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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Yan Ren, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/05 (2006.01); H01J 37/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/05 (2013.01); H01J 37/28 (2013.01); H01J 2237/0453 (2013.01); H01J 2237/055 (2013.01); H01J 2237/1205 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24592 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of observing a sample in a multi-beam apparatus are disclosed. The multi-beam apparatus may include an electron source configured to generate a primary electron beam, a pre-current limiting aperture array comprising a plurality of apertures and configured to form a plurality of beamlets from the primary electron beam, each of the plurality of beamlets having an associated beam current, a condenser lens configured to collimate each of the plurality of beamlets, a beam-limiting unit configured to modify the associated beam current of each of the plurality of beamlets, and a sector magnet unit configured to direct each of the plurality of beamlets to form a crossover within or at least near an objective lens that is configured to focus each of the plurality of beamlets onto a surface of the sample and to form a plurality of probe spots thereon.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ren, Yan. (2023). Apparatus for multiple charged-particle beams (U.S. Patent No. 11804355). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11804355

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