Scanning electron microscope and a method for pattern composite inspection using the same

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PATENT NO 7884322
APP PUB NO 20080099676A1
SERIAL NO

11976968

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A scanning electron microscope capable of performing alone the critical dimension measurement and the defect inspection is provided. The scanning electron microscope has a reference image storage unit for storing a reference image transcribing a reference pattern, an inspected image pick-up unit for picking up, on the basis of the reference image, an inspected image transcribing an inspection pattern which pattern-matches with the reference pattern, a critical dimension measuring unit for measuring critical dimensions of the inspection pattern by using the inspected image, and a defect inspection unit for performing an inspection of a defect inside or outside the inspection pattern by comparing the reference image with the inspected image.

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HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION17-1 TORANOMON 1-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kato, Saori Hitachinaka, JP 5 98
Sasajima, Fumihiro Hitachinaka, JP 35 167

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