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7358508 Ion implanter with contaminant collecting surface  
An ion implanter includes an ion source for generating an ion beam moving along a beam line and a vacuum or implantation chamber wherein a workpiece, such as a silicon wafer is positioned to...
7358493 Method and apparatus for automated beam optimization in a scanning electron microscope  
A method and apparatus according to the present invention define optimal conditions for a scanning electron microscope (SEM), preferably a critical dimension scanning electron microscope (CDSEM)....
7356240 Processing method of polymer crystal, processing system of polymer crystal, and observation system of polymer crystal  
The ultraviolet short-pulse laser light emitted from the ultraviolet short-pulse laser light source 1 is focused on and caused to irradiate a macromolecular crystal 8 contained in a sample...
7355187 Position detection apparatus, position detection method, exposure apparatus, device manufacturing method, and substrate  
An apparatus which exposes a substrate to radiant energy includes a unit which holds a first mask having a pattern which includes a pattern of a target mark, a unit which projects a pattern of...
7355192 Adjustable suspension assembly for a collimating lattice  
According to one aspect of the invention a plasma-based substrate processing apparatus comprises a collimator holding device, which efficiently and accurately positions a collimator over a...
7352842 X-ray generator and exposure apparatus having the same  
An X-ray generator introducing an X-ray to an illumination optical system includes plural plasma light sources, and a reflector, movably arranged among the plural light sources, for switching light...
7351968 Multi-pixel electron emission die-to-die inspection  
One embodiment disclosed is a method of detecting defects in objects. A selected surface area of an object is inspected with a multi-pixel electron microscope, and first set of data is generated...
7351971 Charged-particle beam instrument and method of detection  
A charged-particle beam instrument and method are offered which can inspect side and rear surfaces of the outer periphery of a specimen. The instrument has a source of the charged-particle beam and...
7351986 Method and apparatus for reducing cross contamination of species during ion implantation  
A wafer support for an ion implanter includes a wafer holder and a support arm for the holder in the implant chamber. A portion of the support arm adjacent the wafer holder is at least...
7351988 Beam allocation apparatus and beam allocation method for medical particle accelerators  
The invention relates to a beam allocation apparatus ( 21 ) for medical particle accelerators and also to a beam allocation method. This beam allocation apparatus ( 21 ) should manage a plurality...
7348129 Electron beam processing method and apparatus  
An organic material film formed on a surface of an object to be processed is cured by electron beams irradiated thereon through a hydrocarbon radical generating gas. By employing the electron beams...
7345289 Sample support prepared by semiconductor silicon process technique  
A sample support of the present invention is prepared such that a silicon substrate is used as a raw material, the thickness structure having a shape and a thickness of 10 μm or less is prepared...
7345290 Lens array for electron beam lithography tool  
A method and apparatus for controlling beam emittance by placing a lens array in a drift space of an illumination system component. The illumination system component may be an electron gun or a...
7342241 Method and apparatus for electron-beam lithography  
The present invention is to provide an electron-beam lithography method and an electron-beam lithography apparatus that can draw patterns with a high precision despite a change in barometric...
7342239 Ion implanation method and device using thereof  
An ion implantation method and device for forming an ion implantation area in a predetermined area of a substrate is provided. The method comprises the following steps. First, an ion beam is...
7341393 Mechanism for sealing  
A mechanism for connecting first and second members through a sealing member sandwiched therebetween includes a position adjustment portion which adjusts a position of the first member in a...
7342238 Systems, control subsystems, and methods for projecting an electron beam onto a specimen  
Systems, control subsystems, and methods for projecting an electron beam onto a specimen are provided. One system includes a stage configured to move the specimen with a non-uniform velocity. The...
7339179 Technique for providing a segmented electrostatic lens in an ion implanter  
A technique for providing a segmented electrostatic lens in an ion implanter is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as an electrostatic lens for use in...
7332731 Radiation system and lithographic apparatus  
A radiation system for providing a projection beam of radiation is disclosed. The radiation system includes an extreme ultraviolet source for providing extreme ultra violet radiation, and a...
7329883 Electron beam lithography device and drawing method using electron beams  
In an electron beam lithography apparatus, when a plotting pattern is an isolated fine pattern, an exposure energy upon plotting lacks. In the prior art set forth above, dimension dependent...
7329884 Exposure apparatus and exposure method  
An exposure apparatus and exposure method that produces plasma from a target material, generates pulsed light, and carries out exposure with the pulsed light. In particular, a light emitting...
7326940 Exposure apparatus, exposure method and semiconductor device production method  
An exposure method and a semiconductor device production method that control a rise in temperature of a mask irradiated by a charged particle beam. A displacement of the position of a pattern...
7326942 Ion beam system and machining method  
There is a machining method which shortens a cross-section forming time by an ion beam, a machining method which shortens a machining time for separating a micro sample from a wafer, and an ion...
7323698 Thermally insulated thermophoretic plate  
A subsystem for an exposure apparatus has a thermophoretic plate and at least one shielding layer covering a first surface of the thermophoretic plate. The at least one shielding layer controls...
7323821 Device for generating and/or influencing electromagnetic radiation from a plasma  
A device generates and/or influences electromagnetic radiation from a plasma, for the lithographic production of semiconductor elements. For example, the device generates and/or reflects...
7321126 Collector with fastening devices for fastening mirror shells  
There is provided a projection exposure system operable in a scanning mode along a scanning direction. The projection exposure system includes a collector that receives light having a wavelength...
