Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Sunmoon University

Seung Jun Ahn

Ho Seob Kim

Dae Wook Kim

Tae Sik Oh

Hyung Woo Kim

Disclosed is a micro-electron column including nanostructure tips each of which has a tubular, columnar, or blocky structure ranging in size from several nanometers to dozens of nanometers. In the micro-electron column, the nanostructure tips can easily emit electrons because a high electric field is generated at the end of the nanostructure tips when a voltage is applied to the nanostructure tips, and an induction electrode is disposed between the electron emitter and a source lens so as to help electrons emitted from the electron emitter to enter an aperture of a first lens electrode layer of the source lens, thereby realizing improved performance of the micro-electron column. In the micro-electron column, the size of the nanostructure tips may be larger than that of the aperture of a source lens.

Micro-electron column having an electron emitter improving the density of an electron beam emitted from a nano structure tip

Disclosed herein is a multi-particle beam column including electrode layer with eccentric apertures. The multi-particle beam column includes two or more particle beam columns each comprising a particle beam emission source, a deflector, and two or more electrode layers. The multi-particle beam column includes at least one electrode layer having one or more apertures that are eccentric from respective beam optical axes of the particle beam columns.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Seung Jun Ahn