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8178837 Logical CAD navigation for device characteristics evaluation system  
A navigation system for easily determining defective positions is provided. In the case of CAD navigation to defective positions, logical information for indicating defective positions is created...
8178851 In situ holder assembly  
An in situ optical specimen holder is disclosed which may be utilized for imaging and analysis during dynamic experimentation. This holder assembly includes a set of focusing and reflection optics...
8178849 Objective lens  
An objective lens for focussing charged particles includes a magnetic lens and an electrostatic lens whose components are displaceable relative to each other. The bore of the outer pole piece of...
8178836 Electrostatic charge measurement method, focus adjustment method, and scanning electron microscope  
A method and a device are disclosed for suppressing error in electrostatic charge amount or defocus on the basis of electrostatic charge storage due to electron beam scanning when measuring the...
8178840 Specimen inspection equipment and how to make the electron beam absorbed current images  
An object of the present invention is to obtain a clear absorbed current image without involving the difference in gain of amplifier between inputs, from absorbed currents detected by using a...
8173978 Method for controlling electron beam in multi-microcolumn and multi-microcolumn using the same  
Provided is a method for controlling electron beams in a multi-microcolumn, in which unit microcolumns having an electron emitter, a lens, and a deflector are arranged in an n×m matrix. A voltage ...
8173963 Phase-shifting element and particle beam device having a phase-shifting element  
A phase-shifting element for shifting a phase of at least a portion of a particle beam is described, as well as a particle beam device having a phase-shifting element of this type. In the...
8168956 Scanning transmission electron microscope and method of aberration correction therefor  
A scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) and method of aberration correction have autocorrelation function calculation means, aberration coefficient calculation means, and feedback...
8168951 Charged particle beam apparatus  
A charged particle beam apparatus having an aberration correction capability at high acceleration voltages. The charged particle beam apparatus comprises a charged particle beam source; an...
8164058 Specimen observation method  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a specimen observation method, an image processing device, and a charged-particle beam device which are preferable for selecting, based on an...
8164069 Luminous body, electron beam detector using the same, scanning electron microscope, and mass analysis device  
A light-emitting body of rapid speed of response and high light emission intensity, and an electron beam detector, scanning electron microscope and mass spectroscope using this are provided. In the...
8164057 Interface, a method for observing an object within a non-vacuum environment and a scanning electron microscope  
An interface, a scanning electron microscope and a method for observing an object that is positioned in a non-vacuum environment. The method includes: passing at least one electron beam that is...
8164072 Device and method for preparing specimens  
A method and a device for preparing specimens for a cryo-electron microscope are described. A carrier is fixed to a holder, sample liquid is applied to the carrier, and a blotting device for...
8158940 Magnetic domain imaging system  
A magnetic domain imaging system is offered which permits application of a strong magnetic field to a specimen. The imaging system includes a transmission electron microscope having an objective...
8158937 Particle beam system  
A particle beam system is offered which can prevent contamination of the inside of the objective lens, the objective lens being located at the front end of the optical column. The particle beam...
8158938 Scanning electron microscope and a method for imaging a specimen using the same  
(1) part or all of the number, coordinates and size/shape and imaging sequence of imaging points each for observation, the imaging position change method and imaging conditions can be calculated...
8153970 Scanning electron microscope  
A scanning electron microscope for digitally processing an image signal to secure the largest focal depth and the best resolution in accordance with the magnification for observation is disclosed....
8153969 Inspection method and inspection system using charged particle beam  
In an electric immersion lens having high resolution capability, secondary electrons generated from a specimen are accelerated to suppress the dependency of rotational action of the secondary...
8148685 Transmission electron microscope micro-grid  
A transmission electron microscope (TEM) micro-grid includes a base and a plurality of electron transmission portions. The base includes a plurality of first carbon nanotubes and the first carbon...
8143601 Nanoscale imaging via absorption modulation  
An imaging system is provided. The imaging system includes a sample to be scanned by the imaging system. An absorbance modulation layer (AML) is positioned in close proximity to the sample and is...
8143594 Method of depositing protective structures  
A process of preparing a lamella from a substrate includes manufacturing a protection strip on an edge portion of the lamella to be prepared from the substrate, and preparing the lamella, wherein...
8144338 Pattern measurement apparatus and pattern measurement method  
A pattern measurement method includes: acquiring sectional shapes of a first pattern corresponding to process parameters, respectively; using the acquired sectional shapes to calculate predicted...
8134124 Method for creating S/tem sample and sample structure  
An improved method and apparatus for S/TEM sample preparation and analysis. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods for TEM sample creation, especially for small...
8134131 Method and apparatus for observing inside structures, and specimen holder  
An object of the invention is to provide a method and apparatus for observing inside structures and a specimen holder, wherein aging degradation of a good sample to a bad sample can be tracked in...
8129679 Method for discrimination of backscattered from incoming electrons in imaging electron detectors with a thin electron-sensitive layer  
Methods are disclosed for operating a device having a high energy particle detector wherein the particles create first incoming traversal events, outgoing backscatter events, higher-order in and...
8129693 Charged particle beam column and method of operating same  
A charged particle beam column includes a charged particle beam source to generate a charged particle beam; an objective lens to focus the charged particle beam in an object plane; a first...
