WO2012017789A1 - ガス電解電離イオン源及びその使用方法、並びに、イオンビーム装置、並びに、エミッタチップ及びその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a gas electrolysis ion source, an ion beam apparatus using the ion source, and an emitter chip constituting the ion source.
- Patent Documents 1 and 2 include a gas field ionization ion source (GFIS) and focused ions using gas ions such as hydrogen (H 2 ), helium (He), and neon (Ne).
- GFIS gas field ionization ion source
- gas FIB gas focused ion beams
- Ga-FIB gallium focused ion beam
- LMIS liquid metal ion source
- Patent Document 3 and Non-Patent Document 1 by forming a minute protrusion at the tip of the emitter tip of the GFIS, or by reducing the number of atoms at the tip of the emitter tip to several or less, the radiation angle current of the ion source. It is disclosed that ion source characteristics are improved, such as an increase in density.
- nanochip a minute protrusion
- Patent Document 2 electrolytic evaporation is used from an emitter chip made of tungsten (W: metal). Making is disclosed.
- the nanotip is one or three atoms (that is, one or three atoms) terminating in the [111] direction of the W single crystal.
- nanochips are formed using a second metal (for example, a noble metal such as iridium (Ir) or platinum (Pt)) different from the first metal material (for example, W) of the emitter chip. Making is disclosed.
- the nanotip is a pyramid having a second metal formed on the surface of the W single crystal at the end in the [111] direction.
- Patent Document 5 describes a method of increasing a radiation angle current density by increasing the tip curvature of an emitter tip for a GFIS not having a nanotip.
- GFIS gas field ionization ion source
- SIM Scanning Ion Microscope
- SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and has a pyramid or conical projection having a single atom at the apex at the tip of the emitter tip, the ion emission angle is narrow, and the emission angle is
- An object is to provide a GFIS having a high current density.
- the following steps are sequentially added to the emitter chip forming step.
- a curved surface is formed by evaporating an electric field at 20 kV or higher at the tip of the emitter tip, and (2) a pyramid or conical projection having a single atom at the apex is formed at the tip of the emitter tip.
- the field evaporation voltage of a single atom at the tip of the emitter tip becomes 11 kV or more.
- the extraction voltage of ions from a single atom when ionizing helium gas is 10 kV or more.
- the ion emission half angle from a single atom in the case of ionizing helium gas being 0.7 degrees or less.
- the radiation angle current density of the fine protrusions (nanotips) at the tip of the emitter tip can be increased as compared with the conventional example. Therefore, if a gas field ion source using the nanotip is mounted, the beam current of the ion beam apparatus can be increased and the throughput of various processes can be improved.
- 8A and 8B illustrate an example of a manufacturing process of an emitter chip according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the tip of the emitter tip shown in FIG. 6. The figure explaining the example of another production process of the emitter chip concerning an embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an ion beam apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- a gas field ion source (GFIS) 100 of the present invention described later is used as a focused ion beam (FIB) produced for a conventional gallium-liquid metal ion source (Ga-LMIS).
- FIB focused ion beam
- Ga-LMIS gallium-liquid metal ion source
- an ion beam apparatus 200 makes an ion beam 5 emitted from the GFIS 100 incident on an ion optical system 300, and then the sample placed on the sample stage 101 is the ion beam 5 focused by the ion optical system 300. 6 is used.
- the GFIS 100 includes an emitter tip 1, an extraction electrode 2, and a gas discharge port 3 of a gas supply pipe 30 (FIG. 2) that supplies an ionization gas to the tip of the emitter tip.
- a high voltage (positive on the emitter tip 1 side and negative on the extraction electrode 2 side) is applied between the emitter tip 1 and the extraction electrode 2 from the extraction voltage application unit 4. Due to this high voltage, the gas supplied from the gas discharge port 3 and located at the tip of the emitter tip 1 is ionized.
- the extraction electrode 2 extracts ions generated by the emitter tip 1 and emits them as an ion beam 5 to the ion optical system 300.
- the ion optical system 300 includes a lens system 102 including electrostatic lenses 102-1 and 102-2, a beam limiting aperture 102-3, and an aligner 102-4, and a deflection system 103 including deflectors 103-1 and 103-2. It has.
- the ion beam 5 incident on the ion optical system 300 is focused by electrostatic lenses 102-1 and 102-2 in the optical system and irradiated onto the sample 6. Further, the irradiation position of the ion beam 5 on the sample 6 is adjusted by the deflection of the ion beam 5 by the deflectors 103-1 and 103-2.
- the lens system 102 including the electrostatic lenses 102-1 and 102-2, the beam limiting aperture 102-3 and the aligner 102-4 is driven and controlled by the corresponding drivers 102-1 'to 102-4'.
- the drivers 102-1 'to 102-4' are controlled by the lens system controller 105.
- the lens system controller 105 also controls the ion beam 5 emitted to the ion optical system 300 through drive control of the extraction voltage application unit 4.
- the deflection system 103 including the deflectors 103-1 and 103-2 is driven and controlled by the corresponding drivers 103-1 'and 103-2', respectively.
- the drivers 103-1 ′ and 103-2 ′ are controlled by the deflection system controller 106.
- the secondary electrons 7 generated from the sample 6 by the irradiation of the ion beam 5 described above are detected by the secondary electron detector 104 and converted into a digital signal via the A / D signal converter 104 '. Thereafter, the digital signal is given to the display device 110 including the image generation unit.
- the display device 110 forms a secondary electron observation image in which the intensity of the digital signal is associated with the deflection intensity.
- the user designates and inputs the irradiation position of the ion beam 5 on the display screen while viewing the secondary electron observation image displayed on the display device 110. This designated input is received by a control unit (not shown) and used for deflection control of the deflection controller 106.
- control unit that controls the entire apparatus including these controllers (the lens system controller 105 and the deflection system controller 106) and the display 110 are not shown in FIG.
