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- Patent Title: Multiple charged particle beam lithography apparatus and multiple charged particle beam lithography method
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Application No.: US15142076Application Date: 2016-04-29
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Publication No.: US09947509B2Publication Date: 2018-04-17
- Inventor: Hironobu Matsumoto
- Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama-shi
- Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-107561 20150527
- Main IPC: G03B27/68
- IPC: G03B27/68 ; H01J37/317

Abstract:
According to one aspect of the present invention, a multiple charged particle beam lithography apparatus includes a circuitry configured to divide a lithography region of a target object into a plurality of pixel regions having a mesh shape and being irradiated with multiple charged particle beams; a circuitry configured to group the plurality of pixel regions into a plurality of pixel blocks configured with at least one pixel region; a circuitry configured to correct position deviation in unit of a pixel block for each pixel block of the plurality of pixel blocks; a dose calculating processing circuitry configured to calculate a dose being irradiated on the pixel concerned for each pixel where the position deviation is corrected; and a mechanism configured to write a pattern on the target object by using the multiple charged particle beams so that each pixel is illuminated with the calculated dose.
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