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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2009
Applicants:

Tomonori Nakano, Kodaira, JP;

Takeshi Kawasaki, Musashino, JP;

Kotoko Hirose, Matsudo, JP;

Hiroyuki Ito, Hitachinaka, JP;

Inventors:

Tomonori Nakano, Kodaira, JP;

Takeshi Kawasaki, Musashino, JP;

Kotoko Hirose, Matsudo, JP;

Hiroyuki Ito, Hitachinaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed is a scanning charged particle microscope provided with an aberration measuring means that measures high-order geometrical aberration at high precision and high speed. An image obtained by a single-hole aperture and an image obtained by a multiple-hole aperture arranged in a region larger than that for the single-hole aperture are deconvoluted, an aberration quantity is determined based on the profiles of beams tilted in a plurality of directions and the obtained quantity is fed back to an aberration corrector.


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