Patents by Inventor Munehiro Ogasawara

Munehiro Ogasawara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9076564
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus according to an embodiment, includes a setting unit to set a second region such that more openings in remaining openings except for an opening through which the defective beam passes are included in the second region, a selection unit to select a mode from a first mode in which a pattern is written on a target object by using multiple beams having passed openings in the second region and a second mode in which multiple writing is performed while shifting a position by using at least one of remaining multiple beams in the state where the defective beam is controlled to be beam off and additional writing is performed for a position which was supposed to be written by the defective beam, and a writing processing control unit to control to write in the mode selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Yoshikawa, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20150064934
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of this invention, a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, configured to form multi-beams by making portions of the charged particle beam pass through the plurality of openings; a plurality of blankers configured to perform blanking-deflect regarding beams corresponding to the multi-beams; a writing processing control unit configured to control writing processing with a plurality of beams having passed through different openings among the plurality of openings being irradiated on the target object at a predetermined control grid interval; and a dose controlling unit configured to variably control a dose of a beam associated with deviation according to a deviation amount when an interval between the plurality of beams irradiated is deviated from the control grid interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi YOSHIKAWA, Munehiro OGASAWARA
  • Patent number: 8927941
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus according to the present invention includes an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, to form multiple beams, a blanking plate having a plurality of blankers to respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam in multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member, a blanking aperture member to block each of beams which were deflected to be in a beam off state by the plurality of blankers, a plural stage objective lens to focus multiple beams having passed through the blanking aperture member onto the target object and a plurality of electrostatic lenses, at least one of which is arranged at each stage of the plural stage objective lens, to dynamically correct defocusing of the multiple beams during writing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanao Touya, Shuichi Tamamushi, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 8907306
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of this invention, a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, configured to form multi-beams by making portions of the charged particle beam pass through the plurality of openings; a plurality of blankers configured to perform blanking-deflect regarding beams corresponding to the multi-beams; a writing processing control unit configured to control writing processing with a plurality of beams having passed through different openings among the plurality of openings being irradiated on the target object at a predetermined control grid interval; and a dose controlling unit configured to variably control a dose of a beam associated with deviation according to a deviation amount when an interval between the plurality of beams irradiated is deviated from the control grid interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Yoshikawa, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 8884254
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a stage to mount a target object thereon, an emission unit to emit a charged particle beam, an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, to form a multibeam by letting a region including a whole of the plurality of openings be irradiated with the charged particle beam and letting portions of the charged particle beam respectively pass through a corresponding opening of the plurality of openings, a plurality of electromagnetic lenses, directions of whose magnetic fields are opposite, and three or more electrostatic lenses, at least one of which is arranged in each of the magnetic fields of a plurality of electromagnetic lenses and one or more of which also serve as deflectors for collectively deflecting the multibeam onto the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanao Touya, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 8835868
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a stage to mount a target object thereon and to be movable, an emission unit to emit a charged particle beam, an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, to produce multiple beams by letting a region including the whole of a plurality of openings be irradiated with the charged particle beam and letting portions of the charged particle beam respectively pass through a corresponding opening of a plurality of openings, a reduction optical system to reduce the multiple beams, and a doublet lens, arranged at the subsequent stage of the reduction optical system, in which a magnification is 1 and directions of magnetic fluxes are opposite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanao Touya, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20140225008
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus according to an embodiment, includes a setting unit to set a second region such that more openings in remaining openings except for an opening through which the defective beam passes are included in the second region, a selection unit to select a mode from a first mode in which a pattern is written on a target object by using multiple beams having passed openings in the second region and a second mode in which multiple writing is performed while shifting a position by using at least one of remaining multiple beams in the state where the defective beam is controlled to be beam off and additional writing is performed for a position which was supposed to be written by the defective beam, and a writing processing control unit to control to write in the mode selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi YOSHIKAWA, Munehiro OGASAWARA
  • Patent number: 8791422
    Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam writing apparatus including a stage which a sample can be mounted thereon, an irradiation unit which emits a charged particle beam to be irradiated on the sample, and an aperture plate which includes a first opening portion to shape the charged particle beam. The aperture plate has a stacked structure of a first member and a second member, and a position of an end portion of the first opening portion in the second member is recessed from the position of the end portion of the first opening portion in the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Nuflare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanao Touya, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20140187056
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of this invention, a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, configured to form multi-beams by making portions of the charged particle beam pass through the plurality of openings; a plurality of blankers configured to perform blanking-deflect regarding beams corresponding to the multi-beams; a writing processing control unit configured to control writing processing with a plurality of beams having passed through different openings among the plurality of openings being irradiated on the target object at a predetermined control grid interval; and a dose controlling unit configured to variably control a dose of a beam associated with deviation according to a deviation amount when an interval between the plurality of beams irradiated is deviated from the control grid interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi YOSHIKAWA, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20140175302
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a stage to mount a target object thereon and to be movable, an emission unit to emit a charged particle beam, an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, to produce multiple beams by letting a region including the whole of a plurality of openings be irradiated with the charged particle beam and letting portions of the charged particle beam respectively pass through a corresponding opening of a plurality of openings, a reduction optical system to reduce the multiple beams, and a doublet lens, arranged at the subsequent stage of the reduction optical system, in which a magnification is 1 and directions of magnetic fluxes are opposite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanao TOUYA, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20140175303
