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Tri-deflection electron beam system

US4945246A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1989
Grant dateJul 31, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/1474
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A three-stage E-beam deflection system employs breaking the entire field to be scanned into clusters and sub-fields. The scanning provided by the first stage of deflection which scans within the entire field is rectilinear and discontinuous with the scan stopping in the center of each of the clusters where an exposure is to be made, and scanning is the same within each cluster from sub-field to sub-field. The scanning within a cluster by the second stage stops in the center of each sub-field where exposure is to be made. The third stage uses high speed electrostatic deflection to provide scanning with a vector scanning mode within the sub-field being scanned.

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