Multi-beam tool for cutting patterns

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9443699
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14694959

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In a charged-particle multi-beam processing apparatus for exposure of a target with a plurality of parallel particle-optical columns, each column has a beam shaping device forming the shape of the illuminating beam into a desired pattern composed of a multitude of sub-beams, by means of an aperture array device, which defines the shape of a respective sub-beam by means of an array of apertures, and a deflection array device selectively deflecting sub-beams off their nominal paths; thus, only the non-selected sub-beams can reach the target. According to many embodiments of the invention each beam shaping device is provided with a first field-boundary device and a second field-boundary device, which are the first and last plate elements traversed by the beam. One of the first and second field-boundary devices defines a field-free space interval so as to accommodate feeding lines for controlling the deflection array device.

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IMS NANOFABRICATION GMBH2345 BRUNN AM GEBIRGE

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Löschner, Hans Vienna, AT 3 108
Platzgummer, Elmar Vienna, AT 61 3384

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