Apparatus of plural charged-particle beams
US9922799B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J2237/2817
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multi-beam apparatus for observing a sample with high resolution and high throughput and in flexibly varying observing conditions is proposed. The apparatus uses a movable collimating lens to flexibly vary the currents of the plural probe spots without influencing the intervals thereof, a new source-conversion unit to form the plural images of the single electron source and compensate off-axis aberrations of the plural probe spots with respect to observing conditions, and a pre-beamlet-forming means to reduce the strong Coulomb effect due to the primary-electron beam.
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