Charged particle beam apparatus permitting high-resolution and high-contrast observation

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PATENT NO 9159533
APP PUB NO 20140326879A1
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14334837

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A lower pole piece of an electromagnetic superposition type objective lens is divided into an upper magnetic path and a lower magnetic path. A voltage nearly equal to a retarding voltage is applied to the lower magnetic path. An objective lens capable of acquiring an image with a higher resolution and a higher contrast than a conventional image is provided. An electromagnetic superposition type objective lens includes a magnetic path that encloses a coil, a cylindrical or conical booster magnetic path that surrounds an electron beam, a control magnetic path that is interposed between the coil and sample, an accelerating electric field control unit that accelerates the electron beam using a booster power supply, a decelerating electric field control unit that decelerates the electron beam using a stage power supply, and a suppression unit that suppresses electric discharge of the sample using a control magnetic path power supply.

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

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Fukuda, Muneyuki Kokubunji, JP 103 1101
Shojo, Tomoyasu Kokubunji, JP 19 119
Suzuki, Naomasa Hitachinaka, JP 58 671
Takahashi, Noritsugu Kokubunji, JP 30 213

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