Radiant energy – Inspection of solids or liquids by charged particles – Methods
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-27
2010-02-09
Berman, Jack I (Department: 2881)
Radiant energy
Inspection of solids or liquids by charged particles
Methods
C250S310000, C250S3960ML, C250S398000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07659507
ABSTRACT:
Axial adjustments of an aberration corrector are made roughly. Whenever plural values of voltage are applied to an electrode in the first stage of the corrector, a different value of voltage is applied to the electrodes in the stage whose center is passed through by the reference orbit in the aberration corrector. At this time, a scanning deflector scans the electron beam over a specimen, producing a scanned image signal. Based on the scanned image signal, the amounts of positional deviations of the image are calculated. Based on the calculated amounts of positional deviations and on the voltages applied to the electrode in the first stage, an optimum value of voltage is calculated and fed back to the electrode in the first stage of the corrector.
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Berman Jack I
Jeol Ltd.
The Webb Law Firm
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