Radiant energy – Inspection of solids or liquids by charged particles – Electron probe type
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-09
2008-11-11
Berman, Jack I (Department: 2881)
Radiant energy
Inspection of solids or liquids by charged particles
Electron probe type
C250S307000, C250S492100, C250S492210, C250S492300, C250S559300, C250S208100, C250S398000, C250S442110, C702S070000, C427S140000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07449690
ABSTRACT:
To establish a technique that enables sorting of the elevation and azimuth angle in the direction of emitting secondary electrons and obtaining images with emphasized contrast, in order to perform the review and analysis of shallow asperities and microscopic foreign particles in a wafer inspection during the manufacture of semiconductor devices, an electromagnetic overlapping objective lens is used to achieve high resolution, an electron beam is narrowly focused using the objective lens, an electric field for accelerating secondary electrons in the vicinity of a wafer in order to suppress the dependence on secondary electron energy of the rotation of secondary electrons generated by irradiation of the electron beam, a ring-shaped detector plate is disposed between an electron source and the objective lens, and the low angle components of the elevation angle of the secondary electrons, as viewed from the place of generation, and the high angle components are separated and also the azimuth components are separated and detected.
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Fukada Atsuko
Fukuda Muneyuki
Nishiyama Hidetoshi
Sato Mitsugu
Suzuki Naomasa
Antonelli, Terry Stout & Kraus, LLP.
Berman Jack I
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
Sahu Meenakshi S
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