ION BEAM ETCHING SYSTEM
    71.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200161088A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-21

    申请号:US16631837

    申请日:2018-06-28

    摘要: An ion beam etching system includes an etching cavity, an etching electrode, and an electrode displacement apparatus used for enabling the electrode to change a working position in the etching cavity. The electrode displacement apparatus includes a dynamic sealing mechanism, a dynamic electrode balance counterweight mechanism, an electrode displacement transmission mechanism, and an electrode displacement driving mechanism. The etching cavity includes a cavity and a cavity cover connected with the cavity. The cavity is of an irregular shape. The cavity includes a partial cylindrical body, a side plate, a tapered transition portion, and a bottom plate. The partial cylindrical body is laterally sealed by means of the side plate. The bottom plate is connected to an end of the partial cylindrical body by means of the tapered transition portion and seals the end of the partial cylindrical body.

    Ion milling device and processing method using the ion milling device

    公开(公告)号:US10515777B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US14901506

    申请日:2014-07-11

    摘要: This ion milling device is provided with a vacuum chamber (105), an exhaust device (101) for evacuating the interior of the vacuum chamber, a sample stage (103) for supporting a sample (102) to be irradiated inside the vacuum chamber, a heater (107) for heating the interior of the vacuum chamber, a gas source (106) for introducing into the vacuum chamber a gas serving as a heating medium, and a controller (110) for controlling the gas source, the controller controlling the gas source so that the vacuum chamber internal pressure is in a predetermined state during heating by the heater. This enables the control in a short time of the temperature for suppressing condensation, or the like, occurring at atmospheric release after cooling and ion milling a sample.

    METHODS FOR ACQUIRING PLANAR VIEW STEM IMAGES OF DEVICE STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20190304744A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US15984581

    申请日:2018-05-21

    IPC分类号: H01J37/305

    摘要: A method of preparing a sample of a semiconductor device that includes placing a wafer on a support surface, milling an initial lamella within the wafer using a focused ion beam, lifting the initial lamella out of the wafer, placing the initial lamella on an upper surface of the wafer on a lateral side of the initial lamella, milling a planar lamella out of a portion of the initial lamella and the wafer beneath the initial lamella, lifting the planar lamella out of the wafer; and placing the planar lamella on a carbon grid. A method further includes milling a window within an upper portion of the initial lamella exposing internal structures of the initial lamella; and based at least partially on the exposed internal structures of the initial lamella, aligning the initial lamella on the upper surface of the wafer.

    Ion Milling Apparatus and Sample Holder
    77.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190287755A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-19

    申请号:US16299632

    申请日:2019-03-12

    申请人: JEOL Ltd.

    摘要: There is provided an ion milling apparatus and sample holder permitting one to observe a sample, which has been milled, with an electron microscope without transferring the sample to a different holding member. The ion milling apparatus has an ion source, a sample holder, and a sample stage. The sample holder includes: a holder body having a sample holding portion for holding the sample; and a cover member detachably mounted to the holder body and hermetically sealing the sample held on the sample holding portion. The holder body has a shield plate and a field-correcting plate for correcting electric fields around the sample held on the sample holding portion.

    APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING AND OBSERVING CROSS SECTION, AND METHOD OF MEASURING SHAPE

    公开(公告)号:US20190279843A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US16294543

    申请日:2019-03-06

    摘要: An apparatus for processing and observing a cross-section includes: a sample bed holding a sample; a focused ion beam column radiating a focused ion beam to the sample; an electron beam column radiating an electron beam to the sample, perpendicularly to the focused ion beam; an electron detector detecting secondary electrons or reflection electrons generated from the sample; a irradiation position controller controlling irradiation positions of the focused ion beam and the electron beam based on target irradiation position information showing target irradiation positions of beams on the sample; a process controller controlling a cross-section-exposing process that exposes a cross-section of the sample by radiating the focused ion beam to the sample and a cross-section image-obtaining process that obtains a cross-section image of the cross-section by radiating the electron beam to the cross-section; and an image quality corrector correcting image quality of the cross-section image obtained.

    Methods for acquiring planar view stem images of device structures

    公开(公告)号:US10410829B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15984581

    申请日:2018-05-21

    摘要: A method of preparing a sample of a semiconductor device that includes placing a wafer on a support surface, milling an initial lamella within the wafer using a focused ion beam, lifting the initial lamella out of the wafer, placing the initial lamella on an upper surface of the wafer on a lateral side of the initial lamella, milling a planar lamella out of a portion of the initial lamella and the wafer beneath the initial lamella, lifting the planar lamella out of the wafer; and placing the planar lamella on a carbon grid. A method further includes milling a window within an upper portion of the initial lamella exposing internal structures of the initial lamella; and based at least partially on the exposed internal structures of the initial lamella, aligning the initial lamella on the upper surface of the wafer.

    MULTI-BEAM PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM
    80.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190259575A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-22

    申请号:US16277572

    申请日:2019-02-15

    摘要: A multi-beam particle beam system includes a multi-aperture plate having a multiplicity of apertures. During operation, one particle beam of the plurality of particle beams passes through each of the apertures. A multiplicity of electrodes are insulated from the second multi-aperture plate to influence the particle beam passing through the aperture. A voltage supply system for the electrodes includes: a signal a generator to generate a serial sequence of digital signals; a D/A converter to convert the digital signals into a sequence of voltages between an output of the D/A converter and the multi-aperture plate; and a controllable changeover system, which feeds the sequence of voltages successively to different electrodes.