Apparatus of plural charged-particle beams

    公开(公告)号:US10109456B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US15633639

    申请日:2017-06-26

    摘要: A multi-beam apparatus for observing a sample with high resolution and high throughput is proposed. In the apparatus, a source-conversion unit changes a single electron source into a virtual multi-source array, a primary projection imaging system projects the array to form plural probe spots on the sample, and a condenser lens adjusts the currents of the plural probe spots. In the source-conversion unit, the image-forming means is on the upstream of the beamlet-limit means, and thereby generating less scattered electrons. The image-forming means not only forms the virtual multi-source array, but also compensates the off-axis aberrations of the plurality of probe spots.

    Energy Filter for Charged Particle Beam Apparatus
    4.
    发明申请
    Energy Filter for Charged Particle Beam Apparatus 有权
    带电粒子束能量滤波器

    公开(公告)号:US20160035533A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-04

    申请号:US14800098

    申请日:2015-07-15

    IPC分类号: H01J37/05 H01J37/28 H01J37/10

    摘要: This invention provides two methods for improving performance of an energy-discrimination detection device with an energy filter of reflective type for a charged particle beam. The first method employs a beam-adjusting means to improve the energy-discrimination power, and the second method uses an electron-multiplication means to enhance the image signal without noise raise. A LVSEM with such an improved energy-discrimination detection device can provide variant high-contrast images of interested features on a specimen surface for multiple application purposes.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了两种用于利用带电粒子束的反射型能量滤波器来改善能量鉴别检测装置的性能的方法。 第一种方法采用光束调节装置来提高能量鉴别能力,第二种方法使用电子倍增装置来增强图像信号而没有噪声提高。 具有这种改进的能量鉴别检测装置的LVSEM可以在样本表面上提供用于多种应用目的的感兴趣特征的变体高对比度图像。

    Multi-axis Magnetic Lens for Focusing a Plurality of Charged Particle Beams
    5.
    发明申请
    Multi-axis Magnetic Lens for Focusing a Plurality of Charged Particle Beams 有权
    用于聚焦多个带电粒子束的多轴磁镜

    公开(公告)号:US20150179384A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-25

    申请号:US14572052

    申请日:2014-12-16

    IPC分类号: H01J3/20

    摘要: A multi-axis magnetic lens with stable performance in focusing a plurality of charged particle beams is provided. The multi-axis magnetic lens comprises a plurality of magnetic dub-lens modules. On the one hand, the multi-axis magnetic lens employs an annular permanent-magnet unit to provide a basic and stable magnetic flux to the plurality of magnetic sub-lens modules. One the other hand, the multi-axis magnetic lens uses a plurality of subsidiary coils to provide additional and adjustable magnetic flux to the plurality of magnetic sub-lens modules respectively. The invention also proposes a method to turn off or adjust the basic and stable magnetic flux for some applications. Hence, this invention will benefit the applications which need to execute in a long time period while keeping a high stabilization in performance.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种在聚焦多个带电粒子束时具有稳定性能的多轴磁性透镜。 多轴磁性透镜包括多个磁性复数透镜模块。 一方面,多轴磁性透镜采用环形永磁体单元,以向多个磁性子透镜模块提供基本稳定的磁通量。 另一方面,多轴磁性透镜使用多个辅助线圈来分别向多个磁性子透镜模块提供附加和可调节的磁通量。 本发明还提出了在一些应用中关闭或调节基本和稳定磁通的方法。 因此,本发明将有益于需要在长时间内执行的应用,同时保持高性能稳定性。

    System and Method for Controlling Charge-up in an Electron Beam Apparatus
    6.
    发明申请
    System and Method for Controlling Charge-up in an Electron Beam Apparatus 有权
    用于控制电子束装置中电荷的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150060665A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-05

    申请号:US14512672

    申请日:2014-10-13

    IPC分类号: H01J37/02 H01J37/28

    摘要: The present invention provides means and corresponding embodiments to control charge-up in an electron beam apparatus, which can eliminate the positive charges soon after being generated on the sample surface within a frame cycle of imaging scanning. The means are to let some or all of secondary electrons emitted from the sample surface return back to neutralize positive charges built up thereon so as to reach a charge balance within a limited time period. The embodiments use control electrodes to generate retarding fields to reflect some of secondary electrons with low kinetic energies back to the sample surface.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了用于控制电子束装置中的充电的装置和相应的实施例,其可以在成像扫描的帧周期内在样品表面上产生后不久就消除正电荷。 该方法是使从样品表面发射的二次电子的一些或全部返回到中和积聚在其上的正电荷,从而在有限的时间段内达到电荷平衡。 这些实施例使用控制电极产生延迟场,以将具有低动能的一些二次电子反射回样品表面。

    System and method for controlling charge-up in an electron beam apparatus
    7.
    发明授权
    System and method for controlling charge-up in an electron beam apparatus 有权
    用于控制电子束装置中的电荷的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08907281B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-09

    申请号:US14081465

    申请日:2013-11-15

    IPC分类号: H01J37/26 H01J37/14 H01J37/29

    摘要: The present invention provides means and corresponding embodiments to control charge-up in an electron beam apparatus, which can eliminate the positive charges soon after being generated on the sample surface within a frame cycle of imaging scanning. The means are to let some or all of secondary electrons emitted from the sample surface return back to neutralize positive charges built up thereon so as to reach a charge balance within a limited time period. The embodiments use control electrodes to generate retarding fields to reflect some of secondary electrons with low kinetic energies back to the sample surface.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了用于控制电子束装置中的充电的装置和相应的实施例,其可以在成像扫描的帧周期内在样品表面上产生后不久就消除正电荷。 该方法是使从样品表面发射的二次电子的一些或全部返回到中和积聚在其上的正电荷,从而在有限的时间段内达到电荷平衡。 这些实施例使用控制电极产生延迟场,以将具有低动能的一些二次电子反射回样品表面。

    Charged particle beam apparatus
    8.
    发明授权
    Charged particle beam apparatus 有权
    带电粒子束装置

    公开(公告)号:US08618480B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-31

    申请号:US13848854

    申请日:2013-03-22

    摘要: The present invention provides a charged particle beam apparatus which employs LVSEM to inspect sample surface with a throughput much higher than the prior art. The high throughput is realized by providing a probe current and a FOV both several times of those of the prior art. Accordingly several means are proposed to avoid obvious degradation of image resolution due to the increases in Coulomb effect and geometric aberrations, and increase efficiency and uniformity of secondary charged particle collection.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种带电粒子束装置,其使用LVSEM来检查样品表面,其生产量远高于现有技术。 通过提供几倍于现有技术的探针电流和FOV来实现高通量。 因此,提出了几种方法来避免由于库仑效应和几何像差的增加而引起的图像分辨率的明显降低,并且提高了二次带电粒子收集的效率和均匀性。

    Apparatus of plural charged-particle beams

    公开(公告)号:US10141160B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-27

    申请号:US15365145

    申请日:2016-11-30

    摘要: A secondary projection imaging system in a multi-beam apparatus is proposed, which makes the secondary electron detection with high collection efficiency and low cross-talk. The system employs one zoom lens, one projection lens and one anti-scanning deflection unit. The zoom lens and the projection lens respectively perform the zoom function and the anti-rotating function to remain the total imaging magnification and the total image rotation with respect to the landing energies and/or the currents of the plural primary beamlets. The anti-scanning deflection unit performs the anti-scanning function to eliminate the dynamic image displacement due to the deflection scanning of the plural primary beamlets.