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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:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2014
Applicant:

Applied Materials Israel, Ltd., Rehovot, IL;

Inventors:

Amir Shoham, Nes Ziona, IL;

Alon Litman, Ness Ziona, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/305 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2014.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/305 (2013.01); G01R 31/2812 (2013.01); G01R 31/2853 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and a method for evaluating a conductor, the method may include: illuminating a first area of a conductor by a first electron beam thereby charging the first area; illuminating by a second electron beam a second area of the conductor; and wherein an aggregate size of the first and second areas is a fraction of an overall size of the conductor; detecting, by a detector, detected emitted electrons that were emitted substantially from the second area and generating detection signals indicative of the detected emitted electrons; and processing, by a processor, the detection signals to provide information about a conductivity of the conductor.


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