Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for measuring energy spectrum of backscattered electrons
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Application No.: US16977808Application Date: 2019-03-01
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Publication No.: US11322332B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Makoto Kato , Sumio Sasaki , Yukihiro Tanaka , Yuichiro Yamazaki
- Applicant: TASMIT, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: TASMIT, INC.
- Current Assignee: TASMIT, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Lathrop GPM LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-039636 20180306
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/008066 WO 20190301
- International Announcement: WO2019/172115 WO 20190912
- Main IPC: H01J37/244
- IPC: H01J37/244 ; H01J37/28

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for analyzing the energy of backscattered electrons generated from a specimen. The apparatus includes: an electron beam source (101) for generating a primary electron beam; an electron optical system (102, 105, 112) configured to direct the primary electron beam to a specimen while focusing and deflecting the primary electron beam; and an energy analyzing system configured to detect an energy spectrum of backscattered electrons emitted from the specimen. The energy analyzing system includes: a Wien filter (108) configured to disperse the backscattered electrons; a detector (107) configured to measure the energy spectrum of the backscattered electrons dispersed by the Wien filter (108); and an operation controller (150) configured to change an intensity of a quadrupole field of the Wien filter (108), while moving a detecting position of the detector (107) for the backscattered electrons in synchronization with the change in the intensity of the quadrupole field.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210012999A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ENERGY SPECTRUM OF BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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