- FIG. 2 is a configuration example of the gas field ion source (GFIS) 100 shown in FIG.
- the atmosphere in which the emitter tip 1, the extraction electrode 2, and the gas emission port portion 3 are arranged is changed to an ultrahigh vacuum independent from the atmosphere of the ion optical system 300 in which the lens system 102 and the deflection system 103 are arranged. keep.
- the vacuum container 10 that houses the emitter chip 1 and the like is formed by a housing that is independent from an ion optical system housing (not shown) that houses the equipment of the ion optical system 300. That is, the gas field ion source (GFIS) 100 is unitized.
- the vacuum vessel 10 includes an exhaust port 11, each mounting port 12 (ion source sub-unit mounting port 12-1, cooling head mounting port 12-2, high voltage introduction terminal mounting port 12-3, gas supply pipe introduction port 12-4. ), And a box body in which the working exhaust port 13 is formed.
- the inside of the vacuum vessel 10 is maintained at an ultrahigh vacuum of a digit value of 10 ⁇ 8 Pa, for example, by an exhaust system (not shown) connected to the exhaust port 11.
- the working exhaust port 13 is an opening for emitting the ion beam 5 to the ion optical system 300.
- the vacuum vessel 10 can be evacuated inside the ion optical system casing separately from the ion optical system 300 by the exhaust system, with the working exhaust port 13 as a boundary, in a state of being integrally attached to the ion optical system housing. It has become.
- the working exhaust port 13 is disposed and formed on the wall portion of the vacuum vessel 10 opposite to the wall portion where the ion source subunit mounting port 12-1 is formed so as to face the ion source subunit mounting port 12-1. ing.
- the extraction electrode 2 is provided in the vacuum vessel 10 in a state of being supported by a support member 14 erected on the inner wall of the vessel so that the beam extraction hole is coaxial with the working exhaust port 13. At least a part of the support member 14 is formed by an insulating member 14 ′, and the extraction electrode 2 and the vacuum vessel 10 are insulated from each other.
- the extraction electrode 2 is connected to a high voltage introduction terminal 40-2 attached to the high voltage introduction terminal attachment port 12-3, and is supplied with an extraction voltage from the extraction voltage application unit 4.
- the gas supply pipe 30 is introduced into the vacuum vessel 10 through the gas supply pipe introduction port 12-4, and supplies a gas to be ionized from the gas discharge port 3 disposed in the vicinity of the tip of the emitter chip 1.
- the proximal end side of the gas supply pipe 30 is connected to a gas cylinder 31 via a valve 32.
- the portion of the gas discharge port 3 is made of oxygen-free copper having good heat transfer, and the portion other than the gas discharge port 3 is made of stainless steel having poor heat conduction.
- the portion of the gas discharge port 3 is supported in the vacuum vessel 10 by a heat transfer support 22-2 made of oxygen-free copper having good heat transfer.
- a bent portion is formed in the middle portion of the gas supply pipe 30 in the vacuum vessel 10 to increase the heat conduction distance and prevent heat from entering from the outside.
- the ion source subunit is composed of a horizontal fine movement mechanism 450, a terminal mounting portion 45 to which the high voltage introduction terminal 40-1 is mounted, and a plurality of thin stainless steel pipes to block heat from entering from the outside.
- the chip assembly 500 includes a support 400 that is positioned and mounted with an inclined spacer 600 interposed therebetween.
- a terminal mounting portion 45 is integrally connected and fixed to the movable portion 46 of the horizontal fine movement mechanism 450, and the terminal mounting portion 45 is interposed between the heat insulating support 24-1 and the heat transfer support.
- the base portion of the heat transfer insulator 23-1 is fitted and fixed to the hole of the annular heat transfer support 22-1 so as to be integrally connected to the heat transfer insulator 23-1.
- the support 400 is mounted and fixed. In these integrally connected and fixed states, the movable portion 46 of the horizontal fine movement mechanism 450 and the heat transfer insulator 23-1 are positioned and fixed coaxially, and the support 400 is attached to the heat transfer insulator 23-1. On the other hand, it is fixed on the same axis. Thereby, the central axis of the movable portion 46 of the horizontal fine movement mechanism 450 is configured to be coaxial with the central axis of the support 400.
- the horizontal fine movement mechanism 450 adjusts the placement and adjustment of the movable portion 46 in the center hole of the annular base 47, the plate-like annular base 47, the movable portion 46 inserted through the central hole of the annular base with a gap.
- Positioning mechanism A flange having a diameter larger than that of the center hole of the annular base 47 for supporting the movable portion 46 on the surface sliding surface 452 of the annular base is formed on the outer periphery of the movable portion 46.
- the movable portion 46 is supported by the annular base 47 so that the flange surface of the flange portion is brought into contact with the surface sliding surface 452 of the annular base 47 so as to be finely movable.
- the positioning mechanism includes a push bar 453 and a compression spring 454 disposed on the annular base 47 so as to sandwich the flange portion of the movable portion 46 in the radial direction. Accordingly, the position of the movable portion in the center hole of the annular base 47 can be adjusted by adjusting and fixing the advance / retreat position of the push rod 453 against the urging force of the compression spring 454.
- the horizontal fine movement mechanism 450 abuts the back surface of the annular base 47 against the outer surface of the vacuum vessel 10 so that the center hole of the annular base 47 and the ion source subunit mounting port 12-1 of the vacuum vessel 10 are coaxial, and the airtightness is reduced. It is attached to the vacuum vessel 10 so as to be secured.
- the ion source subunit mounting opening 12-1 of the vacuum vessel 10 has a width dimension of each part of the ion source subunit arranged in the vacuum vessel 10 including the movable portion 46 and the terminal mounting portion 45 of the horizontal fine movement mechanism 450. It is formed larger than. Accordingly, the ion source subunit can be attached to the vacuum vessel 10.
