Electron beam-induced etching
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10304658B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US14802648

    申请日:2015-07-17

    申请人: FEI Company

    摘要: Beam-induced etching uses a work piece maintained at a temperature near the boiling point of a precursor material, but the temperature is sufficiently high to desorb reaction byproducts. In one embodiment, NF3 is used as a precursor gas for electron-beam induced etching of silicon at a temperature below room temperature.

    ELECTRON BEAM MICROSCOPE WITH IMPROVED IMAGING GAS AND METHOD OF USE
    5.
    发明申请
    ELECTRON BEAM MICROSCOPE WITH IMPROVED IMAGING GAS AND METHOD OF USE 有权
    具有改进成像气体的电子束显微镜及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160343537A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-24

    申请号:US14715432

    申请日:2015-05-18

    申请人: FEI Company

    摘要: Charged particle beam imaging and measurement systems are provided using gas amplification with an improved imaging gas. The system includes a charged particle beam source for directing a charged particle beam to work piece, a focusing lens for focusing the charged particles onto the work piece, and an electrode for accelerating secondary electrons generated from the work piece irradiation by the charged practice beam, or another gas cascade detection scheme. The gas imaging is performed in a high pressure scanning electron microscope (HPSEM) chamber for enclosing the improved imaging gas including CH3CH2OH (ethanol) vapor. The electrode accelerates the secondary electrons though the CH3CH2OH to ionize the CH3CH2OH through ionization cascade to amplify the number of secondary electrons for detection. An optimal configuration is provided for use of the improved imaging gas, and techniques are provided to conduct imaging studies of organic liquids and solvents, and other CH3CH2OH-based processes.

    摘要翻译: 使用具有改进的成像气体的气体放大来提供带电粒子束成像和测量系统。 该系统包括用于将带电粒子束引导到工件的带电粒子束源,用于将带电粒子聚焦到工件上的聚焦透镜,以及用于加速通过带电实践光束从工件照射产生的二次电子的电极, 或另一种气体级联检测方案。 气体成像在高压扫描电子显微镜(HPSEM)室中进行,用于包围改进的成像气体,包括CH 3 CH 2 OH(乙醇)蒸气。 电极通过CH3CH2OH加速二次电子,通过离子化级联离子化CH 3 CH 2 OH,以放大用于检测的二次电子数。 提供了使用改进的成像气体的最佳配置,并且提供了用于进行有机液体和溶剂的成像研究的技术以及其它基于CH 3 CH 2 OH的方法。

    Nanofabrication using a new class of electron beam induced surface processing techniques

    公开(公告)号:US10538844B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US14851962

    申请日:2015-09-11

    申请人: FEI Company

    IPC分类号: C23C16/04 C23C16/48

    摘要: Methods and systems for direct lithographic pattern definition based upon electron beam induced alteration of the surface chemistry of a substrate are described. The methods involve an initial chemical treatment for global definition of a specified surface chemistry (SC). Electron beam induced surface reactions between a gaseous precursor and the surface are then used to locally alter the SC. High resolution patterning of stable, specified surface chemistries upon a substrate can thus be achieved. The defined patterns can then be utilized for selective material deposition via methods which exploit the specificity of certain SC combinations or by differences in surface energy. It is possible to perform all steps in-situ without breaking vacuum.

    Electron beam microscope with improved imaging gas and method of use

    公开(公告)号:US09633816B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-25

    申请号:US14715432

    申请日:2015-05-18

    申请人: FEI Company

    摘要: Charged particle beam imaging and measurement systems are provided using gas amplification with an improved imaging gas. The system includes a charged particle beam source for directing a charged particle beam to work piece, a focusing lens for focusing the charged particles onto the work piece, and an electrode for accelerating secondary electrons generated from the work piece irradiation by the charged practice beam, or another gas cascade detection scheme. The gas imaging is performed in a high pressure scanning electron microscope (HPSEM) chamber for enclosing the improved imaging gas including CH3CH2OH (ethanol) vapor. The electrode accelerates the secondary electrons though the CH3CH2OH to ionize the CH3CH2OH through ionization cascade to amplify the number of secondary electrons for detection. An optimal configuration is provided for use of the improved imaging gas, and techniques are provided to conduct imaging studies of organic liquids and solvents, and other CH3CH2OH-based processes.