RE40009 Methods and apparatus for adjusting beam parallelism in ion implanters  
Methods and apparatus for implanting ions in a workpiece, such as a semiconductor wafer, include generating an ion beam, measuring parallelism of the ion beam, adjusting the ion beam for a desired...
7319509 Attenuator for attenuating wavelengths unequal to a used wavelength  
There is provided an attenuator for attenuating electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths Unequal to a used wavelength, including a grating element having i) grating grooves that produce a grating...
7319316 Apparatus for measuring a set of electrical characteristics in a plasma  
A probe apparatus configured to measure a set of electrical characteristics in a plasma processing chamber, the plasma processing chamber including a set of plasma chamber surfaces configured to be...
7317523 Method for calibrating a metrology tool and a system  
A method for calibrating a metrology tool, the method includes: determining a relationship between an upper portion of a milled reference structural element and between a lower portion of the...
7315033 Method and apparatus for reducing biological contamination in an immersion lithography system  
Disclosed are a method of reducing biological contamination in an immersion lithography system and an immersion lithography system configured to reduce biological contamination. A reflecting...
7312449 Electron beam system and method of manufacturing devices using the system  
An electron beam system wherein a shot noise of an electron beam can be reduced and a beam current can be made higher, and further a shaped beam is formed by a two-stage lenses so as to allow for...
7312462 Illumination system having a nested collector for annular illumination of an exit pupil  
There is provided an illumination system. The illumination system includes a source for light having a wavelength ≦193 nm, a field plane, and a collector having a mirror shell for receiving a...
7307263 Lithographic apparatus, radiation system, contaminant trap, device manufacturing method, and method for trapping contaminants in a contaminant trap  
A lithographic apparatus includes a radiation system that includes a source for producing a radiation beam, a contaminant trap arranged in a path of the radiation beam, and an illumination system...
7304318 System and method for maskless lithography using an array of sources and an array of focusing elements  
A method is disclosed for creating a permanent pattern on a substrate. The method includes the steps of providing an array of photon sources, each of which provides a photon beam, providing an...
7304320 Charged beam exposure apparatus, charged beam control method and manufacturing method of semiconductor device  
A charged beam exposure apparatus includes: a first shaping aperture provided with a plurality of rectangular openings which are different from each other in at least one of area and shape thereof;...
7301623 Transferring, buffering and measuring a substrate in a metrology system  
A chuck that clamps a substrate to the top surface using, e.g., a vacuum, electrostatic force, or other appropriate means, includes a plurality of lift pins that can raise the substrate off the top...
7301159 Charged particle beam apparatus and method of forming electrodes having narrow gap therebetween by using the same  
A focused ion beam apparatus having two pieces of probers brought into contact with two points of a surface of a sample, a voltage source for applying a constant voltage between the two points with...
7297966 Utilizing an integrated plasmon detector to measure a metal deposit roughness on a semiconductor surface  
A method for monitoring the surface roughness of a metal, comprises impinging a laser beam onto the surface of a metal layer to induce the formation of a plasmon therein, and monitoring a current...
7297947 Apparatus and method for evaluating cross section of specimen  
An apparatus for evaluating a cross section of a specimen in a specimen chamber, wherein the apparatus includes a specimen stage for placing the specimen, a temperature regulation unit for...
7297965 Method and apparatus for sample formation and microanalysis in a vacuum chamber  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming a sample of an object, extracting the sample from the object, and subjecting this sample to microanalysis including surface analysis and electron...
7291850 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method  
A method and apparatus for monitoring a level of silicon dioxide in a liquid and removing the silicon dioxide using polishers is disclosed. In an embodiment, two polishers that absorb carbon...
7289657 Method of inspecting photo-mask  
Provided is a method of inspecting a photo-mask, which enables performing destruction inspection such as contact-type inspection and cross section inspection. The method of inspecting a photo-mask...
7288763 Method of measurement accuracy improvement by control of pattern shrinkage  
A scanning method for a scanning electron microscope is provided which minimizes a degradation in dimension measuring accuracy caused by a shrink of a specimen. A time between the first and the...
7288774 Transverse magnetic field voltage isolator  
An SEM wherein the entire imaging apparatus of the SEM is supported on air bearings. A multi-stage differentially pumped vacuum seal area provides a localized vacuum zone for wafer examination. A...
7285792 Scratch repairing processing method and scanning probe microscope (SPM) used therefor  
A sample to be processed is disposed within a processing cell which contains a liquid. Scratch processing using a scanning probe microscope is performed within the liquid so that chips or shavings...
7285780 Detector system for a scanning electron microscope and a scanning electron microscope incorporating said detector system  
With a detector system for the specimen chamber of a scanning electron microscope, signals are simultaneously detected in transmission which signals correspond to a light field contrast and a dark...
7282725 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and stencil mask  
A manufacturing apparatus of a semiconductor device is disclosed, which comprises an implantation source which applies particles or an electromagnetic wave into an implantation region of a...
7282702 Ion neutralizer  
An ion neutralizer enhances a heat transfer rate between a reflecting plate and a frame while preventing the reflecting plate from being bent due to thermal deformation. The ion neutralizer...
7283201 Devices and methods for sensing secure attachment of an object onto a chuck  
Stage devices are disclosed for holding an object such as a reticle for use in microlithography. An exemplary stage device includes a movable object-holder that holds the object. At least one...