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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/28 (2006.01); H01J 37/04 (2006.01); H01J 37/147 (2006.01); H01J 37/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/28 (2013.01); H01J 37/045 (2013.01); H01J 37/1474 (2013.01); H01J 37/265 (2013.01); H01J 2237/0451 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2817 (2013.01);
Abstract
Inspection systems and methods are disclosed. An inspection system may include a first energy source configured to provide a first landing energy beam and a second energy source configured to provide a second landing energy beam. The inspection system may also include a beam controller configured to selectively deliver one of the first and second landing energy beams towards a same field of view, and to switch between delivery of the first and second landing energy beams according to a mode of operation of the inspection system.