- a vacuum bellows 451 is provided between the back surface of the surface sliding surface 452 of the annular base 47 of the horizontal fine movement mechanism 450 and the terminal mounting portion 45 so as to surround the movable portion 46. Since the vacuum bellows 451 only needs to be provided so as to partition the inside of the vacuum vessel 10 and the surface sliding surface 452 of the annular base 47 of the horizontal fine movement mechanism 450, the surface area of the vacuum bellows 451 is suppressed.
- An applied voltage is applied to the emitter chip 1 from the extraction voltage applying unit 4 through the high voltage introduction terminal 40-1 mounted on the terminal mounting unit 45.
- only one wiring for applying a potential to the emitter chip 1 through the high voltage introduction terminal 40-1 is sufficient.
- the cooling head 20 (for example, a Gifford-McMahon refrigerator) is connected to the cooling head mounting port 12-2 of the vacuum container 10 from the outside of the container.
- the cooling head 20 includes a heat transfer support 22-1 of the ion source subunit via a heat transfer net 21-1 made of oxygen-free copper and a heat transfer net 21-2 made of oxygen-free copper.
- a heat transfer support 222-2 that supports the gas discharge port 3 portion.
- the emitter chip 1 is connected to the cooling head 20 introduced from the outside of the vacuum vessel 10 with a heat transfer mesh (oxygen-free copper) 21-1, a heat transfer support (oxygen-free copper) 22-1, and Heat is exchanged through the heat transfer insulator (sapphire) 23-1 to be cooled.
- the portion of the gas discharge port 3 (oxygen-free copper) is connected to the cooling head 20 with a heat transfer network wire (oxygen-free copper) 21-2 and a heat transfer support (oxygen-free copper) 22-2. The heat exchange is performed through the cooling.
- each member Since each member has good thermal conductivity, the emitter tip 1 and the gas discharge port 3 are cooled to substantially the same temperature. In addition, heat entry from the outside is prevented by a portion (stainless steel) excluding the heat insulating support 24-1 (stainless steel) of the ion source subunit and the gas discharge port 3 of the gas supply pipe 30. Some heat shield walls may be added to keep the temperature of each part stable.
- iridium as the emitter tip 1 is formed on the W (111) crystal surface at the tip of a single crystal of tungsten (W).
- a material in which an atomic pyramid of Ir was formed was used.
- Helium (He) was used as the ionizing gas.
- the temperatures of the emitter tip 1 and the gas discharge port portion 3 were kept at about 20K.
- a voltage is applied by the extraction voltage application unit 4 so that the emitter tip 1 is positive and the extraction electrode is negative, it is emitted from the gas discharge port portion 3 and reaches the tip of the emitter chip 1 at a certain point.
- Some of the gas atoms (which may be molecules) become positive ions by field ionization, and ion emission occurs.
- the extraction voltage of ions is about 12 kV.
- the emitter chip 1 is selected from several emitter chips prepared in advance.
- FIG. 3A shows a graph in which the reciprocal number of the solid emission angle ⁇ of the ions emitted from these emitter tips (represented as ⁇ 2 where the radiation half-open angle is ⁇ ) is arranged by the ion extraction voltage Vex.
- the ion emission region is basically limited to a single atom at the apex. For this reason, a change in the reciprocal of the radiation solid angle ⁇ directly corresponds to a change in the radiation angle current density.
- the tip of the emitter tip is not accelerated and the lens is only accelerated, it is expected to change as shown by a curve 5001.
- the fact that the lens action does not work means that when accelerating to the same voltage, the same radiation solid angle is obtained and there is essentially no characteristic difference.
- the boundary (criteria) where this phenomenon occurs in the emitter tip having a single atom at the apex is about 10 kV at the helium extraction voltage (the voltage at which the best image is obtained). This corresponds to 0.7 ° in the half angle of ion emission from the single atom at the tip. In addition, the voltage necessary for field evaporation of the single atom at the tip corresponds to about 11 kV.
- FIG. 3B shows a change in the radiation half-open angle ⁇ with respect to the helium extraction voltage Vex.
- the approximate line is bent from 5001 'to 5002' in the vicinity of the extraction voltage Vex of 10 kV.
- the change of the radiation half-open angle ⁇ with respect to the extraction voltage Vex is more gradual than the change of the radiation solid angle ⁇ of FIG. 3A, and the change point is difficult to understand in the single figure. However, there is certainly a point of change.
- the radiation half-open angle ⁇ at this time is about 0.7 °, and an emitter tip shape is realized such that the radiation solid angle ⁇ increases rapidly in a region where the value is smaller than this.
- the voltage applied between the tip and the extraction electrode that is, the change of the emitted ion current Ie with respect to the extraction applied voltage Ve is shown in FIG. 3C.
- the extraction application voltage Ve is increased, the emission ion current Ie suddenly increases from a certain point, the ion current Ie begins to saturate, and the extraction application voltage Ve becomes Vex (best image voltage). Microscope) image is sharpest.
- the ion extraction voltage at an arbitrary emitter tip is defined as Vex and used.
- the extraction applied voltage Ve when the extraction applied voltage Ve is increased, the atom at the tip of the emitter tip is removed by field evaporation when the extraction applied voltage Ve becomes Vevap (field evaporation voltage).
- the ratio between the extraction voltage (best image voltage) Vex and the field evaporation voltage Vevap is a constant value regardless of the shape of the emitter tip.
- the voltage for field evaporation of the single atom at the apex of the emitter tip having an extraction voltage (best image voltage) of about 10 kV shown in FIG. 3A corresponds to about 11 kV. Therefore, the emitter tip shape in which the radiation solid angle ⁇ is abruptly increased is realized in the emitter tip in which the field evaporation voltage of the single atom at the apex is about 11 kV or more.
