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6894435 Method and device for rastering source redundancy  
A method for scanning a specimen 105 with beams 102 of charged particles of a source group. Thereby, a plurality of target points 402 is scanned with a charged particle beam emitted by a...
6891174 Method and system for ion beam containment using photoelectrons in an ion beam guide  
Ion implantation systems and beam containment apparatus therefor are provided in which a photoelectron source and a photon source are provided along a beam path. The photon source, such as a UV...
6891177 Ion beam scanner system and operating method  
The invention relates to an ion beam scanning system having an ion source device, an ion acceleration system and an ion beam guidance system comprising an ion beam outlet window for a converging...
6888146 Maskless micro-ion-beam reduction lithography system  
A maskless micro-ion-beam reduction lithography system is a system for projecting patterns onto a resist layer on a wafer with feature size down to below 100 nm. The MMRL system operates without a...
6881968 Electron beam exposure apparatus, electron beam exposure method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and electron beam shape measuring method  
An electron beam exposure apparatus for exposing a wafer by an electron beam, including: an electron beam generation section for generating the electron beam; an electron beam shaping member with a...
6881966 Hybrid magnetic/electrostatic deflector for ion implantation systems  
A magnetic deflector for an ion beam is disclosed and comprises first and second coils. The coils are positioned above and below the beam, respectively, and extend along a width of the beam....
6881969 Electron beam treatment device  
An electron beam treatment device is provided for treating a substance located in a processing chamber which includes electron beam tubes arranged such that electron beam windows project into the...
6877344 Preparation of optical fiber  
An optical fiber is prepared by applying a liquid electron beam-curable resin composition to a bare optical fiber or a coated optical fiber having a primary or secondary coating on a bare optical...
6872942 High-speed inspection of flat substrates with underlying visible topology  
One embodiment disclosed relates to a method for inspecting a substrate. The method includes exposing the substrate to an incident beam, inducing relative motion between the incident beam and the...
6873123 Device and method for regulating intensity of beam extracted from a particle accelerator  
The invention concerns a device ( 10 ) for regulating the intensity of a beam extracted from a particle accelerator, such as a cyclotron, used for example for protontherapy, said particles being...
6872959 Thermoelectron generating source and ion beam radiating apparatus with the same  
A thermoelectron generating source including a facial main cathode for emitting thermoelectrons by being heated from behind, a filament for heating the main cathode from behind to emit the...
6870161 Apparatus for processing and observing a sample  
An apparatus for processing and observing a sample has a sample stage for supporting a sample at a preselected location thereof, a focused ion beam irradiation system for irradiating the sample...
6870171 Exposure apparatus  
An electron beam exposure apparatus which exposes a wafer ( 118 ) by using a plurality of electron beams corrects the positional error of the electron beams by using multi-deflector arrays ( 105,...
6870174 Electron beam tube and window for electron beam extraction  
An object of the present invention is to provide to an electron beam tube and electron beam extraction window capable of generating high output electron beam by effectively releasing heat generated...
6863018 Ion plating device and ion plating method  
In ion plating in which a substrate is held on a substrate holder placed in an evacuated vacuum chamber and plasma is generated in the vacuum chamber to be formed into a film, a bias voltage...
6861187 Methods and devices for evaluating imaging characteristics of a charged-particle-beam microlithography system  
Methods and devices are disclosed for evaluating the imaging performance of a charged-particle-beam (CPB) microlithography system. An embodiment of such a device includes a knife-edged pattern...
6858845 Scanning electron microscope  
A scanning electron microscope has an electron gun for producing an electron beam, a specimen holder holding the specimen, an objective lens for sharply focusing the beam onto the specimen, and a...
6859741 Device and method for adapting the size of an ion beam spot in the domain of tumor irradiation  
The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for adapting the size of an ion beam spot in tumor irradiation. For that purpose, the apparatus has a raster scanning device composed of raster...
6855942 Apparatus for pre-acceleration of ion beams used in a heavy ion beam applications system  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for pre-acceleration of ions and optimized matching of beam parameters used in a heavy ion application comprising a radio frequency quadruple...
6855926 Instrument and method for combined surface topography and spectroscopic analysis  
A combined surface topography and spectroscopic analysis instrument comprises a scanning tunnelling microscope tip ( 12 ); and a sample carrier ( 58 ) which supports a sample ( 10 ) so that a...
6855481 Apparatus and a method for forming a pattern using a crystal structure of material  
The present invention relates generally to an apparatus and a method for forming a pattern, and in particular, to an apparatus and a method for forming a pattern for the formation of quantum dots...
6852990 Electrostatic discharge depolarization using high density plasma  
A method for electrostatic discharge depolarization is implemented. The buildup of charge on tool structures in fabrication tools for semiconductor processing may be expected to be of concern...
6852989 Positioning system for use in lithographic apparatus  
A positioning system, such as may be used to position a moveable object table in three degrees of freedom. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of the positioning system in a...
6849858 Apparatus and method for forming alignment layers  
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for ensuring a uniform orientation of liquid crystal molecules of an alignment layer by irradiation with ion beams. An...
6844557 System for, and method of, irradiating opposite sides of an article  
An accelerator directs an electron beam to a scanner which operates under microprocessor control to convert the beam into two (2) sets of spaced electron beamlets. A magnetic lens deflects the sets...
