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Lithography apparatus

US4820928A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 9, 1987
Grant dateApr 11, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/31762
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lithography apparatus in which a charged particle ray such as an electron beam or an ion beam is controlled to scan a desired region of a sample and thereby draw a pattern, including a framing pattern memory for storing therein closed framing lines of a pattern to be drawn in the form of dot images, a framing pattern generator for writing the framing lines of the pattern to be drawn into said framing pattern memory in the form of dot images, and a raster scanning circuit for scanning the framing pattern memory having stored therein closed framing lines of the pattern to be drawn and for generating a beam deflection address for drawing the pattern and a beam blanking control signal.

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