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6462338 Mass spectrometer  
A mass spectrometer according to the present invention includes an ion lens composed of an even number of virtual rod electrodes 31, 32 positioned separately around the ion beam axis C, where...
6455848 Particle-optical apparatus involving detection of Auger electronics  
In a SEM it is desirable, in given circumstances, to acquire an image of the sample ( 14 ) by means of Auger electrons extracted from the sample and traveling back through the bore of the objective...
6448556 Atomic focusers in electron microscopy  
In electron microscopy, resolution is improved by using an atom or atom-array focuser, with the atom or atom array serving as an electrostatic lens at a focal plane of an electron beam probe having...
6444990 Multiple target, multiple energy radioisotope production  
A multiple target array for receiving particles from a particle beam generator includes a particle beam transport path having a transport inlet and a transport outlet, the inlet receiving a...
6441378 Magnetic energy filter  
A compact magnetic energy filter having at least four magnetic fields to deflect the trajectory of an electron beam from the entrance window to the exit slit. A rotational symmetry axis is located...
6437353 Particle-optical apparatus and process for the particle-optical production of microstructures  
The invention relates to a particle-optical apparatus for particle-optical mask projection. According to the invention, an energy filter is used, by which particles which are inelastically...
6429607 Constant power dynamic focus coil  
A dynamic focus coil produces different selected ampere-turns while consuming constant power and therefore maintaining constant temperature. The focus coil comprises a set of coils that all consume...
6420713 Image position and lens field control in electron beam systems  
A charged particle beam system with a source of charged particles produces a beam directed along a path. A given electromagnetic lens is located along the path. The given electromagnetic lens is...
6420714 Electron beam imaging apparatus  
An apparatus for projection lithography is disclosed. The apparatus has at least one magnetic doublet lens. An aperture scatter filter is interposed between the two lenses of the magnetic doublet...
6417511 Ring pole ion guide apparatus, systems and method  
A ring pole ion guide apparatus and method provide the focusing and confinement advantages of conventional multipoles and the axial field of a conventional DC ring guide all in one device. The ring...
6414319 Electron optical lens system with a slot-shaped aperture cross section  
This invention concerns a lens system, particularly for focusing electrons, with a cylindrical lens with pole shoes or electrodes, between which an aperture is located. This aperture has a...
6392243 Electron beam exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method  
An electron optical system for controlling an electron beam to write a pattern detects the position of a stage reference mark on a stage using the electron beam, and a wafer stage position...
6380546 Focusing assembly and method for a charged particle beam column  
Method and assembly are presented for focusing a charged particle beam while directing it onto a specimen. The assembly comprises a lens arrangement producing a focusing field and first and second...
6369384 Time-of-flight mass spectrometer with post-deflector filter assembly  
A time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a deflector and a filter assembly that is located along a flight path between the deflector and an ion detector. The filter assembly passes incoming ions...
6365903 Method of forming a quadrupole device for projection lithography by means of charged particles  
According to a known projection lithography method an object is imaged on an imaging surface by means of a telescopic system of rotationally symmetrical electron lenses. The throughput during the...
6365898 Scanning electron microscope  
A scanning electron microscope has means for generating a beam of electrons which is scanned over a specimen held within a holder in a chamber which contains a gaseous medium. A negative potential...
6348689 Focused ion beam apparatus  
A charged particle beam apparatus has a heater for heating an internal component to a sufficient temperature to prevent solidification of particles thereon and to thus improve the reliability of...
6342397 Homogeneous biospecific assay using a solid phase, two-photon excitation and confocal fluorescence detection  
A homogeneous biospecific assay method for an analyte in solution or in a biological suspension, in which a biospecific reagent competitively binding an analyte and a ligand labeled with a...
6329659 Correction device for correcting the lens defects in particle-optical apparatus  
Electron-optical rotationally symmetrical lenses inevitably suffer from spherical and chromatic aberration which often impose a limit on the resolution. These lens defects cannot be eliminated by...
6328621 Electron gun, CRT with electron gun  
Method and apparatus for manufacturing an electron gun. A beam spot coefficient is obtained from an electrostatic lens magnification and a spherical aberration coefficient of a set resistance...
6326631 Ion implantation device arranged to select neutral ions from the ion beam  
An ion implantation device includes at least two successive deceleration stages the first deceleration stage, looking in the downstream direction, being arranged to decelerate the ion beam, to...
6326633 Device fabrication methods using charged-particle-beam image-transfer apparatus exhibiting reduced space-charge effects  
Charged-particle-beam ("CPB"; e.g., electron-beam) apparatus are disclosed that exhibit reduce image blur due to space-charge effects. With such apparatus, a reticle pattern can be imaged on a...
6326632 Particle-optical imaging system for lithography purposes  
In a particle-optical imaging lithography system, an illuminating system comprising a particle source and a first electrostatic lens arrangement produces a particle beam which penetrates a mask...
6326627 Mass filtering sputtered ion source  
A device and method for separating ions uses electric and magnetic fields that are specifically configured and oriented in a vacuum chamber. Also, a central electrode that is made of the materials...
6326629 Projection lithography device utilizing charged particles  
An object (14) is imaged on an imaging surface (16) by means of a telescopic system of rotationally symmetrical electron lenses (10, 12). The imaging system includes two quadrupoles, each of which...