8129687 Lighting system, method of lighting, optical detector, and method of optical detection  
There is provided a lighting system having a high spatial resolution appropriate to a high-frequency component by evanescent waves in a negative refraction lens. The lighting system includes a...
8124934 Scanning electron microscope  
It is facilitated in a scanning electron microscope to save the labor of executing the reproduction test, conduct basic analysis on a problem caused in execution of the automatic observation...
8119985 Methods and apparatus for statistical characterization of nano-particles  
A method and apparatus for determining statistical characteristics of nano-particles includes distributing the nano-particles over a surface and then determining properties of the nano-particles by...
8115169 Method and apparatus of pattern inspection and semiconductor inspection system using the same  
A pattern inspection apparatus can be provided, for example, in a scanning electron microscope system. When patterns of a plurality of layers are included in a SEM image, the apparatus separates...
8115168 Layered scanning charged particle apparatus package having an embedded heater  
A scanning charge particle apparatus includes a layered charged particle beam column package; a sample holder; and a heater, such as a resistive heater, in one of the layers of the package that...
8110801 Layered scanning charged particle microscope package for a charged particle and radiation detector  
A scanning charged particle microscope includes a layered charged particle beam column package; a sample holder; and a layered micro-channel plate detector package located between the column...
8110800 Scanning electron microscope system and method for measuring dimensions of patterns formed on semiconductor device by using the system  
The present invention is for providing a scanning electron microscope system adapted to output contour information fitting in with the real pattern edge end of a sample, and is arranged to generate...
8106355 Automated inspection using cell-cell subtraction perpendicular to stage motion direction  
One embodiment relates to an apparatus for automated inspection of a semiconductor substrate. Processor-executable code is configured to control the stage electronics to move the substrate using a...
8106357 Scanning electron microscope and method for processing an image obtained by the scanning electron microscope  
In the case where a specimen is imaged by a scanning electron microscope, it is intended to acquire an image of a high quality having a noise component reduced, thereby to improve the precision of...
8106358 Layered scanning charged particle microscope with differential pumping aperture  
A scanning charged particle apparatus includes a layered charged particle beam column package; a sample holder; and a layered differential pumping aperture that assists in maintaining two different...
RE43117 Method of and apparatus for studying fast dynamical mechanical response of soft materials  
The invention is an apparatus and method including hardware and software, which allows collecting and analyzing data to obtain information about mechanical properties of soft materials in a much...
8097846 Metrology and 3D reconstruction of devices in a wafer  
A method for measuring three-dimensional devices in a wafer comprises the step of obtaining a plurality of cross-sectional images of a corresponding plurality of three-dimensional devices in the...
8093558 Environmental cell for a particle-optical apparatus  
The invention relates to an environmental cell for use in e.g. an electron microscope. The environmental cell shows an aperture (15) for passing the beam produced by the electron microscope to a...
8086022 Electron beam inspection system and an image generation method for an electron beam inspection system  
An inspection system uses a scanning electron microscope that detects a high-precision electron beam image, and at the same time removes restrictions for a low sampling rate. A sampled signal is...
8080790 Scanning electron microscope  
An object of the present invention is to provide a scanning electron microscope suitable for monitoring apparatus conditions of the microscope itself, irrespective of the presence of charge-up,...
8080791 X-ray detector for electron microscope  
Multiple detectors arranged in a ring within a specimen chamber provide a large solid angle of collection. The detectors preferably include a shutter and a cold shield that reduce ice formation on...
8076640 Method and device for measuring electron diffraction of a sample  
The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring electron diffraction of a sample, including the steps of illuminating the sample with an incident electron beam which is deflected from...
8073242 SEM system and a method for producing a recipe  
This invention relates to a SEM system constructed to create imaging recipes or/and measuring recipes automatically and at high speed, and improve inspection efficiency and an automation ratio, and...
8071944 Portable electron microscope using micro-column  
Provided is a portable electron microscope using a microcolumn. The portable electron microscope includes a microcolumn, a low vacuum pump, a high vacuum pump, an ultra-high vacuum ion pump, a...
8071960 Method and apparatus for producing samples for transmission electron microscopy  
In the case of a method for producing samples for transmission electron microscopy, a sample is prepared from a substrate of a sample material. To this end, the sample material is irradiated by...
8074292 High resolution wide angle tomographic probe  
The present invention concerns the enhancing of the mass resolution of wide angle tomographic atom probes. The invention consists of an atom probe also comprising a sample-holding device and a...
8067732 Electron beam apparatus  
An electron beam emitted from an electron gun (G) forms a reduced image on a sample (S) through a non-dispersion Wien-filter (5-1), an electromagnetic deflector (11-1), a beam separator (12-1), and...
8067733 Scanning electron microscope having a monochromator  
A scanning electron microscope having a monochromator that can automatically adjust an electron beam entering the monochromator and operating conditions of the monochromator. The scanning electron...
8063364 Particle optical device with magnet assembly  
A particle optical apparatus has a particle source for generating at least one beam of charged particles, and a magnet arrangement having two pole plates, which are arranged spaced apart from one...