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Charged beam apparatus
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1995-09-13
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Granted: 1997-01-07
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Expires: 2015-09-13
Abstract
Abstract A charged beam apparatus of this invention comprises a sample table on which a sample is placed, a column for irradiating a charged beam on a surface of the sample, a gas supply mechanism having a gas supply opening for injecting a gas to an irradiated position of the charged beam, and a driving mechanism for moving the gas supply opening parallel to the surface of the sample in order to position the gas supply opening, and moving the gas supply opening perpendicularly to the surface of the sample in order to set a distance from the gas supply opening to a processing position. This allows the gas pressure to be stably held with a high accuracy at the processing position. Accordingly, desired deposition or etching can be performed with a high accuracy, and this further improves the quality of the mask.
Inventors
- 👤 Haruki Komano
- 👤 Akira Matsuura
- 👤 Hiroko Nakamura
- 👤 Kazuyoshi Sugihara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 11:24
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J37/00; H01J37/30; H01J37/305; H01J37/3053; H01J37/3056; H01J2237/00; H01J2237/006; H01J2237/02; H01J2237/024; H01J2237/30; H01J2237/317; H01J2237/3174; H01J2237/31742; H01J2237/31744
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A charged beam apparatus, comprising: a sample table on which a sample is placed; a column for irradiating a charged beam on a surface of the sample; a gas supply mechanism having a gas supply opening for injecting a gas to an irradiated position of the charged beam; and a driving mechanism for moving said gas supply opening parallel to said surface of the sample in order to position said gas supply opening, and moving said gas supply opening perpendicularly to said surface of the sample in order to set a distance from said gas supply opening to a processing position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A charged beam apparatus, comprising: a sample table on which a sample is placed; a column for irradiating a charged beam on a surface of the sample; a gas supply mechanism having a gas supply opening for injecting a gas to an irradiated position of the charged beam; and a driving mechanism for moving said gas supply opening parallel to said surface of the sample in order to position said gas supply opening, and moving said gas supply opening perpendicularly to said surface of the sample in order to set a distance from said gas supply opening to a processing position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
61 words
A charged beam apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a secondary charged particle detector for detecting secondary charged particles generated by irradiation of the charged beam; and an image display device for displaying a pattern on a surface of the sample on the basis of a two-dimensional intensity distribution of the secondary charged particles detected by said secondary particle detector.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A charged beam apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: evacuating means for evacuating an installation area of a chamber in which said sample is placed, to set a vacuum atmosphere.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A charged beam apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for adjusting an internal pressure of piping of said gas supply mechanism.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A charged beam apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said driving mechanism includes means for adjusting an injection angle of said gas supply opening to the sample surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A charged beam apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said gas supply mechanism has plural gas supply openings.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
72 words
A charged beam apparatus according to claim 6, wherein at least one of said gas supply openings of said gas supply mechanism has a different gas injection angle to the sample surface from gas injection angles of the rest of said gas supply openings, so that a distance from said gas supply opening to the processing position differs from distances from the rest of said gas supply openings to a processing position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A charged beam apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a driving mechanism for moving said gas supply openings parallel to the sample surface in order to position said gas supply openings.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A charged beam apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said gas supply mechanism is of cylinder type.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A charged beam apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said gas supply openings of said gas supply mechanism are integrated.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
204 words
A charged beam apparatus, comprising: a sample table on which a sample containing SiO 2 as a constituent material is placed; a column for irradiating a gallium (Ga) ion beam on a surface of the sample; a gas supply mechanism having a gas supply opening for injecting 1,3,5,7-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS) and oxygen (O 2 ), required to correct an SiO 2 shift film missing portion of the sample, to an irradiation position of the Ga ion beam by setting a pressure at a desired value; a secondary charged particle detector for detecting secondary charged particles generated by irradiated of the Ga ion beam; evacuating means for evacuating an installation area of said constituent elements to set a vacuum atmosphere; an image display device for displaying a pattern on a surface of the sample on the basis of a two-dimensional intensity distribution of the secondary charged particles detected by said secondary particle detector; and a driving mechanism for moving said gas supply opening parallel to said surface of the sample in order to position said gas supply opening, and moving said gas supply opening perpendicularly to said surface of the sample in order to set a distance from said gas supply opening to a processing position.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
204 words
A charged beam apparatus, comprising: a sample table on which a sample containing SiO 2 as a constituent material is placed; a column for irradiating a gallium (Ga) ion beam on a surface of the sample; a gas supply mechanism having a gas supply opening for injecting 1,3,5,7-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane (TMCTS) and oxygen (O 2 ), required to correct an SiO 2 shift film missing portion of the sample, to an irradiation position of the Ga ion beam by setting a pressure at a desired value; a secondary charged particle detector for detecting secondary charged particles generated by irradiated of the Ga ion beam; evacuating means for evacuating an installation area of said constituent elements to set a vacuum atmosphere; an image display device for displaying a pattern on a surface of the sample on the basis of a two-dimensional intensity distribution of the secondary charged particles detected by said secondary particle detector; and a driving mechanism for moving said gas supply opening parallel to said surface of the sample in order to position said gas supply opening, and moving said gas supply opening perpendicularly to said surface of the sample in order to set a distance from said gas supply opening to a processing position.
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