摘要:
The present invention relates to a particle-optical component comprising a first multi-aperture plate, and a second multi-aperture plate forming a gap between them; wherein a plurality of apertures of the first multi-aperture plate is arranged such that each aperture of the plurality of apertures of the first multi-aperture plate is aligned with a corresponding aperture of a plurality of apertures of the second multi-aperture plate; and wherein the gap has a first width at a first location and a second width at a second location and wherein the second width is by at least 5% greater than the first width. In addition, the present invention pertains to charged particle systems and arrangements comprising such components and methods of manufacturing multi aperture plates having a curved surface.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a particle-optical component comprising a first multi-aperture plate, and a second multi-aperture plate forming a gap between them; wherein a plurality of apertures of the first multi-aperture plate is arranged such that each aperture of the plurality of apertures of the first multi-aperture plate is aligned with a corresponding aperture of a plurality of apertures of the second multi-aperture plate; and wherein the gap has a first width at a first location and a second width at a second location and wherein the second width is by at least 5% greater than the first width. In addition, the present invention pertains to charged particle systems and arrangements comprising such components and methods of manufacturing multi aperture plates having a curved surface.
摘要:
The invention relates to a manufacturing method for a membrane mask suitable for particle beams with mask fields, which are bounded by thin support walls.The deep plasma etching for the formation of the support walls is halted shortly before reaching the membrane and the last .mu.m before the membrane removed by wet-chemical etching. A high etch selectivity can be achieved using an alkaline etching solution.The support walls 1 are turned by 45.degree. to the (110) direction or oriented parallel to the (100) plane, so that the structures restricted by (111) planes are avoided.
摘要:
Membrane masks for electron-beam lithography are described which have a high mechanical stability and low membrane thickness, are free of stress and the submicron structures of which are easy to produce using reactive ion etching methods without rounding effects.In the case of a membrane mask for structuring surface areas with the aid of electron or corpuscular beams, a layer 1 of silicon nitride with going right through openings, which define the mask pattern, is deposited on one surface of a semiconductor wafer 2, which consists preferably of silicon. A tub-shaped recess 3 extends from the other surface of the semiconductor wafer 2 as far as the layer-carrying surface.A further mask for structuring surface areas with the aid of electron beams has at least one continuous layer 30 and a layer 31 defining the mask pattern.These two layers are deposited on the surface of a semiconductor wafer 32 with a tub-shaped recess 33.The anisotropic plasma etching method according to the invention makes it possible to transfer lithographically produced patterns to the membrane without the edge rounding which is otherwise usual.
摘要:
The invention pertains to a micromechanical sensor for AFM/STM profilometry which consists of a beam with a point for interaction with a test surface to be sampled on one end and a fixing block on the other end. The point consists of a basically conical shank with a countersunk point at the end of the shank. The micromechanical sensor has excellent mechanical rigidity and is particularly suited to the measurement of extremely deep and narrow structures with positive side flank angles.
摘要:
A method for producing micromechanical sensors for the AFM/STM/MFM profilometry is described in which a multiple step mask of cantilever beam and tip is transferred step by step into the wafer substrate by reactive ion etching. A particular highly anisotropic etching step is used for etching and shaping of the tip. This process step uses an Ar/C12 ambient at a pressure of about 100 .sup.6 bar and a self bias voltage of about 300 V DC. The ratio of pressure to self bias voltage determines the concave shape of the tip side-walls. This etching step is followed by a thermal oxidation step. The oxidation is carried out for a time until the oxidation fronts at the thinnest point of the tip shaft touch each other. A stripping process with buffered hydrofluoric acid gently removes the thermally grown oxide. The oxidation process allows--via oxidation time--a modification of tip height and angle in an extremely controllable manner. To prevent sticking of the tip to the structure to be profiled the ratio of tip diameter to tip height should be about 1:10. Should this ratio be exceeded the tip has to be arranged on a pedestal. The structure, comprising a cantilever beam and a tip on pedestal, can be produced with the same but slightly modified process of the invention.
摘要:
A method is described for producing ultrafine silicon tips for the AFM/STM profilometry comprising:1. providing a silicon substrate and applying a silicon dioxide layer thereto;2. producing a mask in said silicon dioxide layer by photolithography and wet or dry etching;3. producing a tip shaft by transferring the mask pattern, produced in step 2, by reactive ion etching into the silicon substrate;4. thinning the shaft and forming a base by isotropic wet etching; and5. removing the mask by etching.The resulting tip shaft with a rectangular end may be pointed by argon ion milling.In a second embodiment there is an anisotropic wet etching step, prior to step 5, through the intact silicon dioxide mask, producing a negative profile of the shaft immediately below the mask. After this etching step the mask is removed by etching.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for fabricating silicon carbide films and membranes with a predetermined stress via control of the deposition parameters which comprises the following steps:a) introducing a gas mixture of silane (SiH.sub.4)/helium and ethylene at flow rates of about 1000 sccm/min. and about 10 sccm/min. into a reaction chamber;b) reacting the silane and ethylene at a temperature >400.degree. C., and in a total pressure range of about 26.6 to 266 Pa, at an RF power
摘要:
According to a preferred embodiment, arbitrarily shaped holes are fabricated in 0.1 to 2 mm thick plates of polyoxymethylene homo- or copolymers. For that purpose, the polymeric substrate is photoresist-coated on either side; the desired pattern is simultaneously applied to both the front and the back side of the photoresist layers by imagewise exposure at optimum mask alignment; the photoresist layers are developed and blanket-exposed; the resultant photoresist structures are treated with a cyclic organosilicon compound and postbaked; the through holes are produced by sequential reactive ion etching of the polyoxymethylene from the front and the back side, each time down to a depth of about 2/3 of the substrate thickness; and the silylated photoresist masks are stripped from the front and the back side of the substrate.
摘要:
A calibration standard comprises a supporting structure (1) of single crystal material with at least one pair of different kinds of structures consisting of a raised line (2) and a trench (3). These structures have the identical width in the range of about 500 nm. The single crystal material preferably is silicon with (110)-orientation. A method of producing the calibration standard comprises the steps: providing two polished wafers of the same single crystal material and with the same crystal orientation, forming an oxide layer on the polished surface of the first wafer, bonding the second wafer to the first oxidized wafer with the polished surfaces of the wafers facing each other, cutting the bonded structure transverse to the polished surfaces, selectively etching both the wafers to a defined depth to expose a portion of the oxide layer, masking the portions of the oxide layer now representing the raised line (2) and selectively etching the oxide layer in the unmasked areas to a defined depth to form the trench (3). The calibration standard overcomes the problem of measuring the diameter of an ultrafine tip for AFM/STM profilometry in the sub-nanometer range.