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公开(公告)号:US20240355577A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-24
申请号:US18683071
申请日:2022-08-11
Applicant: ELDICO SCIENTIFIC AG
Inventor: Gunther STEINFELD , Harald NIEBEL , Christiaan VAN DEN BERG , Alexander VAN VEEN , Tomi TUOHIMAA
IPC: H01J37/21 , H01J37/14 , H01J37/147 , H01J37/153 , H01J37/26 , H01J37/295
CPC classification number: H01J37/21 , H01J37/14 , H01J37/1474 , H01J37/153 , H01J37/265 , H01J37/2955 , H01J2237/002 , H01J2237/0453 , H01J2237/1532
Abstract: A charged-particle beam device for charged-particle crystallography of a crystalline sample comprises a charged-particle source for generating a charged-particle beam to be radiated onto a sample and a charged-particle-optical system downstream the charged-particle source, which is configured to form in a diffraction mode a substantially parallel charged-particle beam at a predefined sample position and in an imaging mode a focused charged-particle beam having a focus at the predefined sample position. The charged-particle-optical system comprises a charged-particle zoom lens system consisting of a first magnetic lens, a second magnetic lens downstream the first magnetic lens and a third magnetic lens downstream the second magnetic lens, wherein at least the second magnetic lens, preferably each one of the first, the second and the third magnetic lens has a variable focal length. The charged-particle-optical system further comprises a single beam limiting aperture with a fixed aperture diameter arranged at a fixed position between the second magnetic lens and the third magnetic lens for limiting the diameter of the charged-particle beam at the sample position. The charged-particle-optical system is configured such that the diameter of the charged-particle beam at the sample position is in a range between 100 nanometer and 1000 nanometer, in particular between 220 nanometer and 250 nanometer, in the diffraction mode, and in a range between 10 nanometer and 200 nanometer in the imaging mode.
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公开(公告)号:US20240347315A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-17
申请号:US18582608
申请日:2024-02-20
Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Inventor: Yusuke SHIMIZU
CPC classification number: H01J37/28 , H01J37/222 , H01J37/265 , H01J2237/2814
Abstract: Provided is an analysis method for generating, by acquiring for a plurality of set ranges a distribution representative value representing a representative value of a first characteristic and a second characteristic of a plurality of measurement groups included in the same set range, and by approximating a relationship between the distribution representative value and a concentration of a first impurity with a first approximate line including a curved line part, a relationship information indicating a relationship between a value of the set range and the distribution representative value, generating a virtual distribution in which samples of the first characteristic and the second characteristic are distributed in a range that is wider than a measurement distribution by simulating, based on the measurement distribution and the relationship information, the first characteristic and the second characteristic of a plurality of virtual semiconductor devices, and calculating a defect rate in the virtual distribution.
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公开(公告)号:US20240194442A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-13
申请号:US18065438
申请日:2022-12-13
Applicant: FEI Company
Inventor: Branislav Straka , Jan Lásko , Libor Novák , Vojtêch Mahel , Radek Smolka , Petr Glajc
IPC: H01J37/28 , H01J37/141 , H01J37/244 , H01J37/26
CPC classification number: H01J37/28 , H01J37/141 , H01J37/244 , H01J37/265 , H01J2237/24475
Abstract: Charged particle microscopy systems, sensors, and techniques are provided. A charged particle sensor can include a housing, configured to be incorporated into a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The charged particle sensor can include a detector cell, mechanically coupled with the housing. The detector cell can include an acceptor layer including a semiconducting material characterized by a bandgap equal to or greater than about 2.0 eV. The acceptor layer can define a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. The detector cell can include a first conducting layer disposed on the first surface, a second conducting layer disposed on the second surface, a first contact, electrically coupled with the first conducting layer, and a second contact, electrically coupled with the second conducting layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240186108A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-06
申请号:US17773127
申请日:2019-11-22
Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
Inventor: Hirokazu TAMAKI , Hiromi MISE
IPC: H01J37/26 , G01N23/06 , G01N23/2251 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/21
CPC classification number: H01J37/265 , G01N23/06 , G01N23/2251 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/21 , H01J2237/1534
Abstract: A charged particle beam system includes a charged particle beam apparatus that irradiates, via a charged particle optical system, a sample with a charged particle beam from a charged particle source and a control system that controls the charged particle ray apparatus. The control system evaluates, with respect to a signal obtained by irradiating the sample with the charged particle beam via the charged particle optical system having an astigmatic aberration, a score based on an index that changes in accordance with a spatial spread of the charged particle beam and determines a positional relation between a height position of the sample and a convergence plane of the charged particle beam based on the astigmatic aberration of the charged particle optical system and a result of the evaluation.
