Invention Grant
US07807980B2 Charged particle beam apparatus and methods for capturing images using the same
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带电粒子束装置及使用该装置拍摄图像的方法
- Patent Title: Charged particle beam apparatus and methods for capturing images using the same
- Patent Title (中): 带电粒子束装置及使用该装置拍摄图像的方法
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Application No.: US11647348Application Date: 2006-12-29
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Publication No.: US07807980B2Publication Date: 2010-10-05
- Inventor: Chie Shishido , Mayuka Oosaki , Mitsugu Sato , Hiroki Kawada , Tatsuya Maeda
- Applicant: Chie Shishido , Mayuka Oosaki , Mitsugu Sato , Hiroki Kawada , Tatsuya Maeda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP.
- Priority: JP2006-005482 20060113
- Main IPC: G21K7/00
- IPC: G21K7/00 ; A61N5/00 ; G21G5/00

Abstract:
The present invention provides a charged particle beam apparatus used to measure micro-dimensions (CD value) of a semiconductor apparatus or the like which captures images for measurement. For the present invention, a sample for calibration, on which a plurality of polyhedral structural objects with known angles on surfaces produced by the crystal anisotropic etching technology are arranged in a viewing field, is used. A beam landing angle at each position within a viewing field is calculated based on geometric deformation on an image of each polyhedral structural object. Beam control parameters for equalizing the beam landing angle at each position within the viewing field are pre-registered. The registered beam control parameters are applied according to the position of the pattern to be measured within the viewing field when performing dimensional measurement. Accordingly, the present invention provides methods for reducing the variation in the CD value caused by the variation in the electron beam landing angle with respect to the sample with an equal beam landing angle and methods for reducing the instrumental error caused by the difference in the electron beam landing angle between apparatuses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070164219A1 Charged particle beam apparatus and methods for capturing images using the same Public/Granted day:2007-07-19
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