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7391039 Semiconductor processing method and system  
A secondary electron image generated by an electron beam is detected by a secondary electron/secondary ion detector while a silicon substrate is etched by a focused ion beam from a back surface of...
7391038 Technique for isocentric ion beam scanning  
A technique for isocentric ion beam scanning is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized by an apparatus for isocentric ion beam scanning. The apparatus may...
7391036 Sample surface inspection apparatus and method  
The present invention provides a surface inspection method and apparatus for inspecting a surface of a sample, in which a resistive film is coated on the surface, and a beam is irradiated to the...
7391033 Skew-oriented multiple electron beam apparatus and method  
One embodiment described relates to a multiple electron beam apparatus. Multiple columns are arranged in a row configured to generate multiple electron beams. A mechanism is included for...
7388215 Pattern drawing method, stamper manufacturing method, and pattern drawing apparatus  
A pattern drawing method capable of drawing a pattern such that opposite ends of a formation region on an inner periphery side and an outer periphery side are substantially linearly formed. A...
7388214 Charged-particle beam exposure apparatus and method  
A charged particle beam exposure apparatus which splits a charged-particle beam from a charged-particle beam source into a plurality of charged-particle beams by a plurality of apertures formed in...
7388213 Method of registering a blank substrate to a pattern generating particle beam apparatus and of correcting alignment during pattern generation  
We have developed a method of registration of a particle beam to internal alignment targets present within photoresist areas which are to be imaged. The method does not affect the photoresist, so...
7385212 Collector optical system, light source unit, illumination optical apparatus, and exposure apparatus  
A light source unit of EUV light is provided as a light source unit comprising a plasma light source for emitting EUV light, a collective mirror which has a reflecting surface of an ellipsoid of...
7385208 Systems and methods for implant dosage control  
A system for implantation dosage control. A first interface receives scan position information. A second interface receives beam current information specifying a first beam current value between...
7385194 Charged particle beam application system  
An object of the present invention is to measure a landing angle even in a multi electron beam lithography system in which current amount of each beam is small. Another object thereof is to measure...
7385183 Substrate processing apparatus using neutralized beam and method thereof  
In a substrate processing apparatus using a neutralized beam and a method thereof, the substrate processing apparatus includes: an ion source for emitting an ion beam at an emitting angle;...
7381943 Neutral particle beam processing apparatus  
The present invention relates to a neutral particle beam processing apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a neutral particle beam processing apparatus comprising a plasma...
7378668 Method and apparatus for applying charged particle beam  
In a charged particle beam applying apparatus such as an electron beams lithography system, there is a technology that facilitates positional adjustment of a crossover and improves throughput of...
7377228 System for and method of gas cluster ion beam processing  
System and method of gas-cluster ion beam processing is realized by incorporating improved beam and workpiece neutralizing components. Larger GCIB current transport is enabled by low energy...
7375356 Electron-beam exposure system  
An electron-beam exposure system includes: density-per-area map generating means configured to divide a certain area on which an electron beam is irradiated into meshes, to figure out a ratio of an...
7375355 Ribbon beam ion implanter cluster tool  
An ion implantation cluster tool for implanting ions into a workpiece is provided, wherein a plurality of beamline assemblies having a respective plurality of ion beamlines associated therewith are...
7375353 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method  
An attenuation adjustment device is disclosed that includes a plurality of members configured to cast penumbras in a radiation beam illuminating a patterning device in a lithography apparatus....
7375352 Photomask defect correction method employing a combined device of a focused electron beam device and an atomic force microscope  
In order to make it possible to improve throughput of AFM scratch processing, enable correction of small defects in clear defect correction with a high degree of precision, and enable correction in...
7375351 Micro-column electron beam apparatus  
Provided is a micro-column electron beam apparatus including: a base; an electron lens bracket on which an electron lens module can be fixed, mounted in a central portion of the base; an electron...
7375328 Charged particle beam apparatus and contamination removal method therefor  
A charged particle beam apparatus comprising a preparatory evacuation chamber ( 15 in FIG. 1 A) into which a sample ( 12 ) is conveyed and which is preliminarily evacuated, an ultraviolet...
7375327 Method and device for measuring quantity of wear  
A method and device to accurately obtain very small quantity of wear of the order of nanometers of a protective film on the surface of a sliding member. A quantity of wear on the surface of a...
7375323 Electron beam apparatus with aberration corrector  
An electron beam apparatus with an aberration corrector using multipole lenses is provided. The electron beam apparatus has a scan mode for enabling the operation of the aberration corrector and a...
7372690 Substrate holder which is self-adjusting for substrate deformation  
A wafer chuck is designed to allow the substrate to thermally deform during charged particle beam lithography. The wafer chuck includes a compliant layer disposed over an chuck body. During...
7372283 Probe navigation method and device and defect inspection device  
A probe navigation method, a navigation device, and a defect inspection device wherein in a charged particle beam system provided with probes for electrical characteristics evaluation, probing can...
