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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2016
Ict Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft Für Halbleiterprüftechnik Mbh, Heimstetten, DE;
Jürgen Frosien, Riemerling, DE;
Abstract
A multi-beam lens device is described, which includes: a first beam passage for a first charged particle beam formed along a first direction between a first beam inlet of the first beam passage and a first beam outlet of the first beam passage; a second beam passage for a second charged particle beam formed along a second direction between a second beam inlet of the second beam passage and a second beam outlet of the second beam passage, wherein the first direction and the second direction are inclined with respect to each other by an angle (α) of 5° or more such that the first beam passage approaches the second beam passage toward the first beam outlet; and a common excitation coil or a common electrode arrangement configured for focussing the first charged particle beam and the second charged particle beam. Further, a charged particle beam device as well as a method of operating a multi-beam lens device are described.