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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Youichi Shimizu, Tochigi, JP;

Hitoshi Tanaka, Tochigi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); H01J 37/18 (2006.01); H01J 37/317 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70016 (2013.01); G03F 7/7015 (2013.01); H01J 37/18 (2013.01); H01J 37/3177 (2013.01); H01J 2237/31793 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exposure device is provided, including: a body tube depressurized to produce a vacuum state therein; a plurality of charged particle beam sources that are provided in the body tube, and emit a plurality of charged particle beams in a direction of extension of the body tube; a plurality of electromagnetic optical elements, each being corresponding to one of the plurality of charged particle beams in the body tube, and controls the one of the plurality of charged particle beams; first and second partition walls that are arranged separately from each other in the direction of extension in the body tube, and form non-vacuum spaces between at least parts of the first and second partition walls; and a depressurization pump that depressurizes a non-vacuum space that contacts the first partition wall and a non-vacuum space that contacts the second partition wall to an air pressure between zero and atmospheric pressure.


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