- the characteristics of the emitter tip shape can be expressed by Vex, ⁇ , or Vevap which is the characteristic value of the emitter tip (the vertex is a single atom), and these are mutually dependent quantities.
- FIG. 3A shows a case where the operating temperature of the emitter tip is about 80K.
- the operating temperature is 20K, it is necessary to correct the extraction voltage (best image voltage) by about 15%.
- the field evaporation voltage Vevap is insensitive to the operating temperature of the emitter tip. When the operating temperature is 50K or less, it hardly fluctuates.
- the emitter chip 1 is shown in a plot 5100 among a plurality of plots existing on the straight line 5002 in FIG. 3A. Radiation from a single atom is shown in the measurement results in which helium gas of about 0.5 Pa is supplied in the vicinity of the emitter tip 1 and the extraction applied voltage is slightly increased from the best image to the gas supply restriction region to maximize the current.
- the current was 460 pA, and the radiation half-opening angle ⁇ from a single atom was about 0.5 °.
- the radiation half-open angle of the emitter tip 1 is halved from the conventional one.
- the radiation angle current density was about 2.0 ⁇ A / sr.
- FIG. 4 shows a method for manufacturing the emitter chip 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the manufacture of the emitter tip 1 is basically performed using a device group different from the GFIS 100, but the steps 6002 and after can also be performed by GFIS.
- the tip of a single crystal rod is formed into a needle shape by electric field etching.
- a W single crystal having a [111] crystal axis along the longitudinal direction was used.
- the tip of a W single crystal rod is immersed in a sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution, a DC voltage is applied to cut off the tip and sharpen, and then an AC voltage is applied to adjust the cone angle of the tip.
- NaOH sodium hydroxide
- the cone half angle in the region of about 1 ⁇ m from the tip was formed at about 15 °. This cone angle does not directly affect the ion radiation angle ⁇ .
- Step 6001 Ir is coated on the tip of the W single crystal rod formed into a needle shape. Since Ir has a high melting point, a thickness of about 7 nm was coated by sputter deposition in vacuum. The surface of W that is the base of the Ir coat is slightly oxidized. This Ir is necessary for forming a protrusion at the tip in the final step.
- step 6002 the tip of the W single crystal rod is subjected to field evaporation to adjust the tip curvature.
- the tip curvature has been adjusted by electrolytic etching in step 6000. For this reason, the variation in the tip curvature was large.
- the tip curvature of the emitter tip can be stabilized by finally adjusting the tip curvature by electrolytic evaporation as in this embodiment.
- This step was performed in helium gas in order to observe the state of the tip with an FIM (FIB: Field Ion Microscope) image.
- FIM Field Ion Microscope
- a triangular pyramidal projection is formed on the crystal plane (111) at the tip of the W single crystal rod by a step 6005 in which the steps 6003 and 6004 are combined.
- step 6003 the Ir coat peeled off from the tip surface together with the oxide layer by the electric field evaporation in step 6002 is replenished.
- the emitter chip after step 6002 is heated for 10 minutes at a temperature that does not red heat in a vacuum (about 400 ° C. to about 500 ° C.).
- a vacuum about 400 ° C. to about 500 ° C.
- Ir is diffused from the base of the W single crystal rod, and the tip of the emitter tip is coated.
- Ir is diffused uniformly by avoiding the structural change of the W surface by not causing red heat.
- step 6004 W coated with Ir or more of a monoatomic layer is heated to a predetermined temperature, so that Ir is first monolayered, and then a crystal plane (211) of W grows (facet growth), and a single atom is formed at the tip. A triangular pyramid-shaped protrusion (pyramid) is formed.
- the process 6003 was followed by heating at 930 ° C. for 10 minutes.
- What is characteristic in the method of manufacturing the emitter tip 1 according to the first embodiment is that, first, the step of adjusting the curvature of the tip by field evaporation, and the shape of a pyramid or cone having a single atom as the apex at the tip. Forming the protrusions in this order.
- Second, the above-described field evaporation is performed at a voltage of about 20 kV or more.
- the former is a necessary condition and the latter is a sufficient condition for exerting a strong lens action at the tip.
- the extraction voltage Vex of helium ions exceeds about 10 kV.
- the extraction voltage Vex can be increased to further improve the radiation angle current density. It is not difficult to manufacture a manufacturing apparatus having a field evaporation voltage of 40 to 60 kV. This corresponds to an extraction voltage Vex of helium ions from a single atom of 20 to 30 kV. In principle, an extraction voltage Vex higher than this is possible, but the normal ion beam device 200 is difficult to use because the acceleration voltage is 30 kV to 40 kV.
- FIG. 5 is an SEM photograph after electrolytic etching (step 6000).
- FIG. 6 is an SEM photograph after a triangular pyramid-shaped protrusion (pyramid) is formed at the tip of the etched emitter tip.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the tip portion of the emitter tip shown in FIG. 6 in a further enlarged manner.
- the tip of the emitter tip shown in FIG. 5 has a curved surface that has been peeled off by electric field evaporation of 25 kV.
- the triangular pyramid-shaped protrusion formed by facet growth is formed so that its ridgeline is in contact with the curved surface of the tip of the emitter chip after field evaporation.
- the length of the ridge line is estimated to be about 10 nm from the observation with the FIM image.
- the angle formed by the apex of the protrusion and its ridgeline is estimated to be about 150 ° as shown in FIG.
- the lost tip atoms can be automatically regenerated in a short time within the gas field ion source, the lifetime of the emitter tip will not be exhausted.
- the single atom at the tip can be regenerated by the process 6005 in FIG. Note that even if only a few atoms at the tip are lost, they can be reproduced in the same manner.
- the noble metal (Ir in this case) lost from the tip surface of the emitter tip is replenished to the tip in step 6003, and the atomic arrangement at the tip of the emitter tip is reconstructed in the next step 6004. It is desirable to store the operating conditions of this step as preset conditions in the controller of the ion beam apparatus 200.
