Column simultaneously focusing a partilce beam and an optical beam
First Claim
1. A process for treating a sample with a charged particle beam, comprising the steps ofproviding a column having a particle focusing device including an output electrode having an output aperture for the passage of a focused particle beam, and an optical focusing device having an outlet aperture for the passage of an optical beam. wherein the output electrode is supported at the outlet aperture and wherein the outlet aperture is sufficiently large to permit the optical beam to pass adjacent to the output electrode locating a sample on the path of a particle beam produced by said column and treating a sample by the charged particle beam, using information supplied by the optical beam.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a column for producing a focused particle beam comprising: a device (100) focusing particles including an output electrode (130) with an output hole (131) for allowing through a particle beam (A); an optical focusing device (200) for simultaneously focusing an optical beam (F) including an output aperture (230). The invention is characterized in that said output aperture (230) is transparent to the optical beam (F), while said output electrode (130) is formed by a metallic insert (130) maintained in said aperture (230) and bored with a central hole (131) forming said output orifice.
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20 Claims
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1. A process for treating a sample with a charged particle beam, comprising the steps of
providing a column having a particle focusing device including an output electrode having an output aperture for the passage of a focused particle beam, and an optical focusing device having an outlet aperture for the passage of an optical beam. wherein the output electrode is supported at the outlet aperture and wherein the outlet aperture is sufficiently large to permit the optical beam to pass adjacent to the output electrode locating a sample on the path of a particle beam produced by said column and treating a sample by the charged particle beam, using information supplied by the optical beam.
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2. A process for treating a sample, comprising the steps of
providing a column having a particle focusing device including an output electrode having an output aperture for the passage of a focused particle beam, and an optical focusing device having an outlet aperture for the passage of an optical beam, wherein the output electrode is supported at the outlet aperture and wherein the outlet aperture is sufficiently large to permit the optical beam to pass adjacent to the output electrode locating a sample on the path of a light beam produced by said column and treating a sample by the light beam, said light beam being a laser focused onto said sample.
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3. A process for analyzing an integrated circuit, comprising the steps of
providing a column having a particle focusing device including an output electrode having an output aperture for the passage of a focused particle beam, and an optical focusing device having an outlet aperture for the passage of an optical beam, wherein the output electrode is supported at the outlet aperture and wherein the outlet aperture is sufficiently large to permit the optical beam to pass adjacent to the output electrode locating an integrated circuit on the path of a light beam and of a particle beam produced by said column, said particle beam comprising an electron beam and said light beam comprising an infra-red microscopy beam.
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4. A process for analyzing an integrated circuit, comprising the steps of
providing a column having a particle focusing device including an output electrode having an output aperture for the passage of a focused particle beam, and an optical focusing device having an outlet aperture for the passage of an optical beam. wherein the output electrode is supported at the outlet aperture and wherein the outlet aperture is sufficiently large to permit the optical beam to pass adjacent to the output electrode locating an integrated circuit on the path of a light beam and of a particle beam produced by said column, said particle beam comprising an ion beam and said light beam comprising an infra-red microscopy beam.
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5. A process for engraving an integrated circuit, comprising the steps of
providing a column having a particle focusing device including an output electrode having an output aperture for the passage of a focused particle beam, and an optical focusing device having an outlet aperture for the passage of an optical beam. wherein the output electrode is supported at the outlet aperture and wherein the outlet aperture is sufficiently large to permit the optical beam to pass adjacent to the output electrode locating an integrated circuit on the path of a laser beam and of an ionic beam produced by said column, engraving said integrated circuit by laser chemical etching and milling by ionic beam.
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6. A process for engraving an integrated circuit, comprising the steps of
providing a column having a particle focusing device including an output electrode having an output aperture for the passage of a focused particle beam, and an optical focusing device having an outlet aperture for the passage of an optical beam. wherein the output electrode is supported at the outlet aperture and wherein the outlet aperture is sufficiently large to permit the optical beam to pass adjacent to the output electrode locating an integrated circuit on the path of a laser beam and of an electron beam produced by said column, engraving said integrated circuit by laser chemical etching while probing said integrated circuit with the electron beam.
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7. A column for simultaneously producing a focused particle beam and a focused light beam, the column comprising:
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a particle focusing device including an output electrode having an output aperture for the passage of a focused particle beam, and an optical focusing device having an outlet aperture for the passage of an optical beam, wherein the output electrode is supported at the outlet aperture and wherein the outlet aperture is sufficiently large to permit the optical beam to pass adjacent to the output electrode. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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