Radiant energy – Irradiation of objects or material – Irradiation of semiconductor devices
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-05
2006-12-05
Wells, Nikita (Department: 2881)
Radiant energy
Irradiation of objects or material
Irradiation of semiconductor devices
C250S492300, C250S306000, C250S307000, C250S310000, C382S145000, C356S237100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07145156
ABSTRACT:
An image processing method, which processes an image of a surface shape of a sample based on a detection quantity of secondary electrons obtained by irradiating a charged particle to the sample, comprises: extracting a reference profile, which indicates the detection quantity of the secondary electrons in a gray value, from an image of a reference area in the surface shape of the sample, the image of the reference area being used as a reference of an image processing; extracting an intended profile, which indicates the detection quantity of the secondary electrons in a gray value, from an image of an intended area in the surface shape of the sample, the image of the intended area being used as a target of image processing; and replacing the intended profile with the reference profile to correct the image in the intended area.
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Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Wells Nikita
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