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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
May. 27, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Yunje Cho, Seoul, KR;
Subong Shon, Suwon-si, KR;
Myungjun Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Taehyoung Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeny Yim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) device includes: an electron beam source configured to emit an electron beam; a lens unit disposed between the electron beam source and a stage configured to seat an object including structures having a pattern is seated, and including a scanning coil, the scanning coil configured to generate an electromagnetic field to provide a lens, and an astigmatism adjuster; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change a working distance between the lens unit and the object to obtain a plurality of original images, obtain a pattern image, in which the structures appear, and a plurality of kernel images, in which a distribution of the electron beam on the object appears, from the plurality of original images, and control the astigmatism adjuster to adjust the focus and the astigmatism of the lens unit using feature values extracted from the plurality of kernel images.