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Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2022
Applicant:

Carl Zeiss Multisem Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;

Inventors:

Dirk Zeidler, Oberkochen, DE;

Daniel Boecker, Aalen, DE;

Assignee:

Carl Zeiss MultiSEM GmbH, Oberkochen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/26 (2006.01); H01J 37/153 (2006.01); H01J 37/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/265 (2013.01); H01J 37/153 (2013.01); H01J 37/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes: providing position data for a plurality of areas on the sample which are to be inspected; providing a first raster arrangement of the plurality of individual particle beams, with a single field of view on the sample assigned to each individual particle beam; defining the position of a nominal scanning area in each single field of view in relation to the first raster arrangement, with the dimensions of the nominal scanning area smaller than the complete single field of view; determining an individual position deviation between a nominal scanning area and the area to be inspected for the at least one individual particle beam; changing the first raster arrangement based on the determined individual position deviation to produce a second raster arrangement of the plurality of individual particle beams; and area-wise scanning the sample using the plurality of individual particle beams in the second raster arrangement.


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