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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Fei Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Sean M. Kellogg, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Mostafa Maazouz, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James B. McGinn, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/09 (2006.01); H01J 37/22 (2006.01); H01J 37/24 (2006.01); H01J 37/244 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/09 (2013.01); H01J 37/226 (2013.01); H01J 37/244 (2013.01); H01J 2237/0458 (2013.01); H01J 2237/221 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2443 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2445 (2013.01);
Abstract
Variations in charged-particle-beam (CPB) source location are determined by scanning an alignment aperture that is fixed with respect to a beam defining aperture in a CPB, particularly at edges of a defocused CPB illumination disk. The alignment aperture is operable to transmit a CPB portion to a secondary emission surface that produces secondary emission directed to a scintillator element. Scintillation light produced in response is directed out of a vacuum enclosure associated with the CPB via a light guide to an external photodetection system.