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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image acquisition method by multiple scan, an image acquisition device, and a sample inspection device that easily reduce the effect of noise and acquire image data of high image quality and high quality. SOLUTION: In the image acquisition method, travel movement of the X direction crossing the line direction of a one-dimensional image sensor with respect to a stage mounted with a mask 11, and step movement of the Y direction as the line direction are repeated, multiplex scan of first scan, ..., ninth scan, ..., n-th scan are performed, and two-dimensional image data of a mask 11 is acquired by the one-dimensional image sensor. The step movement amount is made smaller than the sensor width W consisting of the number of pixels of the line direction of the one-dimensional image sensor, the image in the same region of the mask 11 is imaged with different pixels on the line of the one-dimensional image sensor a plurality of times, and the image data imaged and acquired with the different pixels such as this is calculated between the pixels, and averaged or compared. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reticle defect testing device and an inspection method using the device that suppress deterioration in optical components due to luminescent spots caused by integrator and enabling a long-time high-precision defect inspection. SOLUTION: A reticle defect inspecting device and an inspection method by using the device are characterized in that the reticle defect inspecting device for inspecting reticle defects using a pattern image obtained, by irradiating a pattern-formed reticle with light is equipped with an illumination optical system for illuminating this reticle with inspection light and a detection optical system for detecting a pattern image of the illuminated reticle, wherein the illumination optical system comprises an integrator to uniform the luminance distribution of the inspection light and a shifting mechanism for finely moving the integrator in the vertical direction with respect to the light axis of the integrator. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device which performs pattern inspection for correcting a false image due to crosstalk. SOLUTION: A pattern inspection device 100 includes a line sensor 105 having a plurality of photodiodes detecting a plurality of pieces of pixel information in an optical image of a pattern-formed photomask 101 at the same time, a false image correcting unit 340 which makes corrections for subtracting a correcting amount based upon the plurality of pieces of pixel information and other pixel information from respective pieces of pixel information of the plurality of pieces of pixel information detected at the same time, and a comparing unit 360 which compares each piece of corrected pixel information with prescribed reference pixel information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical configuration suitable for achieving a Koehler illumination system using a light source with high spatial coherency. SOLUTION: A pattern inspection device to inspect a mask pattern is equipped with: a laser generating device generating laser beam; a mask having a pattern; an expander optical system disposed on the optical path between the laser generating device and the mask and expanding the laser beam to form an optical path of a collimated flux; a beam splitter optical system disposed on the optical path of the collimated flux and splitting the optical path into two paths; a transmissive illumination optical system disposed on one optical path and irradiating the mask with transmitted light; a reflective illumination optical system disposed on the other optical path and irradiating the mask with reflected light; a light receiving device receiving the pattern image of the mask; a comparing section comparing the pattern image received by the light receiving device with a reference image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily detect a local CD error of a pattern of a sample to be inspected. SOLUTION: A pattern inspection device comprises a similar peripheral pattern exploring unit 14 that finds a plurality of similar peripheral patterns which are at the periphery of a specified pattern in the sample to be inspected and similar to the specified pattern, a nonsimilarity calculating unit 20 which finds nonsimilarity between the specified pattern and a similar peripheral pattern, a variance evaluating unit 22 which excludes an allowable error from the nonsimilarity and finds a local CD error judgement value, and a local CD error judges unit 24 which judges a local CD error if the local CD error judgement value exceeds a threshold when the distance between the specified pattern and similar peripheral pattern increases. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the focus matching of the pattern image thrown on the light detection surface of an optical image detecting part. SOLUTION: This optical image acquiring apparatus is equipped with a mount on which a sample to be inspected is placed, a light irradiation part for irradiating the sample to be inspected placed on the mount with irradiation light, an optical image detecting part for detecting the irradiation light thrown on the sample to be inspected, a focus adjusting device for matching the focus of the pattern image of the sample to be inspected with the optical image detecting part, a slit image forming device for forming a slit image on the sample to be inspected and an observation display device for displaying the slit image on the sample to be inspected. The focus of the pattern image of the sample to be inspected in the optical image detecting part is adjusted from the slit image on the sample to be inspected displayed on the observation display device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify an optical system and correct the sensitivity drift or linearity of a light reception element. SOLUTION: A light quantity measuring apparatus is provided with an optical chopper 2 for interrupting incident signal light at prescribed periods while rotating; a reference light source 6 for irradiating reference light different from the signal light during the period in which the signal light is interrupted by the optical chopper 2; the light reception element 5 for receiving both the signal light and the reference light and measuring the light quantity of the signal light and the light quantity of the reference light; a correction operation circuit 13 for correcting the light quantity of the signal light on the basis of the light quantity of the reference light; and a correction value computation circuit 12 for computing a correction value by comparing a prescribed reference value with a light quantity value of the prescribed light. The correction operation circuit 13 corrects the light quantity of the signal light on the basis of the correction value. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alignment method of a mask inspection device that can shorten an alignment time. SOLUTION: Disclosed is the alignment method of the mask inspection device characterized in: relating and storing image data of alignment marks and coordinate data of length-measured stage positions; calculating the gradient of an alignment in an acquired image of the alignment mark from the acquired image; calculating the gradient of a stage travel direction to a stage coordinate axis from coordinate data of a stage position related to the acquired image of the alignment mark; calculating the actual gradient between a mask and the stage coordinate axis from the calculated gradient of the alignment mark in the acquired image and the calculated gradient of the stage travel direction to the stage coordinate axis; and correcting rotation of the mask based upon the gradient between the mask and stage coordinate axis which is calculated as to only the acquired image of the alignment at one place. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus, a method and a program for carrying out a sample inspection with a proper precision. SOLUTION: A sample inspection apparatus compares plural partial optical picture data of the same inspected sample in which a pattern forming is carried out. The apparatus is equipped with an optical picture data acquisition 150 for acquiring an optical picture data of the inspected sample, and a comparison circuit 108 for comparing the plural partial optical picture data. In the comparison circuit 108, region picture data are input as formed based on region pattern information showing a predetermined region. When the plural partial optical picture data are compared, a criterion is changed with reference to the region picture data, and consequently an existence of a defect is judged on the sample. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain high output by efficiently emitting deep ultraviolet laser light having a wavelength in the deep ultraviolet range. SOLUTION: Laser light having a wavelength of about 227 nm is obtained by sum frequency mixing of a fourth higher harmonic of laser light obtained by amplifying semiconductor laser light having a wavelength of 1,064.0 to 1,065.0 nm by an optical fiber amplifier and laser light obtained by amplifying semiconductor laser light having a wavelength of 1,557.0 to 1,571.0 nm by an optical fiber amplifier. Further, laser light having a wavelength of 198.4 to 198.7 nm is obtained by sum frequency mixing of this laser light and the laser light having the wavelength of 1,557.0 to 1,571.0 nm. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT