Abstract:
A charged particle beam apparatus is provided which comprises a charged particle source (1) for producing a primary beam of charged particles, aperture means (2) for collimating said primary beam of charged particles, wherein said aperture means is adapted to switch between a collimation of said primary beam to a width appropriate for serial imaging of a sample (8) as well as a collimation of said primary beam to a width appropriate for parallel imaging of said sample (8), a condenser lens (3) for condensing said primary beam of charged particles, scanning means (5) for deflecting said primary beam of charged particles, an objective lens (6) for focusing said condensed primary beam, a sectorized detector (7) for detecting a secondary charged particles. Also, several different operation modes of the beam apparatus are described allowing for serial imaging as well as parallel imaging.
Abstract:
The invention provides electron multiple beam devices (1) for probing or structuring a non-transparent specimen (20) with primary electron beams (14) with an array of electron beam sources (3) to generate multiple primary electron beams (14), an electron sensor (12) with electron sensor segments (12a) to detect electrons of the primary electron beams (14) and at least one anode (7) to direct the primary electron beams (14) towards the electron sensor (12). The electron sensor (12) serves to inspect the primary electron beams (14), calibrate the positions of the primary electron beams (14) and possibly adjust final focus length (13) and currents of the primary electron beams before or after a probing or structuring the upper surface (20a) of a non-transparent specimens (20). Further, methods to inspect primary electron beams (14), to adjust final focus lengths (13) and to calibrate the multiple electron beam device (1) are provided.
Abstract:
A charged particle beam device is described, which includes: a beam source configured to generate a charged particle beam propagating along an optical axis; an aperture device with a first number of apertures configured to create a first number of beamlets from the charged particle beam, wherein the first number is five or more, wherein the apertures are arranged on a ring line around the optical axis such that perpendiculars of the apertures onto a tangent of the ring line are evenly spaced. The charged particle beam device further includes an electrostatic multipole device configured to individually influence the beamlets. Further, a charged particle beam influencing device and a method of operating a charged particle beam device are described.