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Title:
IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND DEVICE USING SCANNING CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE, SAMPLE OBSERVATION METHOD, AND OBSERVING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/114644
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed are an image generating method and device such that a high-resolution SEM image is obtained while suppressing damage caused by SEM imaging to a sample as a result of irradiation of an electron beam in relation to image pick-up of a semiconductor pattern using SEM. A plurality of domains (similar domains) which have similarly shaped patterns are extracted from a low-resolution SEM image which is picked up while suppressing the irradiation energy of electron beam, whereby a single high-resolution image of the patterns is generated from the image data in the plurality of the domains via an image restoring process. Further, the similar domains, and the SEM imaging position and the imaging range that allow the image restoring process to be performed are determined using design data.

Inventors:
KOTAKI GO (JP)
MIYAMOTO ATSUSHI (JP)
NAKAHIRA KENJI (JP)
HIROI TAKASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/001275
Publication Date:
September 22, 2011
Filing Date:
March 04, 2011
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Assignee:
HITACHI HIGH TECH CORP (JP)
KOTAKI GO (JP)
MIYAMOTO ATSUSHI (JP)
NAKAHIRA KENJI (JP)
HIROI TAKASHI (JP)
International Classes:
G01B15/04; G01N23/225
Foreign References:
JP2006107046A2006-04-20
JP2009245674A2009-10-22
JP2010025836A2010-02-04
JP2008134212A2008-06-12
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
INOUE, Manabu et al. (JP)
Manabu Inoue (JP)
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