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Patent No.:

US 6714294 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Michael R. Bruce, Austin, TX (US);

Victoria Jean Bruce, Austin, TX (US);

Rama R. Goruganthu, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for inspecting a sample are provided. In one aspect, a method of inspection is provided that includes generating an entangled set of particle beams and directing one of the entangled set of particle beams to a location of a workpiece. One of the entangled set of particle beams interacts with the location of the workpiece. One of the entangled set of particle beams is observed after the interaction with the location of the workpiece to inspect the location of the workpiece.


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