IP Library Granted Patent US 10,984,979
Granted Patent B2
US 10,984,979 · App. 16/475,726 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Charged particle detector and charged particle beam apparatus

Inventors: Shin Imamura (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Ohshima (Tokyo, JP); Tomonobu Tsuchiya (Tokyo, JP); Hajime Kawano (Tokyo, JP); Shahedul Hoque (Tokyo, JP); Shunsuke Mizutani (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Suzuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
H01J37/244G01N23/2258G01T1/20H01J37/28H01J49/025H01J2237/2443
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Patent No.
US 10,984,979
App. No.
16/475,726
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a charged particle detector including a scintillator that emits light with stable intensity and obtains high light emission intensity regardless of an energy of an incident electron. The disclosure provides the charged particle detector including: a first light-emitting part ( 21 ) in which a layer containing Ga 1-x-y Al x In y N (where 0≤x<1, 0≤y<1) and a layer containing GaN are alternately laminated; a second light-emitting part ( 23 ) in which the layer containing Ga 1-x-y Al x In y N (where 0≤x<1, 0≤y<1) and the layer containing GaN are alternately laminated; and a non-light-emitting part ( 22 ) that is interposed between the first light-emitting part ( 21 ) and the second light-emitting part ( 23 ) (see FIG. 2 ).

Claims (22)

1. A charged particle detector that detects a charged particle obtained by irradiating a sample with a charged particle beam, the charged particle detector comprising:

a light emitting structure on which a charged particle to be detected is incident, including

a first light-emitting part in which a layer containing Ga 1-x-y Al x In y N (where 0≤x<1, 0≤y<1) and a layer containing GaN are alternately laminated;

a second light-emitting part in which a layer containing Ga 1-x-y Al x In y N (where 0≤x<1, 0≤y<1) and a layer containing GaN are alternately laminated; and

a non-light-emitting part that is interposed between the first light-emitting part and the limitation the second light-emitting part, wherein the non-emitting part is a layer containing GaN that is thicker than one GaN layer included in the first and second light-emitting parts.

2. The charged particle detector according to claim 1 , wherein

a total thickness of a portion including the first light-emitting part, the second light-emitting part, and the non-light-emitting part is 30 nm to 10000 nm, and a thickness of the non-light-emitting part is 10 nm to 5000 nm.

3. The charged particle detector according to claim 1 , wherein

a total thickness of a portion including the first light-emitting part, the second light-emitting part, and the non-light-emitting part is 50 nm to 1000 nm, and a thickness of the non-light-emitting part is 20 nm to 500 nm.

4. A charged particle beam apparatus comprising:

a charged particle detector that detects a charged particle obtained by irradiating a sample with a charged particle beam, wherein

the charged particle detector comprising a light emitting structure on which a charged particle to be detected is incident, including:

a first light-emitting part in which a layer containing Ga 1-x-y Al x In y N (where 0≤x<1, 0≤y<1) and a layer containing GaN are alternately laminated;

a second light-emitting part in which the layer containing Ga 1-x-y Al x In y N (where 0≤x<1, 0≤y<1) and the layer containing GaN are alternately laminated; and

a non-light-emitting part that is interposed between the first light-emitting part and the limitation the second light-emitting part, wherein the non-emitting part is a layer containing GaN that is thicker than one GaN layer included in the first and second light-emitting parts.

5. A mass analysis apparatus comprising:

a mass separation unit that performs mass separation on an ion; and

a detector that detects the ion separated by the mass separation unit, wherein

the detector comprises a light emitting structure on which an ion to be detected is incident, including:

a first light-emitting part in which a layer containing Ga 1-x-y Al x In y N (where 0≤x<1, 0≤y<1) and a layer containing GaN are alternately laminated;

a second light-emitting part in which a layer containing Ga 1-x-y Al x In y N (where 0≤x<1, 0≤y<1) and a layer containing GaN are alternately laminated; and

a non-light-emitting part that is interposed between the first light-emitting part and the limitation the second light-emitting part, wherein the non-emitting part is a layer containing GaN that is thicker than one GaN layer included in the first and second light-emitting parts.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052259/0227 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: IMAMURA, SHIN; OHSHIMA, TAKASHI; TSUCHIYA, TOMONOBU; KAWANO, HAJIME; HOQUE, SHAHEDUL; MIZUTANI, SHUNSUKE; SUZUKI, MAKOTO
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049661/0001 →