- Step 6003 and Step 6004 a projection (pyramid) having a single atom as a vertex is regenerated at the tip of the emitter tip.
- the time required for regeneration is about 1 hour in consideration of the taking in and out of the gas. Since the emitter tip is heated by local energization, the temperature of the portion where the emitter tip portion is conductively cooled is kept low.
- the detailed conditions of the above reproduction process may be a predetermined condition (preset condition) that is determined in advance regardless of the state of the emitter chip, so that the user's judgment is unnecessary. Therefore, there is no difficulty in creating a control system so that emitter chip regeneration based on preset conditions is automatically executed.
- the heating temperature and the heating time in the steps 6003 and 6004 can be relaxed as compared with the case where the tip of the emitter tip is first formed. This is because the amount of the substance to be moved at the time of protrusion formation is small.
- the above-described regeneration process is often performed even when the emitter chip is completed by the manufacturing apparatus and then transferred to the GFIS.
- the triangular pyramid-shaped projections having a single atom as the apex are formed so as to be in contact with the curved surface of the base portion, so that the apexes of the projections are not moved by reproduction.
- the change in the extraction voltage Vex due to the reproduction is very small, and even if the reproduction is performed several times during one week, the extraction voltage Vex of 12 kV does not change by 100V.
- the change in the extraction voltage Vex per use is 1% or less.
- the ion source side of the first stage electrostatic lens 102-1 is an acceleration lens up to the final acceleration voltage. If the change of the ion extraction voltage is up to about 1%, this change in the action of the acceleration lens can be ignored, so there is no need to realign the emitter tip 1 with the first stage electrostatic lens 102-1. Therefore, a normal sample image can be obtained by slightly adjusting the intensity of the objective lens 102-2.
- the extraction voltage Vex changes by about 500 V, so the alignment as described above. Work will occur.
- the emitter tip according to the present embodiment aims to increase the radiation angle current density by creating a single atom at the apex and narrowing the radiation angle.
- a method in which a single atom at the apex is intentionally detached and used in a state of three atoms is conceivable. In this method of use, the effect of increasing the radiation angle current density is reduced to one third.
- the emitter tip has a higher likelihood of exfoliation of the tip atom in the state of 3 atoms than in the case of a single atom, and thus the emitter tip. There is an advantage that the time until the reproduction of can be extended.
- the control system displays a user interface screen on the screen of the display 110, and allows the user to determine whether the tip structure of the emitter tip is a single atom or three atoms.
- the control parameters are selected and various control parameters are determined according to the selected tip structure. In the case of using three atoms, a step of peeling only the single atom at the tip by field evaporation is added to the regeneration step of the emitter tip.
- the emitter chip manufacturing method of this embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4 relates to a method of forming a nanotip at the tip by coating a noble metal on a W single crystal, and is new in itself. This is because it has been newly developed to respond to the requirement to form a protrusion (pyramid) with a single atom at the apex at the tip of the emitter tip following the curvature adjustment by field evaporation, which is a necessary condition of the present invention.
- the manufacturing method described in Non-Patent Document 2 cannot satisfy the above conditions.
- the emitter chip according to the present embodiment is provided with a reservoir serving as an atom supply source for regenerating the apex single atom (noble metal, here Ir) by the above-described manufacturing method.
- the root of the emitter chip whose Ir is coated on the W oxide layer corresponds to the reservoir.
- Ir is easily diffused by heating because the W oxide layer is peeled off by field evaporation, but at the root of the emitter tip, Ir is difficult to diffuse because of the oxide layer and is held here.
- Ir can be sufficiently supplied from the reservoir portion to the tip by low temperature heating.
- the emitter chip of the present embodiment has an advantage that the regeneration capability of the tip can be maintained for a long time.
- the base of the emitter chip 1 is a single crystal of W, but any material that can form a protrusion (pyramid) having a single atom at the apex at the tip may be used, and a high melting point such as molybdenum (Mo). Single crystal can be used. If possible, a material that is difficult to peel off by an electric field is desirable, and W is the most suitable within a known range.
- Ir is used as the noble metal coated on the surface of the emitter tip 1, but any material can be used as long as it can form a protrusion (pyramid) having a single atom at the apex at the tip by annealing with the substrate.
- Platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), etc. can also be used.
- the single atom at the apex is the noble metal atom, a material that is difficult to peel off by an electric field is desirable, and Ir is most suitable in a known range.
- the configuration of the ion beam apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the ion beam apparatus 200 (FIG. 1) according to the first embodiment.
- the configuration of GFIS is the same as that of GFIS100 in FIG.
- a different part is the characteristic of the emitter chip 1 mounted on the GFIS.
- the emitter chip according to the first embodiment has characteristics corresponding to the plot 5010 in FIG. 3A, whereas the emitter chip 1 according to the present embodiment corresponds to the plot 5011 in FIG. 3A. Use one with the characteristics
- the emitter chip 1 corresponding to the plot 5010 mounted in the first embodiment was obtained by performing field evaporation in step 6002 at 25 kV, and the extraction voltage Vex of helium was 12.2 kV.
- the emitter chip 1 corresponding to the plot 5011 mounted in the second embodiment performs field evaporation in step 6002 at 29 kV and sets the extraction voltage VexV of helium to 15.6 kV.
- the ratio of the extraction voltage Vex to the field evaporation voltage is about 10% higher in the latter compared to the former. There is a reason for this. This is because the voltage applied for field evaporation is normally increased slowly and continuously, while the latter is performed in a stepwise manner from 25 kV to 29 kV. Increased at a rate of at least 5 kV / s. The cause of this phenomenon is presumed to be that the amount of peeling increases nonlinearly because the area that peels at the same time widens in high-speed field evaporation. If this is controlled properly, the withstand voltage of the emitter chip manufacturing apparatus can be lowered.
