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Ion-projection apparatus and method of operating same

US4859857A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 30, 1987
Grant dateAug 22, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/31776
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multipole corrective element with the individual poles being electromagnetically energized individually and selectively to create a variable field around a charged particle beam projected through a mask and a lens system onto a substrate, e.g. an ion-beam or electron-beam microlithography. The corrective element is provided independently of the ion-optical lens system between the latter and the mask, preferably proximal to the mask.

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