6323499 Electron beam exposure apparatus and method, and device manufacturing method  
An electron beam exposure apparatus which minimizes the influence of the space charge effect and aberrations of a reduction electron optical system, and simultaneously, increases the exposure area...
6310353 Shielded lens  
The present invention relates generally to ion beam handling in mass spectrometers, arid more specifically to a method and apparatus for focusing ions in time-of-flight mass spectrometers (TOFMS)....
6307209 Pattern-transfer method and apparatus  
Charged-particle-beam pattern-transfer methods and apparatus are disclosed. Circuit patterns on a mask are divided into a plurality of fields, each field including respective connection ends....
6300628 Focused ion beam machining method and device thereof  
A focused ion beam machining method for etching the surface of a sample to obtain a desired profile formation portion by recurrently irradiating a focused ion beam to a desired region of the...
6300625 Time-of-flight mass spectrometer  
A small-sized, high-resolution, time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer has a closed ion orbit formed by plural electric sectors. Ions can make plural revolutions in the closed orbit. An entrance...
6291827 Insulating apparatus for a conductive line  
A novel insulating apparatus for a conductive line is disclosed. The proposed insulating apparatus can be applied to various conductive lines with different shapes. The problem of short circuit can...
6288401 Electrostatic alignment of a charged particle beam  
A field emission source produces a charged particle beam that can be electrostatically aligned with the optical axis. Quadrupole (or higher multipole) centering electrodes approximately centered on...
6281508 Precision alignment and assembly of microlenses and microcolumns  
A method and the associated apparatus for alignment and assembly of microlenses and microcolumns in which aligning structures such as rigid fibers are used to precisely align multiple microlens...
6274866 Systems and methods of mass spectrometry  
The invention provides mass spectrometer systems, including time-of-flight mass spectrometers, and methods of performing mass spectroscopy. The systems are capable of operating in tandem or...
6274876 Inspection apparatus and method using particle beam and the particle-beam-applied apparatus  
The inspection apparatus uses a particle beam and has a high throughput by obtaining a characteristic frequency corresponding to the characteristic quantity of focusing-shift from a Fourier...
6268606 Electrostatic deflector, for electron beam exposure apparatus, with reduced charge-up  
An electrostatic deflector of an electron beam exposure apparatus is disclosed. A cylindrical holding member is made of an insulating material. An electrode including a plurality of electrode...
6265653 High voltage photovoltaic power converter  
An array of independently connected photovoltaic cells on a semi-insulating substrate contains reflective coatings between the cells to enhance efficiency. A uniform, flat top laser beam profile is...
6246058 Correction device for correcting chromatic aberration in particle-optical apparatus  
particle-optical apparatus at a comparatively low acceleration voltage (from 0.5 kV to 5 kV). This lens defect cannot be eliminated by means of rotationally-symmetrical fields. In order to enhance...
6242747 Method and system for optimizing linac operational parameters  
A method and apparatus is provided for controlling the operational parameters of a radio frequency (RF) linear accelerator (linac) (23) in an ion implanter (1). An operator or a higher level...
6242750 Ion implantation device  
The present invention provides ion implantation equipment in which the beam current in a lower energy region can be increased without making the equipment very large and the production of the...
6236052 Quadrupole device for projection lithography by means of charged particles  
According to a known projection lithography method an object is imaged on an imaging surface by means of a telescopic system of rotationally symmetrical electron lenses. The throughput during the...
6236053 Charged particle detector  
A device for directing a primary particle beam at a sample and detecting particles in accordance with the emergence of particles from the sample. The device comprises a source for generating the...
6232601 Dynamically compensated objective lens-detection device and method  
The invention relates to a charged particle beam device and a method for inspecting a specimen, comprising a source for generating a charged particle beam, an objective lens with an optical axis...
6225627 Focused ion beam system  
A charged beam system is provided which includes: a focusing lens system for focusing an ion beam emitted from an ion source; scanning electrodes for applying the focused ion beam onto a...
6218664 SEM provided with an electrostatic objective and an electrical scanning device  
The detector 6 for the secondary electrons in a SEM provided with an electrostatic objective 14, 16 is arranged ahead of the objective, thus enabling a high detection efficiency. According to the...
6218676 Charged-particle-beam image-transfer apparatus exhibiting reduced space-charge effects and device fabrication methods using the same  
Charged-particle-beam ("CPB"; e.g., electron-beam) apparatus are disclosed that exhibit reduce image blur due to space-charge effects. With such apparatus, a reticle pattern can be imaged on a...
6207963 Ion beam implantation using conical magnetic scanning  
Method and apparatus for use in treating a workpiece implantation surface by causing ions to impact the workpiece implantation surface. Ions emitted by an ion source are accelerated away from the...
6201251 Compensation of space charge in a particle beam system  
Variable space charge effects in the imaging portion of a particle beam projection system due to variations in transmitted beam current are compensated with an additional lens appropriately...
6198095 Apparatus and method for imaging a particle beam  
An apparatus and method for imaging on a detector a particle beam of charged particles having a distinct energy distribution and a distinct angle distribution. The apparatus has deflectors which...
6194729 Particle beam apparatus  
The invention relates to a particle beam apparatus, in which very low target energies of the particles focused on the object can be set, with good imaging conditions. For this purpose, the beam...