Charged particle beam apparatus and method for operating the same
First Claim
1. A method for serially operating a charged particle beam apparatus, comprising:
- providing a charged particle beam apparatus;
adjusting a beam shaping means for collimating a primary beam of charged particles as to collimate said primary beam of charged particles resulting in a width appropriate for serial imaging of a sample;
scanning said sample using a scanning means, wherein said primary beam of charged particles is directed to a respective position of a single pixel on said sample; and
detecting secondary charged particles by means of a sectorized detector, wherein signals produced by individual sectors of said detector are merged to form a signal corresponding to said single pixel, wherein the charged particle beam apparatus is switched in operation between SEM and at least one of modes SEEM, PEEM, and SEEM/PEEM.
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Abstract
A charged particle beam apparatus is provided which comprises a charged particle source for producing a primary beam of charged particles, aperture means for collimating said primary beam of charged particles, wherein said aperture means is adapted to switch between a collimation of said primary beam resulting in a width appropriate for serial imaging of a sample as well as a collimation of said primary beam to a width appropriate for parallel imaging of said sample, a condenser lens for condensing said primary beam of charged particles, scanning means for deflecting said primary beam of charged particles, an objective lens for focusing said condensed primary beam, a sectorized detector for detecting a secondary charged particles. Also, several different operation modes of the beam apparatus are described allowing for serial imaging as well as parallel imaging.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for serially operating a charged particle beam apparatus, comprising:
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providing a charged particle beam apparatus; adjusting a beam shaping means for collimating a primary beam of charged particles as to collimate said primary beam of charged particles resulting in a width appropriate for serial imaging of a sample; scanning said sample using a scanning means, wherein said primary beam of charged particles is directed to a respective position of a single pixel on said sample; and detecting secondary charged particles by means of a sectorized detector, wherein signals produced by individual sectors of said detector are merged to form a signal corresponding to said single pixel, wherein the charged particle beam apparatus is switched in operation between SEM and at least one of modes SEEM, PEEM, and SEEM/PEEM. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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