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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:
Jan. 31, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2014
Applicant:

Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh, Jena, DE;

Inventors:

Josef Biberger, Wildenberg, DE;

Lorenz Lechner, Dublin, CA (US);

Michal Postolski, Barlinek, PL;

Ralph Pulwey, Aalen, DE;

Marcin Janaszewski, Pebrenice, PL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/00 (2006.01); H01J 37/20 (2006.01); H01J 37/26 (2006.01); H01J 37/147 (2006.01); H01J 37/304 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/20 (2013.01); H01J 37/147 (2013.01); H01J 37/265 (2013.01); H01J 37/304 (2013.01); H01J 2237/30433 (2013.01);
Abstract

The application relates to a method for analyzing, in particular for imaging, and/or processing of an object as well as a particle beam device for carrying out this method. In particular, the particle beam device of this application is an electron beam device and/or an ion beam device. The method in particular comprises the control unit providing a first control parameter, wherein a beam guiding unit is controlled using the first control parameter for guiding the particle beam and/or wherein a moving unit is controlled using the first control parameter for moving an object holder, correlating a position of the object holder in a second coordinate system to the object position on the surface of the object, identifying a first coordinate transformation between the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system, identifying an orientation position of a distinctive feature on the surface of the object and identifying first coordinates of the orientation position in the first coordinate system, the control unit providing a second control parameter, wherein the second control parameter is used for at least one of: controlling the beam guiding unit for guiding the particle beam, controlling the moving unit for moving the object holder or controlling a detector, identifying again the orientation position of the distinctive feature and identifying second coordinates of the orientation position in the first coordinate system, comparing the first coordinates with the second coordinates, identifying a local displacement of the first coordinates to the second coordinates, identifying a second coordinate transformation using the first coordinate transformation and the local displacement and identifying a position of an area to be analyzed and/or processed on the surface of the object.


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