- the tip of the emitter tip 1 is obtained.
- the radiation current from a single atom located at (vertex) was 460 pA, and the radiation half-opening angle ⁇ from a single atom was about 0.4 °.
- the emission half-open angle of the emitter tip 1 is halved from the conventional one.
- the radiation angle current density was about 2.8 ⁇ A / sr.
- the configuration of the ion beam apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the ion beam apparatus 200 (FIG. 1) according to the first embodiment.
- the configuration of GFIS is the same as that of GFIS100 in FIG.
- a different part is the composition of the emitter chip 1 mounted on the GFIS. Specifically, it is assumed that all the parts of the emitter chip 1 are made of W.
- FIG. 8 shows a method for manufacturing the emitter chip 1 according to the present embodiment.
- the manufacture of the emitter chip 1 is basically performed using a device group different from the GFIS 100, but the steps 6002 and after can also be performed by GFIS.
- FIG. 8 reference numerals corresponding to those corresponding to FIG. 4 are given.
- step 6000 the tip of a single crystal rod is formed into a needle shape by electrolytic etching.
- the contents are the same as those in the first embodiment. That is, it is the same as step 6000 in FIG.
- step 6002 the tip of the W single crystal rod is subjected to field evaporation to adjust the curvature of the tip of the substrate.
- the contents of this process are also the same as in the first embodiment. That is, it is the same as step 6002 of FIG.
- a triangular pyramid-shaped protrusion is formed on the crystal surface (111) at the tip of the W single crystal rod by a process 6005-2 unique to the present embodiment.
- heating is performed at about 830 ° C. for about 10 minutes while applying a positive electric field of about 2 kV to the tip of the emitter chip 1.
- a triangular pyramid-shaped protrusion (pyramid) having a single atom at the apex can be formed at the tip portion of the emitter chip base.
- the process shown in FIG. 8 has the following common points with the emitter chip forming process of the first embodiment shown in FIG. That is, after forming the tip of the emitter tip by field evaporation of 20 kV or more, a pyramid-shaped or conical projection is formed at the tip. As a result, the electric field of the entire emitter tip sufficiently affects the ions radiated from the apex of the protrusion, and the ion emission angle is narrowed by the lens action.
- a high radiation angle current density was obtained as in the first embodiment. Further, when the tip shape was changed with the same emitter tip as in the present embodiment, the change in the reciprocal of the radiation solid angle with respect to the extraction voltage was exactly the same as in FIG. 3A of the first embodiment.
- the apex atom at the tip of the emitter tip is W, which is different from the apex atom Ir in the first embodiment. For this reason, the field evaporation voltage of apex atoms and the extraction voltage Vex of helium ions are slightly different. However, all the differences are as small as 1 kV or less, and the influence on the above discussion can be ignored.
- the lifetime of the emitter tip according to the present embodiment is also determined by the impurity gas contained in the imaging gas (He here).
- the imaging gas He here.
- the single atom at the tip can be regenerated by the step 6005-2 in FIG.
- the atomic arrangement at the tip is reconstructed, and a projection (pyramid) having a single atom as a vertex is formed.
- the time required for the regeneration is about 1 hour in consideration of gas in / out. Since the emitter tip is heated by local energization, the temperature of the portion where the emitter tip portion is conductively cooled is kept low.
- the detailed conditions of the above reproduction process may be a predetermined condition (preset condition) determined in advance regardless of the state of the emitter chip, the user's judgment is unnecessary. Therefore, there is no difficulty in creating a control system so that emitter chip regeneration based on preset conditions is automatically executed.
- step 6005-2 can be relaxed as compared with the case where the tip of the emitter tip is first formed. This is because the amount of the substance to be moved at the time of protrusion formation is small.
- the extraction voltage changes by about 500 V, so that the ion optical system alignment work as described above is performed. Will occur.
- the emitter tip of the present embodiment has a lower probability that it can be regenerated when a single atom at the apex is lost than in the case of the first embodiment. For this reason, the reproduction process may be repeated many times. This is presumably because the supply source of the single atom at the apex (here, W atom) is not specially provided as in the first embodiment.
- W atom the supply source of the single atom at the apex
- the control system displays a user interface screen on the screen of the display 110, and the user determines whether the tip structure of the emitter tip is a single atom or three atoms. And various control parameters are determined according to the selected tip structure. In the case of using three atoms, a step of peeling only the single atom at the tip by field evaporation is added to the regeneration step of the emitter tip.
- ⁇ Other forms> As described above, the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described. However, a method for creating a pyramid-shaped or conical-shaped protrusion having a single atom as the apex at the tip of the emitter tip is described above. It is not limited to the method described in 1 and Embodiment 3. For example, various methods such as a method of etching the tip by applying an electric field to the emitter chip in an atmosphere of nitrogen (N 2 ) are conceivable. Further, the gas for ionization is not limited to He, and a rare gas such as neon (Ne) or argon (Ar), hydrogen (H 2 ), or the like can also be used.
- N 2 nitrogen
- the gas for ionization is not limited to He, and a rare gas such as neon (Ne) or argon (Ar), hydrogen (H 2 ), or the like can also be used.
