Shield for filament in an ion source

    公开(公告)号:US12046443B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US17532358

    申请日:2021-11-22

    CPC classification number: H01J37/08 H01J37/09 H01J37/3171

    Abstract: A Bernas ion source having a shield is disclosed. The shield is disposed between the distal portion of the filament and the first end of the chamber and serves to confine the plasma to the region between the shield and the second end of the chamber. The shield may be electrically connected to the negative leg of the filament so as to be the most negatively biased component in the chamber. In other embodiments, the shield may be electrically floating. In this embodiment, the shield may self-bias. The shield is typically made of a refractory metal. The use of the shield may reduce back heating of the filament by the plasma and reduce the possibility for thermal runaway. This may allow denser plasmas to be generated within the chamber.

    Apparatus and Method for Fabrication of Shield Plate

    公开(公告)号:US20240208762A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18536792

    申请日:2023-12-12

    Applicant: JEOL Ltd.

    CPC classification number: B65H35/002 B65H59/06 H01J37/09 H01J37/3053

    Abstract: There is provided a shield plate fabrication apparatus capable of fabricating a shield plate easily. The shield plate is included in a sample milling apparatus which mills a sample by shielding a part of the sample with the shield plate and irradiating the sample with a charged particle beam. The fabrication apparatus includes: a base plate holding shaft for rotatably holding a base plate and winding tape around the base plate; and a tension mechanism for applying tension to the tape while it is being wound around the base plate.

    Liquid metal ion source and focused ion beam apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11749493B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17027291

    申请日:2020-09-21

    CPC classification number: H01J37/08 H01J37/09 H01J2237/0805 H01J2237/31749

    Abstract: A liquid metal ion source (50) includes: a reservoir (10) configured to hold an ion material (M) forming a liquid metal; a needle electrode (20); an extraction electrode (22) configured to cause an ion of the ion material to be emitted from a distal end of the needle electrode; a beam diaphragm (24), which is arranged on a downstream side of the extraction electrode, and is configured to limit a beam diameter of the ion; and a vacuum chamber (30) configured to accommodate and hold the reservoir, the needle electrode, the extraction electrode, and the beam diaphragm in vacuum, wherein the liquid metal ion source further includes an oxidizing gas introducing portion (40), and wherein the oxidizing gas introducing portion communicates to the vacuum chamber, and is configured to introduce an oxidizing gas into a periphery of the needle electrode.

    PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING ALIGNMENT AMOUNT BETWEEN OUTLINES

    公开(公告)号:US20230145411A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US18148588

    申请日:2022-12-30

    Inventor: Shinji SUGIHARA

    Abstract: A pattern inspection apparatus includes an actual outline image generation circuit to generate an actual outline image of a predetermined region defined by a function, where the gray scale value of each pixel in the predetermined region including plural actual image outline positions on an actual image outline of a figure pattern in an inspection image is dependent on a distance from the center of a pixel concerned to the closest actual image outline position in the plural actual image outline positions, and a reference outline image generation circuit to generate a reference outline image of the predetermined region defined by the function, where a gray scale value of each pixel in the predetermined region is dependent on a distance from the center of a pixel concerned to the closest reference outline position in plural reference outline positions on a reference outline to be compared with the actual image outline.

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