Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charged particle beam device
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Application No.: US17210805Application Date: 2021-03-24
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Publication No.: US11456150B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Kaori Bizen , Yuzuru Mizuhara , Minoru Yamazaki , Daisuke Bizen , Noritsugu Takahashi
- Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JPJP2020-065591 20200401
- Main IPC: H01J37/244
- IPC: H01J37/244 ; H01J37/28 ; H01J37/22

Abstract:
A charged particle beam device capable of generating an image having uniform image quality in a field of view is provided. The charged particle beam device includes: a beam source configured to irradiate a sample with a charged particle beam; a diaphragm including an opening used for angle discrimination of secondary charged particles emitted from the sample; a first detector provided closer to the sample than the diaphragm, and configured to detect a part of the secondary charged particles; a second detector provided closer to the beam source than the diaphragm, and configured to detect secondary charged particles passing through the opening; an image generation unit configured to generate an image based on a first signal output from the first detector or a second signal output from the second detector; and a composite ratio calculation unit configured to calculate a composite ratio for each position in a field of view based on the first signal or the second signal with respect to a calibration sample that is a sample having a flat surface. The image generation unit generates a composite image by synthesizing the first signal and the second signal with respect to an observation sample using the composite ratio.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210313140A1 Charged Particle Beam Device Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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