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(イオンビーム装置の構成)
図1は、本実施の形態に係るイオンビーム装置の全体構成図である。本実施の形態のイオンビーム装置200は、後述する本発明のガス電界電離イオン源(GFIS)100を、従来のガリウム-液体金属イオン源(Ga-LMIS)用に作製された集束イオンビーム(FIB)装置にそのGa-LMISに代えて組み込んで構成したものである。
図2は、図1に示したガス電界電離イオン源(GFIS)100の構成例である。
本実施の形態では、エミッタチップ1,引出電極2,ガス放出口部3が配置される雰囲気を、レンズ系102及び偏向系103が配置されるイオン光学系300の雰囲気から独立した超高真空に保つ。このため、エミッタチップ1等を収容する真空容器10は、イオン光学系300の機器を収容するイオン光学系筐体(図示せず)とは独立した筐体により形成されている。すなわち、ガス電界電離イオン源(GFIS)100は、ユニット化されている。
次に、本実施の形態に係るガス電界電離イオン源(GFIS)100を構成するエミッタチップ1の形状制御の方法と、それによる放射角電流密度の改善について説明する。
本実施の形態に係るエミッタチップ1の製造方法を図4に示す。エミッタチップ1の製造は、基本的にはGFIS100とは別の装置群を用いて行うが、工程6002以降はGFISで行うこともできる。
GFISにおいて使用される先端の原子数が非常に少ないエミッタチップでは、イメージング用のガス(ここではヘリウム)に含まれる不純物ガスの吸着により、先端原子が本来より小さい電界で剥離する現象がある。これがエミッタチップの寿命を決めている。不純物ガスの由来には、装置内壁なども含まれる。このため、装置ごとにその寿命は異なる。
その一方で、エミッタチップの先端を再生する場合、再生の前後で引出電圧Vex が大きく変化すると、イオン光学系へのアライメントのやり直しが必要になる。このアライメントのやり直しに伴う余分な作業時間の発生は、稼働時間を減少させる可能性がある。本実施の形態のエミッタチップでは、単原子を頂点とする三角錐形状の突起が基体部分の曲面に接するように形成されているため、再生によりこの突起の頂点が移動することは無い。従って、再生による引出電圧Vex の変化は微小であり、1週間の間に数回の再生を行っても、12kVの引出電圧Vex は100Vも変化しない。勿論、1回の使用当たりの引出電圧Vex の変化は1%以下である。
前述の通り、本実施の形態のエミッタチップは、頂点に単原子を作った上に放射角を狭めて放射角電流密度を高めることを狙ったものである。しかし、頂点の単原子をわざと剥離して3原子の状態で使用する方法が考えられる。この使用方法では、放射角電流密度を高める効果は3分の1に減ってしまうが、単原子の場合よりも3原子の状態の方が先端原子の剥離に対する尤度が高くなるためにエミッタチップの再生までの時間を延ばせる利点がある。
図4に例示した本実施形態のエミッタチップの製造方法は、W単結晶上に貴金属をコートして先端にナノチップを形成する方法に関するものであり、それ自体が新しい。なぜなら、本発明の必要条件である、電界蒸発による曲率調整に続けて単原子を頂点とする突起(ピラミッド)をエミッタチップの先端に形成するという要請に答えるために新たに開発したためである。例えば非特許文献2に記載された製造方法では、上記の条件を満たせない。
続いて、他の実施の形態を説明する。なお、本実施の形態に係るイオンビーム装置の構成も、実施の形態1に関わるイオンビーム装置200(図1)と同じである。また、GFISの構成も図2のGFIS100と同じである。異なる部分は、GFISに実装するエミッタチップ1の特性である。実施の形態1に係るエミッタチップでは、図3Aのプロット5010に対応する特性を有するものであったのに対し、本実施の形態に係るエミッタチップ1の場合には、図3Aのプロット5011に対応する特性を有するものを使用する。
実施の形態1で実装したプロット5010に対応するエミッタチップ1は、工程6002の電界蒸発を25kVで行ったものであり、ヘリウムの引出電圧Vex は12.2kVであった。
更に、他の実施の形態を説明する。なお、本実施の形態に係るイオンビーム装置の構成も、実施の形態1に関わるイオンビーム装置200(図1)と同じである。また、GFISの構成も図2のGFIS100と同じである。異なる部分は、GFISに実装するエミッタチップ1の組成である。具体的には、エミッタチップ1の全ての部分がWでできている場合を想定する。
本実施の形態に係るエミッタチップ1の製造方法を図8に示す。エミッタチップ1の製造は、基本的には、GFIS100とは別の装置群を用いて行うが、工程6002以降はGFISで行うこともできる。なお、図8には、図4との対応部分に対応する符号を付して示している。
本実施の形態に係るエミッタチップの寿命も、実施の形態1で説明した場合と同様に、イメージング用のガス(ここではHe)に含まれる不純物ガスにより決まる。しかしながら、失われた先端原子をイオン源装置内で短時間に自動的に再生できれば、実質的なエミッタチップの寿命は尽きない。本実施の形態のエミッタチップでは、図8の工程6005-2により先端の単原子を再生することができる。勿論、先端の数原子が失われた場合も同様である。工程6005-2の実行により先端の原子配列が再構成され、単原子を頂点とする突起(ピラミッド)が形成される。
本実施の形態のエミッタチップでは、実施の形態1で説明したのと同様に、単原子を頂点とする三角錐形状の突起が基体部分の曲面に接するように形成される。このため、再生処理により、この突起の頂点が移動することは無い。従って、本実施形態のエミッタチップの先端再生時の引出電圧Vex の変化も、実施の形態1で説明したのと同様に微小である。実際、1週間の間に数回の再生を行っても、その変化量は1%以下の変化である。このため、前述した再生処理を行ったとしても、イオン光学系のアライメントをやり直す必要は生じない。なお、エミッタチップ先端を電界蒸発により何層か剥がして出てくる先端の3原子を使う従来の再生方法では、引出電圧が500V程度ずつ変化するため、前述したようなイオン光学系のアライメント作業が発生してしまう。
