23/00 ,  G01N23/225 ,  G01Q70/06 ,  G01Q70/12 ,  G01R3/00 ,  Y10T29/49007

摘要： In order to establish processing techniques capable of making multi-tip probes with sub-micron intervals and provide such microscopic multi-tip probes, there is provided an outermost surface analysis apparatus for semiconductor devices etc. provided with a function for enabling positioning to be performed in such a manner that there is no influence on measurement in electrical measurements at an extremely small region using this microscopic multi-tip probe, and there are provided the steps of making a cantilever 1 formed with a plurality of electrodes 3 using lithographic techniques, and forming microscopic electrodes 6 minute in pitch by sputtering or gas-assisted etching a distal end of the cantilever 1 using a focused charged particle beam or using CVD.

摘要翻译： 为了建立能够制造具有亚微米间隔的多尖端探针并提供这种微观多尖头探针的加工技术，提供了一种用于半导体器件等的最外表面分析装置，其具有使得能够进行定位的功能 使用这种显微多头探针在极小区域的电测量中对测量没有影响，并且提供了使用光刻技术制造形成有多个电极3的悬臂1的步骤，以及 通过溅射或使用聚焦的带电粒子束或使用CVD气化辅助蚀刻悬臂1的远端来形成6分钟的间距的微观电极。

公开(公告)号：US07301159B2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-27

申请号：US11196094

申请日：2005-08-03

申请人： Toshiaki Fujii ,  Masao Abe ,  Kunji Shigeto ,  Minuru Kawamura ,  Alekber Yu Kasumov ,  Kazuhito Tsukagoshi ,  Yoshinobu Aoyagi

发明人： Toshiaki Fujii ,  Masao Abe ,  Kunji Shigeto ,  Minuru Kawamura ,  Alekber Yu Kasumov ,  Kazuhito Tsukagoshi ,  Yoshinobu Aoyagi

IPC分类号： A61N5/00

CPC分类号： H01J37/3056 ,  H01J37/304 ,  H01J2237/043 ,  H01J2237/30466 ,  H01J2237/31732 ,  H01J2237/31737 ,  H01J2237/31749

摘要： A focused ion beam apparatus having two pieces of probers brought into contact with two points of a surface of a sample, a voltage source for applying a constant voltage between the two points with which the probers are brought into contact, and an ammeter for measuring a current flowing between the two points, in which a conductive film is formed to narrow a gap thereof between the two points by operating a deflection electrode and a gas gun and the current flowing between the two points is monitored, and when the current becomes a predetermined value, a focused charged particle beam irradiated to the surface of the sample is made OFF by the blanking electrode.

摘要翻译： 一种聚焦离子束装置，其具有与样品表面的两个点接触的两个探测器，用于在与探测器接触的两个点之间施加恒定电压的电压源，以及用于测量 在两点之间流动的电流，其中通过操作偏转电极和气枪来形成导电膜以使两点间的间隙变窄，并且监测在两点之间流动的电流，并且当电流变为预定的 通过消隐电极使照射到样品表面的聚焦带电粒子束截止。

公开(公告)号：US07288762B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-30

申请号：US11045916

申请日：2005-01-28

申请人： Masato Iyoki ,  Akihiko Hidaka ,  Kazutoshi Watanabe

发明人： Masato Iyoki ,  Akihiko Hidaka ,  Kazutoshi Watanabe

IPC分类号： H01L41/04

CPC分类号： G01Q10/04 ,  Y10S977/872

摘要： The invention provides a fine-adjustment mechanism for a scanning probe microscopy with high rigidity and high degree of measurement accuracy wherein a strain gauge displacement sensor which can be installed in a small space is arranged so that temperature compensation is achieved. The fine-adjustment mechanism composed of a piezoelectric device is provided with at least two-piece electrode. One of the electrodes is configured as a dummy electrode, to which no voltage is applied, and the other electrode is configured as an active electrode which generates strain when voltage is applied. One or two resistors are provided on each of the active electrode and dummy electrode, and a bridge circuit is configured by the resistors.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于具有高刚性和高测量精度的扫描探针显微镜的精细调节机构，其中可以安装在小空间中的应变片位移传感器被布置成实现温度补偿。 由压电元件构成的微调机构具有至少两片电极。 其中一个电极被配置为没有施加电压的虚拟电极，另一个电极被配置为当施加电压时产生应变的有源电极。 有源电极和虚拟电极均设置有一个或两个电阻器，桥接电路由电阻器构成。

公开(公告)号：US07284415B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-23

申请号：US11076250

申请日：2005-03-09

申请人： Yoshiteru Shikakura ,  Kazutoshi Watanabe

发明人： Yoshiteru Shikakura ,  Kazutoshi Watanabe

IPC分类号： G01B5/28 ,  G01N13/16

CPC分类号： G01Q30/04 ,  G01Q10/065

摘要： A scanning probe microscope has a cantilever having a minute probe on a distal end thereof and a displacement detecting device for detecting displacement of the cantilever. A Z-axis controlling amount calculating mechanism calculates a controlling amount for keeping constant a displacement amount of the cantilever. A Z-axis driving mechanism drives in a Z direction the cantilever or a sample in accordance with the controlling amount from the Z-axis controlling amount calculating mechanism. An XY scanning mechanism relatively moves the probe in a direction of an XY plane with respect to the sample to measure an uneven shape and/or a physical characteristic of the surface of the sample. A controlling range limiting device limits a driving range of the Z-axis driving mechanism. A controlling range setting device optionally sets the driving range of the Z-axis driving mechanism.

摘要翻译： 扫描探针显微镜具有在其远端具有微小探针的悬臂和用于检测悬臂的位移的位移检测装置。 Z轴控制量计算机构计算用于保持悬臂的位移量恒定的控制量。 Z轴驱动机构根据来自Z轴控制量计算机构的控制量沿Z方向驱动悬臂或样本。 XY扫描机构使探针相对于样品相对于XY平面的方向移动，以测量样品表面的不均匀形状和/或物理特性。 控制范围限制装置限制Z轴驱动机构的驱动范围。 控制范围设定装置可选地设定Z轴驱动机构的驱动范围。