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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2004
Applicants:
Dieter Winkler, München, DE;
Hans-peter Feuerbaum, München, DE;
Joseph Bach, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/26 (2006.01); H01J 37/285 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention is an electron microscope that includes: (a) a main vacuum chamber housing a stage therein and connected to a vacuum pump; (b) a load lock for loading a specimen into said main vacuum chamber; (c) a minicolumn non-translatably positioned inside said main chamber; and (d) a vacuum pump situated inside the main vacuum chamber and external to and connected to the minicolumn.