Patent ID: 11906440
Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. An inspection method, comprising:
acquiring design data of a pattern formed on an inspection target;
acquiring material characteristics information for the inspection target;
generating a pre-irradiation map based on the acquired design data and material characteristic information, the pre-irradiation map indicating a pre-charging irradiation amount for each of a plurality of inspection areas on the inspection target;
performing a pre-charging irradiation on the plurality of inspection areas according to the pre-irradiation map using a respective first beam from a plurality of first beams for each of the plurality of inspection areas, the pre-charging irradiation being performed at the same time for each of the plurality of inspection areas using the plurality of first beams;
irradiating each of the plurality of inspection areas to acquire image data from each of the plurality of inspection areas; and
generating an image of the inspection target from the acquired image data from the plurality of inspection areas.