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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:

Kla-tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yung-Ho Alex Chuang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Xuefeng Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

John Fielden, Los Altos, CA (US);

David L. Brown, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/88 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); H01J 31/26 (2006.01); G01N 21/956 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/88 (2013.01); G01N 21/9501 (2013.01); H01J 31/26 (2013.01); H01L 27/14806 (2013.01); H01L 27/14818 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8822 (2013.01); G01N 2021/95676 (2013.01); H01L 27/14856 (2013.01);
Abstract

A focusing EBCCD includes a control device positioned between a photocathode and a CCD. The control device has a plurality of holes therein, wherein the plurality of holes are formed perpendicular to a surface of the photocathode, and wherein a pattern of the plurality of holes is aligned with a pattern of pixels in the CCD. Each hole is surrounded by at least one first electrode, which is formed on a surface of the control device facing the photocathode. The control device may include a plurality of ridges between the holes. The control device may be separated from the photocathode by approximately half a shorter dimension of a CCD pixel or less. A plurality of first electrodes may be provided, wherein each first electrode surrounds a given hole and is separated from the given hole by a gap.


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