7372052 Electron beam method and apparatus for reducing or patterning the birefringence of halogenated optical materials  
A controlled electron beam and heat will decrease the birefringence of a halogenated optical material under tensile stress. The electron beam and heat irradiation will occur in a chamber under near...
7372049 Lithographic apparatus including a cleaning device and method for cleaning an optical element  
An EUV lithographic apparatus includes an EUV radiation source, an optical element and a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a hydrogen radical source and a flow tube in communication...
7372047 Charged particle system and a method for measuring image magnification  
A charged particle beam apparatus capable of automatically measuring an image magnification error of an apparatus and capable of automatically calibrating the image magnification in high precision...
7368744 Photon sieve for optical systems in micro-lithography  
The use of photon sieves may be as a pupil defining element in an illumination system; a field of defining elements in an illumination system; a pupil lens element in a projection lens; a color...
7368742 Arrangement and method for metering target material for the generation of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation  
The invention is directed to an arrangement for metering target material for the generation of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation from an energy beam induced plasma, in particular X...
7368735 Charged beam drawing data creation method, charged beam drawing method, charged beam drawing apparatus and semiconductor device manufacturing method  
Drawing-data creating method includes selecting charged beam drawing-apparatus dividing drawing area into main fields, subfields and unit fields (U-fields), dividing design data (D-data)...
7368733 Contamination barrier and lithographic apparatus comprising same  
A rotatable contamination barrier for use with an EUV radiation system is disclosed. The contamination barrier has a blade structure configured to trap contaminant material coming from a radiation...
7368731 Method and apparatus which enable high resolution particle beam profile measurement  
The PSF for a metrology array for high resolution particle beam profile measurement has been improved by improving five major elements of the metrology array. While improvement in each of the five...
7368713 Method and apparatus for inspecting semiconductor device  
A method and apparatus for inspecting a wafer during a semiconductor device fabrication process. The apparatus performs, only via observation from the wafer's top surface, inspection and...
7365345 Lithographic apparatus, radiation system and filter system  
A filter system for filtering debris particles out of a predetermined cross-section of the radiation emitted by a radiation source of a lithographic apparatus includes a first set of foils and a...
7365324 Testing apparatus using charged particles and device manufacturing method using the testing apparatus  
A system for further enhancing speed, i.e. improving throughput in a SEM-type inspection apparatus is provided. An inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface of a substrate produces a crossover...
7365320 Methods and systems for process monitoring using x-ray emission  
Systems and methods for process monitoring based upon X-ray emission induced by a beam of charged particles such as electrons or ions include a system and method for process monitoring that analyze...
7362416 Exposure apparatus, evaluation method and device fabrication method  
An exposure apparatus for exposing a pattern of a mask onto an object, said exposure apparatus includes a light source part that includes a generating mechanism for generating a plasma, a condenser...
7361915 Beam current stabilization utilizing gas feed control loop  
One or more aspects of the present invention pertain to stabilizing the current or density of an ion beam within an ion implantation system by selectively adjusting a lone parameter of feed gas...
7361914 Means to establish orientation of ion beam to wafer and correct angle errors  
One or more aspects of the present invention pertain to a measurement component that facilitates determining a relative orientation between an ion beam and a workpiece. The measurement component is...
7361913 Methods and apparatus for glitch recovery in stationary-beam ion implantation process using fast ion beam control  
An ion implanter includes a source of a stationary, planar ion beam, a set of beamline components that steer the ion beam along a normal beam path as determined by first operating parameter values,...
7361910 Movable stage apparatus  
A movable stage apparatus includes a reticle stage on which a reflecting reticle is to be mounted, in which when a space is divided by a plane including a reflection surface of the reticle, a guide...
7361909 Method and apparatus for correcting drift during automated FIB processing  
A method and apparatus for correcting drift of the beam irradiation position during automated FIB (focused ion beam) processing with a reference image-setting unit, an image read-in unit for...
7361898 Scanning electron microscope and CD measurement calibration standard specimen  
A calibration standard specimen is provided to have formed therein calibrating patterns of a lattice shape discontinuously arrayed, and particular alignment patterns respectively disposed near the...
7361897 Imaging apparatus for high probe currents  
An imaging apparatus is provided, comprising a first lens, a Wien filter having a first opening and a second opening, and further comprising a 2*m-pole element, m≧2, and a second lens, wherein...
7358510 Ion implanter with variable scan frequency  
An ion implanter includes an ion beam generator configured to generate an ion beam, a scanner configured to scan the ion beam in at least one direction at a scan frequency, and a controller. The...
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...
7358495 Standard reference for metrology and calibration method of electron-beam metrology system using the same  
An electron-beam metrology system includes a specimen stage to mount a specimen on which a device pattern is formed, electron optics to radiate the device pattern with an electron-beam, a secondary...
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)....
7358491 Method and apparatus for the depth-resolved characterization of a layer of a carrier  
The present invention relates to a method for the depth-resolved characterization of a layer of a carrier. This involves firstly producing a cutout in the layer of the carrier with a sidewall and...
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...