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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1982
Yoshimasa Shimura, Katsuta, JP;
Hideyuki Kakiuchi, Katsuta, JP;
Yoshihisa Minamikawa, Katsuta, JP;
Katsuhiro Kawasaki, Katsuta, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charged particle beam apparatus in which a beam of charged particles emitted from a beam source is focussed on a target in a predetermined size and shape through a plurality of aperture members. Each of the aperture members is combined with a respective deflecting unit which effects a two-dimensional scan with the charged particle beam in response to a scan signal supplied thereto. The center axis of the aperture formed in the aperture member is arithmetically determined on the basis of time-based variation in the quantity of the charged particles trapped by the aperture member during the scan operation. Further, deviation of the arithmetically determined center axis of the aperture from a reference axis is determined. The aperture member is slided on a plane extending perpendicularly to the center axis of the aperture to cancel out the deviation.