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Charged particle beam emitting device and method for adjusting the optical axis

US7355174B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 2005
Grant dateApr 8, 2008
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/304
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A charged-particle beam emitting device which includes the following configuration devices so that a lowering in the image resolution will be suppressed even if a primary beam is tilted relative to a sample: A device for causing orbit of the primary beam to pass through off-axes of a plurality of lenses, and controlling off-axis orbit of the primary beam. This device allows the aberration which occurs in the objective lens at the time of beam tilt to be cancelled out by the aberration which occurs in the other lens. Also, there is provided a device for simultaneously modulating excitations of the plurality of lenses including the objective lens.

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