Abstract:
An electron beam irradiation system for shooting an electron beam at a master disk to make recordings. This system is capable of focusing the beam easily and accurately in a corresponding manner to the master disk, thus permitting accurate recordings. The system has a support mechanism portion holding the master disk on it. The support mechanism portion has a slide table on which a focusing stage is placed. The focusing stage has a knife edge and a Faraday cup. The knife edge is located immediately beside the master disk. When recordings are made, an electron beam is first shot at the focusing stage and brought to focus. Then, the beam is shot at the master disk, thus making recordings.
Abstract:
An electron beam irradiation system for shooting an electron beam at a master disk to make recordings. This system is capable of focusing the beam easily and accurately in a corresponding manner to the master disk, thus permitting accurate recordings. The system has a support mechanism portion holding the master disk on it. The support mechanism portion has a slide table on which a focusing stage is placed. The focusing stage has a knife edge and a Faraday cup. The knife edge is located immediately beside the master disk. When recordings are made, an electron beam is first shot at the focusing stage and brought to focus. Then, the beam is shot at the master disk, thus making recordings.
Abstract:
An electron beam irradiation apparatus in a partial vacuum method is structured with a static pressure floating pad 18 connected to a vacuum chamber 14 containing an electron beam column 15 and in a condition that the static pressure floating pad 18 is attached to a subject 1 to be irradiated without contacting, and an electron beam irradiating the subject 1 to be irradiated through an electron beam path 19 of the static pressure floating pad 18, whereby the vacuum chamber and the electron beam column can be maintained in the required degree of vacuum even in a condition that the static pressure floating pad 18 is separated from the subject 1 to be irradiated. A vacuum seal valve 30 including a piston to open and close the electron beam path 19 is provided within the static pressure floating pad 18. When the static pressure floating pad 18 is separated from the subject 1, the vacuum seal valve 30 is structured to be activated to close the electron beam path 19 so as to prevent the air from flowing into the vacuum chamber 14. In this structure, the vacuum seal valve 30 is formed with a round shaped cross section and in a tapered shape with a narrow tip so as to accomplish high vacuum seal without a gap, so that the degree of vacuum in the vacuum chamber and the electron beam column can surely be maintained.
Abstract:
Localized vacuum envelope apparatus includes a housing member having a bottom plate with a downwardly extending first sleeve and an upwardly extending flange. The flange includes ports for vacuum pumping and is adapted for attachment to an electron beam column. The apparatus further includes a lower plate having a second downwardly extending sleeve and an upper plate having a third downwardly extending sleeve. The first, second and third sleeves, which can have a truncated conical shape and are concentric, define vacuum zones. Channels are provided for connecting the vacuum zones to individual ports. The tips of the sleeves are coplanar and form the tip of the vacuum envelope. A noncontacting graded vacuum seal is formed between the tip of the vacuum envelope and a workpiece. The housing member and the upper plate can be ferromagnetic material to provide double magnetic shielding.
Abstract:
An electron microscope includes a charged particle beam generator, a detector, a film and a bearing unit. The charged particle beam generator generates a first charged particle beam to bomb an object. The detector detects a second charged particle from the object to form an image. The film disposes on downstream of charged particle beam generator and has a first surface and a second surface. A space between charged particle beam generator and the first surface of film is a vacuum environment. The bearing unit disposes at a side of second surface of film and has a bearing surface and a back surface. The object disposes on the bearing surface of the bearing unit and a distance between an analyzed surface of the object and the film is less than a predetermined spacing. A liquid space exists between the analyzed surface and the film to be filled a liquid.
Abstract:
A user interface for operation of a scanning electron microscope device that combines lower magnification reference images and higher magnification images on the same screen to make it easier for a user who is not used to the high magnification of electron microscopes to readily determine where on the sample an image is being obtained and to understand the relationship between that image and the rest of the sample. Additionally, other screens, such as, for example, an archive screen and a settings screen allow the user to compare saved images and adjust the settings of the system, respectively.
Abstract:
A method of sterilizing containers, and in particular of plastics material containers is disclosed, wherein an inner wall of the containers is sterilized by being acted upon with charge carriers. A sterilization device which includes a charge generation device is introduced into the container (10 ) through an opening in the container and generates the charge carriers in the interior of the container.
Abstract:
A charged particle beam device (1) includes a charged particle optical lens barrel (10), a support housing (20) equipped with the charged particle optical lens barrel (10) thereon, and an insertion housing (30) inserted in the support housing (20). A first aperture member (15) is disposed in the vicinity of the center of the magnetic field of an objective lens, and a second aperture member (15) is disposed so as to externally close an opening part provided at the upper side of the insertion housing (30). Further, when a primary charged particle beam (12) is irradiated to a sample (60) arranged under the lower side of the second aperture member (31), secondary charged particles thus emitted are detected by a detector (16).
Abstract:
A seal member to be contacted with an observation object is provided at an open end of a lens barrel so that the observation object can be attracted to the lens barrel via the seal member and fixed in direct and close contact with the lens barrel when a vacuum is created in the lens barrel by a vacuum pump. In other words, instead of providing a sample chamber, the observation object is fixed in close contact with the lens barrel to prevent relative movement therebetween by a suction force even without a sample chamber. In this configuration, the interior of the lens barrel can be maintained in a vacuum state despite the absence of a sample chamber and no adverse effect occurs during observation because the lens barrel and the observation object are not moved relative to each other by vibration.
Abstract:
A method of sterilizing containers (10), and in particular of plastics material containers, wherein an inner wall (10a) of these containers (10) is sterilized by being acted upon with charge carriers, and wherein a sterilization device is introduced to this end into the container (10) through an opening (10b) in this container (10), and this sterilization device (2) has a charge carrier generation device (12). According to the invention the charge carrier generation device (12) is introduced into the container (10) at least in part and generates the charge carriers in the interior of the container (10).