本実施の形態のエミッタチップは、実施の形態1の場合に比べて、頂点の単原子が失われた場合にこれを再生できる確率が低い。このため、再生処理を何度も繰り返す場合がある。この原因は、頂点の単原子(ここではW原子)の供給源を実施の形態1のように特別に設けていないためと推定される。そこで、頂点の単原子をわざと剥離して3原子の状態で使用する方法が考えられる。この使用方法では、放射角電流密度を高める効果は3分の1に減ってしまうが、単原子の場合よりも3原子の状態の方が先端原子の剥離に対する尤度が高くなるためにエミッタチップ再生までの時間を延ばせる利点がある。
以上、本発明を適用して好適な実施の形態例について説明してきたが、エミッタチップの先端に単原子を頂点とする角錐形状または円錐形状の突出部を作成する方法は、前述した実施の形態1及び実施の形態3に記載の方法に限られるものでは無い。例えば窒素(N2)の雰囲気中でエミッタチップに電界をかけて先端をエッチングする方法など、種々考えられる。また、イオン化するためのガスはHeに限らず、ネオン(Ne)やアルゴン(Ar)などの希ガス、水素(H2)なども使用できる。
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- 真空中に保持した導電性で針状の先端を持つエミッタチップと、該エミッタチップの先端方向に離間した位置に開口を有する引出電極と、該エミッタチップの先端近傍にガスを供給するガス供給配管と、該エミッタチップと該引出電極との間に引出電圧を印加して該ガスをイオン化する電界を形成する引出電圧印加手段と、を有するガス電界電離イオン源において、
該エミッタチップの少なくとも基体が単結晶の金属であり、
エミッタチップの先端が頂点に単原子を有する角錐形状又は円錐形状であり、かつ、次のいずれか1つの条件を満たすことを特徴とするガス電界電離イオン源。
(A)該単原子が電界蒸発するしきい値電圧が11kV以上である。
(B)ヘリウムガスをイオン化する場合の該単原子からのイオンビームの引出電圧が10kV以上である。
(C)ヘリウムガスをイオン化する場合の該単原子からのイオンビームの放射半開角が0.7°以下である。 - 請求項1に記載のガス電界電離イオン源において、
前記エミッタチップの少なくとも基体である単結晶がタングステンであり、前記エミッタチップの長手方向に該タングステンの[111]結晶方位を沿わせていることを特徴とするガス電界電離イオン源。 - 請求項1に記載のガス電界電離イオン源において、
前記エミッタチップの先端の表面が貴金属でコートされていることを特徴とするガス電界電離イオン源。 - 請求項1に記載のガス電界電離イオン源において、
前記頂点の単原子が失われた場合に、真空又は任意のガス中での加熱処理を含むプリセット条件の処理だけで、前記頂点に単原子を再生できることを特徴とするガス電界電離イオン源。 - 請求項4に記載のガス電界電離イオン源において、
前記エミッタチップの前記頂点の単原子を再生により維持する場合に、累積使用時間1週間での引出電圧の使用開始前に対する変化が1%以下であることを特徴とするガス電界電離イオン源。 - 請求項4に記載のガス電界電離イオン源において、
前記エミッタチップの前記頂点の単原子を再生により維持する場合に、1回使用後の引出電圧の使用開始前に対する変化が1%以下であることを特徴とするガス電界電離イオン源。 - 請求項4に記載のガス電界電離イオン源におけるプリセット条件が、前記頂点の単原子を再生しながら維持して使用するか、又は前記頂点の単原子のみを剥離して先端に3個の原子を配置した状態で使用するかの選択情報に応じて自動的に設定されることを特徴とするガス電界電離イオン源の使用方法。
- 請求項1~7のいずれか一つに記載のガス電界電離イオン源と、
試料を保持する試料ステージと、
前記イオン源から放出されるイオンを加速及び集束して該試料上に照射するレンズ系と、
前記イオンを偏向して試料上におけるイオンの照射位置を変える偏向系と、
前記試料から放出される2次粒子を検出する2次粒子検出器と、
前記2次粒子検出器から得られる2次粒子信号を当該イオンの偏向に対応させて2次粒子画像を形成する手段と、
画面上に表示された前記2次粒子画像上でイオンの照射位置の指定入力を受け付ける手段と
を有するイオンビーム装置。 - 請求項8に記載のイオンビーム装置において、
前記ガス電界電離イオン源を構成する前記エミッタチップの頂点の単原子を再生しながら維持して使用するか、又は頂点の単原子のみを剥離して先端を3個の原子の状態にして使用するかをユーザに選択させる制御系を有するとともに、該制御系が選択された原子の状態に応じて前記エミッタチップの頂点の再生処理を自動で実行することを特徴とするイオンビーム装置。 - ガス電界電離イオン源に用いられるエミッタチップの製造方法であって、
該エミッタチップの先端を引出電圧20kV以上で電界蒸発させる工程と、
該エミッタチップの先端に単原子を頂点とする角錐形状または円錐形状の突起を形成する工程と
を順番に含むことを特徴とするエミッタチップの製造方法。 - 請求項10に記載のエミッタチップの製造方法において、
前記電界蒸発時に印加する引出電圧の増加を、少なくとも部分的にステップ状に行うことを特徴とするエミッタチップの製造方法。 - ガス電界電離イオン源に用いられるエミッタチップの製造方法であって、
棒状の単結晶金属をエミッタチップの基体として、次の工程を順番に含むことを特徴とするエミッタチップの製造方法。
(1)基体の先端を電解エッチングにより針状にする工程
(2)該基体の先端に貴金属を真空中で単層以上蒸着する工程
(3)該基体の先端の一部を電界蒸発により剥離して該基体の金属を露出させ先端曲率を調整する工程
(4)該基体を真空中で赤熱以下の温度で加熱し、先端に該貴金属を拡散させる工程
(5)該基体を真空中で赤熱以上の温度で加熱し、先端に基体部分と接する三角錐形状を形成する工程 - ガス電界電離イオン源に用いられるエミッタチップであって、
該エミッタチップの少なくとも基体が単結晶の金属であり、該エミッタチップの先端の表面が貴金属でコートされており、該エミッタチップの根元が該基体の上に酸化層を介して該貴金属でコートされてリザーバをなしていることを特徴とするエミッタチップ。
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