6844688 Multi-watt THz generator  
Stable THz radiation in the multi-watt range, upwards of 2 watts and even up to 100 watts, is produced through the acceleration of electrons in bunches less than about 500 femtoseconds in length as...
6841789 Apparatus for surface modification of polymer, metal and ceramic materials using ion beam  
An apparatus for surface modification of a polymer, metal and ceramic material using an ion beam (IB) is disclosed, which is capable of supplying and controlling a voltage ( 220 ) applied to a...
6841777 Electron diffraction system for use in production environment and for high pressure deposition techniques  
An electron source particularly for a RHEED measurement system or a RHEED measurement system as such includes an electron emitter ( 5 ), a first deflection stage ( 6 a, b ) for radiating an...
6838683 Focused ion beam microlathe  
An apparatus for customizing focused ion beam (FIB) probes is described. Prior to taking probe measurements, the probe tips are milled with a beam of gallium ions on a microlathe platform. A motor...
6835511 Methods and apparatus for detecting and correcting reticle deformations in microlithography  
Microlithography methods and apparatus are disclosed that allow reticle deformations to be measured and corrected quickly and accurately. Multiple alignment marks (comprising a “first set” and...
6835943 Electron-beam lithography  
A device for electron-beam lithography wherein very small pits can be written, using a small beam intensity, by exposing each pit several times during writing. A row of electron beams is arranged...
6833954 Lithographic method for manufacturing a mask used in the fabrication of a fiber Bragg grating  
The invention reduces the effects of stitching errors from re-scaling or re-positioning in the fabrication of fiber Bragg gratings or the mask used in such fabrication. A first embodiment of the...
6833551 Electron beam irradiation apparatus  
An electron beam irradiation apparatus includes an electron beam system for directing electrons into an irradiation zone. The electron beam system and the irradiation zone are configured for...
6833552 System and method for implanting a wafer with an ion beam  
A method is provided for uniformly implanting a wafer with an ion beam. The wafer is generally of the type with a surface area in the form of a disk with a diameter and center. The ion beam is...
6831284 Large area source for uniform electron beam generation  
An electron beam apparatus that includes a vacuum chamber, a large-area cathode disposed in the vacuum chamber, and a first power supply connected to the cathode. The first power supply is...
6831282 Methods and devices for evaluating beam blur in a charged-particle-beam microlithography apparatus  
Methods and devices are disclosed for evaluating the imaging performance of a charged-particle-beam (CPB) micro lithography apparatus. A measurement mark is situated at an object plane, a...
6828572 Ion beam incident angle detector for ion implant systems  
The present invention facilitates semiconductor device fabrication by monitoring and correcting angular errors during ion implantation procedures via an incident ion beam angle detector....
6828573 Electron beam lithography system  
An object of this invention is to provide an electron beam lithography system capable of rapidly creating an accurate exposure map for proximity effect correction. The inventive system creates the...
6828571 Apparatus and methods of controlling surface charge and focus  
One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of setting a surface charge of an area on a substrate to a desired level. The substrate is held on a stage, and a stage bias voltage applied to the...
6825468 Fine stencil structure correction device  
A fine stencil structure correction device has a charged particle beam microscope lens-barrel which scans and corrects shapes of defect portions of a fine stencil structure sample using an etching...
6826254 Radiation applying apparatus  
An x-ray treatment apparatus includes an x-ray generating device, a head unit, a manipulator and a microwave source. The x-ray generating device produces x-rays, by letting electrons, which have...
6821693 Method for adjusting a multilevel phase-shifting mask or reticle  
A method for adjusting (aligning) a multilevel phase-shifting mask or a multilevel phase-shifting reticle with the aid of at least one alignment mark provided on the mask or the reticle includes...
6822246 Ribbon electron beam for inspection system  
Apparatus configurations are disclosed for generating a ribbon-like beam that impinges onto a target specimen as an elongated spot. The elongated spot has a first dimension that is substantially...
6818910 Writing methodology to reduce write time, and system for performing same  
The present invention is generally directed to various reticle writing methodologies to reduce write time, and a system for performing same. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises...
6815681 Electron beam lithography apparatus using a patterned emitter  
An electron beam lithography apparatus, which uses a patterned emitter, includes a pyroelectric plate emitter that emits electrons using a patterned metal thin layer formed on the pyroelectric...
6815697 Ion beam charge neutralizer and method therefor  
In an ion beam line having a mechanism for scanning an ion beam by an electric field or a magnetic field or in an ion beam line having a mechanism for forming a sheet-like or a ribbon-like ion...
6815693 Charged-particle-beam microlithography apparatus and methods including proximity-effect correction  
Methods are disclosed for correcting proximity effects as affected by varying magnitudes of beam blur occurring at different respective locations in an image of a reticle subfield as projected onto...
6815695 Simplified reticle stage removal system for an electron beam system  
A simplified reticle removal system used with an electron beam system. The simplified reticle removal system includes a reticle chamber having an angled opening and a maintenance panel removably or...
6809325 Apparatus for generating and selecting ions used in a heavy ion cancer therapy facility  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating, extracting and selecting ions used in a heavy ion cancer therapy facility. The apparatus comprises an independent first (ECRIS 1 ) and...
6803584 Electron beam control device  
An electron beam control device controls an electron beam for use, such as an electron beam exposure device and the like, wherein a track of an electron beam is not adversely Influenced by the...