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Electron optical system, charged-particle beam exposure apparatus using the same, and device manufacturing method

US6903345B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2001
Grant dateJun 7, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/31774
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electron optical system has a plurality of electron lenses. The system includes a first electron optical system array having electrodes with a plurality of rectangular apertures, and a second electron optical system array having electrodes with a plurality of rectangular apertures. The first and second electron optical system arrays are arranged along an optical axis in which a long side of each aperture of the first electron optical system array is perpendicular to a long side of each aperture of the second electron optical system array.

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