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a stage to mount a target object thereon, an emission unit to emit a charged particle beam, an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, to form a multibeam by letting a region including a whole of the plurality of openings be irradiated with the charged particle beam and letting portions of the charged particle beam respectively pass through a corresponding opening of the plurality of openings, a plurality of electromagnetic lenses, directions of whose magnetic fields are opposite, and three or more electrostatic lenses, at least one of which is arranged in each of the magnetic fields of a plurality of electromagnetic lenses and one or more of which also serve as deflectors for collectively deflecting the multibeam onto the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanao TOUYA, Munehiro OGASAWARA
  • Patent number: 8741547
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus according to an embodiment, includes a setting unit to set a second region such that more openings in remaining openings except for an opening through which the defective beam passes are included in the second region, a selection unit to select a mode from a first mode in which a pattern is written on a target object by using multiple beams having passed openings in the second region and a second mode in which multiple writing is performed while shifting a position by using at least one of remaining multiple beams in the state where the defective beam is controlled to be beam off and additional writing is performed for a position which was supposed to be written by the defective beam, and a writing processing control unit to control to write in the mode selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Yoshikawa, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20140124684
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing method includes performing ON/OFF switching of a beam by an individual blanking system for the beam concerned, for each beam in multi-beams of charged particle beam, with respect to each time irradiation of irradiation of a plurality of times, by using a plurality of individual blanking systems that respectively perform beam ON/OFF control of a corresponding beam in the multi-beams, and performing blanking control, in addition to the performing ON/OFF switching of the beam for the each beam by the individual blanking system, with respect to the each time irradiation of the irradiation of the plurality of times, so that the beam is in an ON state during an irradiation time corresponding to irradiation concerned, by using a common blanking system that collectively performs beam ON/OFF control for a whole of the multi-beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Tomohiro Iijima, Munehiro Ogasawara, Hideo Inoue, Ryoichi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 8710467
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of this invention, a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, configured to form multi-beams by making portions of the charged particle beam pass through the plurality of openings; a plurality of blankers configured to perform blanking-deflect regarding beams corresponding to the multi-beams; a writing processing control unit configured to control writing processing with a plurality of beams having passed through different openings among the plurality of openings being irradiated on the target object at a predetermined control grid interval; and a dose controlling unit configured to variably control a dose of a beam associated with deviation according to a deviation amount when an interval between the plurality of beams irradiated is deviated from the control grid interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Yoshikawa, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20140061499
    Abstract: A charged particle beam pattern writing method according to an embodiment, includes measuring a position displacement amount of a stage above which a target object is placed, in a rotation direction; and writing a pattern of a beam image on the target object above the stage while the beam image is rotated, by using a plurality of electrostatic lenses at least one of which is arranged in a magnetic field of each of the plurality of electromagnetic lenses whose magnetic fields are in opposite directions, to avoid a focus displacement of a charged particle beam passing through the plurality of electromagnetic lenses and to correct the position displacement amount measured, in the rotation direction of the stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Munehiro Ogasawara, Takanao Touya, Shuichi Tamamushi
  • Publication number: 20130320230
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing method includes calculating first shot positions of multiple beams, each of which includes a distortion amount of an irradiating corresponding beam, in a case of irradiating each beam, based on control grid intervals, calculating first condition positions based on a pre-set condition, each of which is arranged in a corresponding first region surrounded by closest second shot positions of 2×2 in length and width of the first shot positions, calculating, for each of second regions respectively surrounded by closest second condition positions of the first condition positions, an area density of a figure pattern in overlapping with a second region concerned, calculating an irradiation amount or an irradiation time of each beam whose corresponding first shot position is in a corresponding second region, based on an area density, and writing a pattern by irradiating a beam of the calculated irradiation amount or time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi YOSHIKAWA, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 8586951
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of this invention, a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, configured to form multi-beams by making portions of the charged particle beam pass through the plurality of openings; a writing processing control unit configured to control writing processing so that a plurality of beams having passed through different openings among the plurality of openings are arranged to align on the target object; and a shot interval adjusting unit configured to adjust shot intervals among beams so that a maximum shot interval among beams being a control grid interval defined by a predetermined quantization size or a size which is prescribed within a predetermined range from the predetermined quantization size, or less when the shot intervals among beams which are arranged to align on the target object are different depending on a place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Yoshikawa, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20130240750
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus according to the present invention includes an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, to form multiple beams, a blanking plate having a plurality of blankers to respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam in multiple beams having passed through the plurality of openings of the aperture member, a blanking aperture member to block each of beams which were deflected to be in a beam off state by the plurality of blankers, a plural stage objective lens to focus multiple beams_having passed through the blanking aperture member onto the target object and a plurality of electrostatic lenses, at least one of which is arranged at each stage of the plural stage objective lens, to dynamically correct defocusing of the multiple beams during writing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanao Touya, Shuichi Tamamushi, Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 8492732
    Abstract: A multi charged particle beam writing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first aperture member to form multiple beams, a blanker array provided with a plurality of blankers which respectively perform blanking deflection of a corresponding beam in the multiple beams, a first electromagnetic lens and a second electromagnetic lens arranged between the first aperture member and the blanker array, a second aperture member arranged between the first electromagnetic lens and the second electromagnetic lens and at a position of a convergence point of the multiple beams and configured to restrict passage of charged particles deviated from the convergence point, and a third aperture member to block each beam which was deflected to be in a beam off state by the plurality of blankers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Munehiro Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20130056647
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of this invention, a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an aperture member, in which a plurality of openings are formed, configured to form multi-beams by making portions of the charged particle beam pass through the plurality of openings; a plurality of blankers configured to perform blanking-deflect regarding beams corresponding to the multi-beams; a writing processing control unit configured to control writing processing with a plurality of beams having passed through different openings among the plurality of openings being irradiated on the target object at a predetermined control grid interval; and a dose controlling unit configured to variably control a dose of a beam associated with deviation according to a deviation amount when an interval between the plurality of beams irradiated is deviated from the control grid interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi YOSHIKAWA, Munehiro Ogasawara