Blanking aperture array, method for producing blanking aperture array, charged particle beam exposure apparatus and charged particle beam exposure method
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1. A blanking aperture array for use in a charged particle beam exposure for shaping a charged particle beam, said blanking aperture array comprising:
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at least m rows by n columns of apertures arranged two-dimensionally in said substrate, each of said apertures having a pair of blanking electrodes, where m and n are integers greater than one; and
n m-bit shift registers provided on said substrate, each of said n m-bit registers couples to corresponding pairs of said blanking electrodes of said apertures which are arranged in a corresponding ith column, for applying voltages dependent on pattern data to m pairs of the blanking electrodes of said apertures in the ith column, where i=1, 2, . . . , n, said pattern data being related to a pattern which is to be exposed using the blanking aperture array.
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Abstract
A blanking aperture array for use in a charged particle beam exposure has a substrate, at least m rows by n columns of apertures arranged two-dimensionally in the substrate, where each of the apertures have a pair of blanking electrodes and m and n are integers greater than one, and n m-bit shift registers provided on the substrate for applying voltages dependent on pattern data to m pairs of the blanking electrodes of the apertures in the ith column, where i=1, 2, . . . , n. The pattern data is relates to a pattern which is to be exposed using the blanking aperture array.
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1. A blanking aperture array for use in a charged particle beam exposure for shaping a charged particle beam, said blanking aperture array comprising:
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a substrate; at least m rows by n columns of apertures arranged two-dimensionally in said substrate, each of said apertures having a pair of blanking electrodes, where m and n are integers greater than one; and n m-bit shift registers provided on said substrate, each of said n m-bit registers couples to corresponding pairs of said blanking electrodes of said apertures which are arranged in a corresponding ith column, for applying voltages dependent on pattern data to m pairs of the blanking electrodes of said apertures in the ith column, where i=1, 2, . . . , n, said pattern data being related to a pattern which is to be exposed using the blanking aperture array. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A charged particle beam exposure apparatus comprising:
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a blanking aperture array comprising, a substrate; and m rows and n columns of apertures arranged two-dimensionally in said substrate, each of said apertures having a pair of blanking electrodes; voltage applying means for applying to said blanking electrodes of each of said apertures a voltage dependent on a pattern data which describes a pattern which is to be exposed so that a charged particle beam transmitted through said apertures is turned ON/OFF depending on the applied voltage; and a stage which carries an object on which the pattern is exposed by the charged particle beam transmitted through said apertures; said voltage applying means including n m-bit shift registers which are formed on said substrate of said blanking aperture array, each of said n m-bit shift registers couples to corresponding pairs of said blanking electrodes of said apertures which are arranged in a corresponding ith column, and n shift registers applying to m pairs of said blanking electrodes of each of said apertures in the ith column the voltage dependent on the pattern data which describes said pattern which is to be exposed on said object, where i=1, 2, . . . , n. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A charged particle beam exposure apparatus comprising:
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a stage on which an object is placed; charged particle beam generating means including m rows by n columns of variable control charged particle beam generating elements for generating a charged particle beam corresponding to a pattern which is to be exposed on the object; n m-bit shift registers provided along each column of said charged particle beam generating elements, each of said n m-bit shift registers couples to corresponding ones of said variable control charged particle beam generating elements which are arranged in a corresponding column, for applying a voltage dependent on a pattern data to each of said charged particle beam generating elements, said pattern data describing the pattern which is to be exposed on the object; and deflecting the converging means for projecting the charged particle beam from said charged particle beam generating means on the object.
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26. A charged particle beam exposure method for exposing an object in a charged particle beam exposure apparatus which comprises a stage on which the object is placed, charged particle beam generating means including m rows by n columns of variable control charged particle beam generating elements for generating a charged particle beam corresponding to a pattern which is to be exposed on the object, n m-bit shift registers provided along each column of said charged particle beam generating elements, each of said n m-bit shift registers couples to corresponding ones of said variable control charged particle beam generating elements which are arranged in a corresponding column, means for applying a voltage dependent on pattern data to each of said charged particle beam generating elements, the pattern data describing the pattern which is to be exposed on the object, and deflecting and converging means for projecting the charged particle beam from said charged particle beam generating means on the object, said charged particle beam exposure method comprising the steps of:
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(a) successively inputting the pattern data to said n shift registers n bits at a time along the column direction; (b) simultaneously shifting the pattern data in said n m-bit shift registers in response to a clock; and (c) controlling a movement of said stage and said deflecting and converging means so that the charged particle beam which is selected and patterned by said charged beam generating means is projected at the same position on the object. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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