Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device
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Application No.: US16967805Application Date: 2018-02-07
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Publication No.: US11244806B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Ryuju Sato , David Hoyle
- Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation , Hitachi High-Tech Canada, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo; CA Toronto
- Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation,Hitachi High-Tech Canada, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation,Hitachi High-Tech Canada, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo; CA Toronto
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/004154 WO 20180207
- International Announcement: WO2019/155540 WO 20190815
- Main IPC: H01J37/24
- IPC: H01J37/24 ; H01J37/06 ; H01J37/18 ; H01J37/244 ; H01J37/28

Abstract:
A charged particle beam device includes a lens barrel having a charged particle source, a sample chamber in which a sample to be irradiated with a charged particle beam is provided, and a heat emission type electron source disposed in the sample chamber and maintained at a lower potential than that of an inner wall of the sample chamber, in which the inside of the sample chamber is cleaned by electrons (e−) emitted from the heat emission type electron source after a heating current is generated by applying a voltage from an electron source power supply. The heat emission type electron source is maintained at a lower potential than that of the inner wall of the sample chamber by applying a negative voltage to the heat emission type electron source using a bias power supply. A magnitude of the negative voltage applied to the heat emission type electron source is preferably about 30 to 1000 V, particularly preferably about 60 to 120 V.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210043414A1 Cleaning Device Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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