BLANKING DEFLECTOR, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A blanking deflector comprising:
- a first electrode formed to be plate-like;
a second electrode configured to be electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a first space is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and
a third electrode configured to be electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a second space, sufficiently wider than the first space, is formed between the first electrode and the third electrode, whereina transmission line, in which the second and third electrodes are electrically connected at, at least, an input side and an output side, is formed by the first, second, and third electrodes,multi-beams of a charged particle beam are made to pass through the second space between the first and third electrodes, andthe multi-beams are deflected for blanking control by a voltage signal applied from the input side to between the first electrode, and a connected group of the second and third electrodes electrically connected.
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Abstract
A blanking deflector includes a first electrode being plate-like, a second electrode electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a first space is formed between the first and second electrodes, and a third electrode electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a second space, sufficiently wider than the first space, is formed between the first and third electrodes, wherein a transmission line, in which the second and third electrodes are electrically connected at, at least, input and output sides, is formed by the first, second, and third electrodes, multi-beams of a charged particle beam are made to pass through the second space between the first and third electrodes, and the multi-beams are deflected for blanking control by a voltage signal applied from the input side to between the first electrode, and a connected group of the second and third electrodes electrically connected.
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10 Claims
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1. A blanking deflector comprising:
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a first electrode formed to be plate-like; a second electrode configured to be electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a first space is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a third electrode configured to be electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a second space, sufficiently wider than the first space, is formed between the first electrode and the third electrode, wherein a transmission line, in which the second and third electrodes are electrically connected at, at least, an input side and an output side, is formed by the first, second, and third electrodes, multi-beams of a charged particle beam are made to pass through the second space between the first and third electrodes, and the multi-beams are deflected for blanking control by a voltage signal applied from the input side to between the first electrode, and a connected group of the second and third electrodes electrically connected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A multi charged particle beams writing apparatus comprising:
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an emission source configured to emit a charged particle beam; a shaping aperture array substrate, in which a plurality of first openings are formed, configured to form multi-beams by making a region including a whole of the plurality of first openings irradiated with the charged particle beam, and making portions of the charged particle beam individually pass through a corresponding one of the plurality of first openings; a blanking deflector including a first electrode formed to be plate-like, a second electrode configured to be electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a first space is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a third electrode configured to be electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a second space, sufficiently wider than the first space, is formed between the first electrode and the third electrode, wherein a transmission line, in which the second and third electrodes are electrically connected at, at least, an input side and an output side, is formed by the first, second, and third electrodes, multi-beams of a charged particle beam are made to pass through the second space between the first and third electrodes, and the multi-beams are deflected for blanking control by a voltage signal applied from the input side to between the first electrode, and a connected group of the second and third electrodes electrically connected; a limiting aperture substrate configured to collectively block a whole of the multi-beams having been deflected to be in a beam-OFF condition by the blanking control; and a stage configured to mount thereon a target object to be written with the multi-beams having passed through the limiting aperture substrate while being in a beam-ON condition controlled by the blanking control, wherein the blanking deflector provides deflection such that an extension of a trajectory of an electron of the multi-beams passing a center of the shaping aperture array substrate and having been deflected intersects the center of the shaping aperture array substrate. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A multi charged particle beams writing apparatus comprising:
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an emission source configured to emit a charged particle beam; a shaping aperture array substrate, in which a plurality of first openings are formed, configured to form multi-beams by making a region including a whole of the plurality of first openings irradiated with the charged particle beam, and making portions of the charged particle beam individually pass through a corresponding one of the plurality of first openings; a blanking deflector including a first electrode formed to be plate-like, a second electrode configured to be electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a first space is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a third electrode configured to be electrically separated from the first electrode, and arranged such that a second space, sufficiently wider than the first space, is formed between the first electrode and the third electrode, wherein a transmission line, in which the second and third electrodes are electrically connected at, at least, an input side and an output side, is formed by the first, second, and third electrodes, multi-beams of a charged particle beam are made to pass through the second space between the first and third electrodes, and the multi-beams are deflected for blanking control by a voltage signal applied from the input side to between the first electrode, and a connected group of the second and third electrodes electrically connected; a limiting aperture substrate configured to collectively block a whole of the multi-beams having been deflected to be in a beam-OFF condition by the blanking control; and a stage configured to mount thereon a target object to be written with the multi-beams having passed through the limiting aperture substrate while being in a beam-ON condition controlled by the blanking control, wherein the second space between the first and third electrodes changes depending on a beam diameter of a whole of the multi-beams. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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