摘要:
A scanning microscope, such as a scanning electron microscope, has an energy beam which is caused to scan on a sample. A detector detects the interaction of the beam with the sample and generates sample image signals which are used to generate a display image of the scanned part of the sample. The sample image signals may be stored in an image memory, and a part of those sample image signals are read to generate the display image. This permits an effective magnification to be achieved without scanning the sample with scanning lines which are too close. Alternatively, or in addition, the beam may be cut intermittently during the scanning, at least for magnification above a predetermined limit. Where scanning is in a series of frames, each formed of a series of scanning lines, such cutting may change the interval between frames, the interval between lines, or may cause intermittent cutting within a line. All these changes reduce the duration of the beam on the sample, thereby reducing the risk of excessive charge build-up.
摘要:
An invention providing a scanning electron microscope composed of a monochromator capable of high resolution, monochromatizing the energy and reducing chromatic aberrations without significantly lowering the electrical current strength of the primary electron beam. A scanning electron microscope is installed with a pair of sectorial magnetic and electrical fields having opposite deflection directions to focus the electron beam and then limit the energy width by means of slits, and another pair of sectorial magnetic and electrical fields of the same shape is installed at a position forming a symmetrical mirror versus the surface containing the slits. This structure acts to cancel out energy dispersion at the object point and symmetrical mirror positions, and by spatially contracting the point-converged spot beam with a converging lens system, improves the image resolution of the scanning electron microscope.
摘要:
A width-measurement method of reducing or eliminating an error in measurement of a width of an object on a sample resulting from the dimension of the beam diameter, wherein a width-measured value of the object to be width-measured which has been obtained on the basis of a secondary signal obtained from secondary particles emitted from the sample having thereon the object to be width-measured is corrected with a value with respect to a dimension value of a beam diameter.
摘要:
An electron beam which can transmit through part of a specimen and can reach a portion not exposing to the electron beam is irradiated and a scanning image is obtained on the basis of a signal secondarily generated from a portion irradiated with the electron beam. Dimension-measuring start and end points are set on the scanning image and a dimension therebetween is measured. A cubic model is assumed, the cubic model is modified so as to match the scanning image, and dimension measurement is carried out on the basis of a modified cubic model.
摘要:
An electron beam apparatus focusses an electron beam onto a specimen by means of an objective magnetic lens. In order to detect changes in the height of the specimen, a laser light beam from a laser source is incident on the specimen and the reflected laser beam is detected by a light detector. Any change in the height of the specimen changes the path of the laser beam to the detector. Therefore, by monitoring the detector, the focussing of the electron beam on the specimen can be controlled by varying the current to an excitation coil of the objective magnetic lens or by moving the specimen via a mounting stage. At least one of the pole pieces of the objective lens is on the opposite side of the path of the laser beam to the source of the electron beam, so that the objective magnetic lens may be close to the specimen, permitting a short focal length. Thus, the laser beam may pass between the pole pieces. An optical microscope may also be provided to permit the specimen to be viewed. The viewing path of the optical microscope extends through an opening in one or both of the pole pieces of the objective magnetic lens.
摘要:
A technique for displaying a scanned specimen image permits non-destructive observation of a surface structure having large or precipitous unevenness, an internal structure of a specimen or a specific structure of a defect or foreign matter, which non-destructive observation has hitherto been considered to be difficult to achieve. The technique can be applied to inspection and measurement so as to economically provide devices and parts of high quality and high reliability. Thus, secondary information such as secondary electrons resulting from interaction of primary information with a specimen, the primary information being generated as a result of interaction of a scanning electron beam with the specimen, is utilized as an image signal to form an image.
摘要:
Image evaluation method capable of objectively evaluating the image resolution of a microscope image. An image resolution method is characterized in that resolution in partial regions of an image is obtained over an entire area of the image or a portion of the image, averaging is performed over the entire area of the image or the portion of the image, and the averaged value is established as the resolution evaluation value of the entire area of the image or the portion of the image. This method eliminates the subjective impressions of the evaluator from evaluation of microscope image resolution, so image resolution evaluation values of high accuracy and good repeatability can be obtained.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a sample image forming method and a charged particle beam apparatus which are suitable for realizing suppressing of the view area displacement with high accuracy while the influence of charging due to irradiation of the charged particle beam is being suppressed. In order to attain the above object, the present invention provide a method of forming a sample image by scanning a charged particle beam on a sample and forming an image based on secondary signals emitted from the sample, the method comprising the steps of forming a plurality of composite images by superposing a plurality of images obtained by a plurality of scanning times; and forming a further composite image by correcting positional displacements among the plurality of composite images and superposing the plurality of composite images, and a charged particle beam apparatus for realizing the above method.
摘要:
An invention providing a scanning electron microscope composed of a monochromator capable of high resolution, monochromatizing the energy and reducing chromatic aberrations without significantly lowering the electrical current strength of the primary electron beam. A scanning electron microscope is installed with a pair of sectorial magnetic and electrical fields having opposite deflection directions to focus the electron beam and then limit the energy width by means of slits, and another pair of sectorial magnetic and electrical fields of the same shape is installed at a position forming a symmetrical mirror versus the surface containing the slits. This structure acts to cancel out energy dispersion at the object point and symmetrical mirror positions, and by spatially contracting the point-converged spot beam with a converging lens system, improves the image resolution of the scanning electron microscope.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a sample image forming method and a charged particle beam apparatus which are suitable for realizing suppressing of the view area displacement with high accuracy while the influence of charging due to irradiation of the charged particle beam is being suppressed.In order to attain the above object, the present invention provide a method of forming a sample image by scanning a charged particle beam on a sample and forming an image based on secondary signals emitted from the sample, the method comprising the steps of forming a plurality of composite images by superposing a plurality of images obtained by a plurality of scanning times; and forming a further composite image by correcting positional displacements among the plurality of composite images and superposing the plurality of composite images, and a charged particle beam apparatus for realizing the above method.