Patent ID: 8124947
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. An ion implantation system, comprising: an ion source configured to generate a beam of ions; a mass analyzer configured to mass resolve the beam of ions; a beam scanning system configured to scan the beam of ions along a single beam scan plane when the ion implantation system is operated in a first mode, therein defining a scanned ion beam in the first mode, and wherein the beam scanning system is configured to pass the beam of ions therethrough un-scanned when the ion implantation system is operated in a second mode, therein defining an un-scanned spot ion beam; a parallelizer positioned downstream of the beam scanning system configured to parallelize the scanned ion beam into a plurality of parallel beamlets such that the plurality of parallel beamlets have a substantially equal length; and a workpiece scanning system positioned downstream of the parallelizer and configured to selectively translate a workpiece in one or more directions through the scanned ion beam or spot ion beam, wherein the translation is based on the ion implantation system being operated in the respective first mode or second mode.