Sample dimension measuring method and scanning electron microscope
    5.
    发明申请
    Sample dimension measuring method and scanning electron microscope 有权
    样品尺寸测量方法和扫描电子显微镜

    公开(公告)号:US20100038535A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-18

    申请号:US12560091

    申请日:2009-09-15

    IPC分类号: G01Q20/00 G01N23/00

    摘要: The present invention suppresses decreases in the volumes of the patterns which have been formed on the surfaces of semiconductor samples or of the like, or performs accurate length measurements, irrespective of such decreases. In an electrically charged particle ray apparatus by which the line widths and other length data of the patterns formed on samples are to be measured by scanning the surface of each sample with electrically charged particle rays and detecting the secondary electrons released from the sample, the scanning line interval of said electrically charged particle rays is set so as not to exceed the irradiation density dictated by the physical characteristics of the sample. Or measured length data is calculated from prestored approximation functions.

    摘要翻译: 本发明抑制在半导体样品的表面上形成的图案的体积减少,或者执行精确的长度测量,而不管这种减少。 在带电粒子射线装置中,通过用带电粒子射线扫描每个样品的表面并检测从样品释放的二次电子,测量在样品上形成的图案的线宽和其它长度数据,扫描 所述带电粒子束的线间隔被设定为不超过由样品的物理特性决定的照射密度。 或者测量的长度数据由预先存储的近似函数计算。

    Sample electrification measurement method and charged particle beam apparatus
    6.
    发明申请
    Sample electrification measurement method and charged particle beam apparatus 有权
    样品充电测量方法和带电粒子束装置

    公开(公告)号:US20080201091A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-21

    申请号:US12076355

    申请日:2008-03-17

    IPC分类号: G01R19/00 G01N23/00

    摘要: The present invention has the object of providing a charged particle beam irradiation method ideal for reducing the focus offset, magnification fluctuation and measurement length error in charged particle beam devices.To achieve these objects, a method is disclosed in the invention for measuring the electrical potential distribution on the sample with a static electrometer while loaded by a loader mechanism. Another method is disclosed for measuring the local electrical charge at specified points on the sample, and isolating and measuring the wide area electrostatic charge quantity from those local electrostatic charges. Yet another method is disclosed for correcting the measurement length value or magnification based on fluctuations found by measuring the amount of electrostatic charge at the specified points under at least two charged particle optical conditions, and then using a charged particle beam to measure fluctuations in measurement dimensions occurring due to fluctuations in the electrostatic charge at the specified locations.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的目的是提供一种理想的用于减少带电粒子束装置中的聚焦偏移,放大波动和测量长度误差的带电粒子束照射方法。 为了实现这些目的,在本发明中公开了一种用于在由装载机构加载的情况下用静电静电计测量样品上的电位分布的方法。 公开了另一种测量样品上特定点的局部电荷的方法,并且从这些局部静电电荷中分离和测量广域静电电荷量。 公开了另一种用于基于通过测量至少两个带电粒子光学条件下的指定点处的静电电荷量而发现的波动来校正测量长度值或放大倍率的方法,然后使用带电粒子束来测量测量尺寸的波动 由于在指定位置处的静电电荷的波动而发生。

    Monochromator and scanning electron microscope using the same
    10.
    发明授权
    Monochromator and scanning electron microscope using the same 有权
    单色器和扫描电子显微镜使用相同

    公开(公告)号:US07315024B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-01

    申请号:US11344529

    申请日:2006-02-01

    IPC分类号: G21K7/00 G01N23/00

    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.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种扫描电子显微镜,该扫描电子显微镜由能够高分辨率,单色化能量和降低色差的单色仪组成,而不会显着降低一次电子束的电流强度。 扫描电子显微镜安装有一对具有相反偏转方向的扇形磁场和电场,以聚焦电子束,然后通过狭缝限制能量宽度,并且安装相同形状的另一对扇形磁场和电场 在与包含狭缝的表面形成对称镜的位置处。 该结构用于抵消物点和对称镜位置的能量分散,并通过会聚透镜系统空间收缩点聚光点光束,提高扫描电子显微镜的图像分辨率。