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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:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Applied Materials Israel Ltd., Rehovot, IL;

Inventors:

Arie Bader, Nes-Ziona, IL;

Tamir Nuna, Ashdod, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/28 (2006.01); G01N 23/2251 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/2251 (2013.01); H01J 37/28 (2013.01); G01N 2223/6116 (2013.01); H01J 2237/049 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24571 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium and a system for focusing an electron beam. The method may include focusing the electron beam on at least one evaluated area of a wafer, based on a height parameter of each one of the at least one evaluated area. The wafer includes a transparent substrate. The height parameter of each one of the at least one evaluated area is determined based on detection signals generated as a result of an illumination of one or more height-measured areas of the wafer with a beam of photons. The illumination occurs while one or more supported areas of the wafer contact one or more supporting elements of a chuck, and while each one of the one or more height-measured areas are spaced apart from the chuck by a distance that exceeds a depth of field of the optics related to the beam of photons.


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