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公开(公告)号:US20240161999A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-16
申请号:US18054880
申请日:2022-11-11
Applicant: FEI Company
Inventor: Rudolf Geurink , Hugo Cornelis Van Leeuwen , Gerard Nicolass Anne Van Veen , Pleun Dona , Stephan Kujawa , Maarten Bischoff
CPC classification number: H01J37/18 , H01J37/20 , H01J37/226 , H01J37/244 , H01J37/265 , H01J37/28 , H01J2237/2802
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a charged particle microscope in which in-situ thermal laser epitaxy can be performed and the product analysed, methods of performing in-situ thermal laser epitaxy and analysis within the charged particle microscope and the combination of at least one cartridge and a laser for use in a charged-particle microscope to provide in-situ thermal laser epitaxy and analysis are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US20240153732A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-09
申请号:US18281272
申请日:2022-02-09
Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
Inventor: Datong ZHANG , Chih-hung WANG , Oliver Desmond PATTERSON , Xiaohu TANG
IPC: H01J37/147 , H01J37/26
CPC classification number: H01J37/1474 , H01J37/263 , H01J37/265 , H01J2237/0048 , H01J2237/24592
Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing beams for using deflector control to control charging on a sample surface of charged particle beam systems. In some embodiments, a controller including circuitry configured to scan a plurality of nodes of the sample to charge the plurality of nodes; adjust a scan rate of a beam such that a quantity of charge deposited on each node of the plurality of nodes varies with respect to at least one other node; generate a plurality of images; and compare the plurality of images to enable detection of a defect associated with any of the plurality of nodes of the sample.
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公开(公告)号:US20240151665A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-09
申请号:US18282624
申请日:2021-03-29
Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
Inventor: Yohei NAKAMURA , Naoko TAKEDA , Natsuki TSUNO , Satoshi TAKADA , Heita KIMIZUKA
IPC: G01N23/2251 , H01J37/26
CPC classification number: G01N23/2251 , H01J37/265 , G01N2223/6116 , H01J2237/24564 , H01J2237/2806
Abstract: Provided is an inspection system capable of estimating electric characteristics of a sample with high accuracy regardless of an initial charging state of a wafer. The inspection system includes a charged particle beam device and a computer system, and inspects the electric characteristics of the sample. The inspection system evaluates initial charging of an inspection region including inspection patterns based on reference data indicating a secondary charged particle signal from a reference pattern corresponding to a plurality of pulse conditions. The reference pattern has the same electric characteristics as the inspection pattern and initial charging therein caused by electric charges that are not emitted according to a discharge time constant of the sample is negligible. The reference pattern is obtained by irradiating the reference pattern with a pulse charged particle beam under a plurality of pulse conditions.
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公开(公告)号:US11935721B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-19
申请号:US17374494
申请日:2021-07-13
Applicant: Carl Zeiss MultiSEM GmbH
Inventor: Dirk Zeidler , Nico Kaemmer , Christian Crueger
CPC classification number: H01J37/28 , H01J37/265 , H01J2237/2602 , H01J2237/2803
Abstract: A system includes a multi-beam particle microscope for imaging a 3D sample layer by layer, and a computer system with a multi-tier architecture is disclosed. The multi-tier architecture can allow for an optimized image processing by gradually reducing the amount of parallel processing speed when data exchange between different processing systems and/or of data originating from different detection channels takes place. A method images a 3D sample layer by layer. A computer program product includes a program code for carrying out the method.
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公开(公告)号:US20240071717A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US17823669
申请日:2022-08-31
Applicant: FEI Company
Inventor: Pavel Potocek , Maurice Peemen , Remco Schoenmakers
CPC classification number: H01J37/265 , H01J37/28 , H01J2237/31745
Abstract: Disclosed herein are scientific instrument support systems, as well as related methods, computing devices, and computer-readable media. For example, in some embodiments, an example method may comprise receiving, by a first device located at a premises and from a second device located external to the premises, and via a network, configuration data for a charged particle microscope located at the premises. The method may comprise updating, by the first device and based on the configuration data, one or more configuration settings associated with the charged particle microscope. The method may comprise causing, based on the updated one or more configuration settings, one or more operations associated with the charged particle microscope to be performed.
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公开(公告)号:US11869745B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17435479
申请日:2019-03-27
Applicant: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
Inventor: Minami Shouji , Natsuki Tsuno , Hiroya Ohta , Daisuke Bizen
IPC: H01J37/28 , H01J37/22 , H01J37/244 , H01J37/26
CPC classification number: H01J37/28 , H01J37/222 , H01J37/224 , H01J37/226 , H01J37/244 , H01J37/265 , H01J2237/2448 , H01J2237/2817
Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a charged particle beam device capable of increasing the contrast of an observation image of a sample as much as possible in accordance with light absorption characteristics that change for each optical parameter. The charged particle beam device according to the invention changes an optical parameter such as a polarization plane of light emitted to the sample, and generates the observation image having a contrast corresponding to the changed optical parameter. An optical parameter that maximizes a light absorption coefficient of the sample is specified according to a feature amount of a shape pattern of the sample (refer to FIG. 5).
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