IP Library Granted Patent US 11,462,381
Granted Patent B2
US 11,462,381 · App. 17/129,700 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Composite charged particle beam apparatus

Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Kitayama (Tokyo, JP)
H01J37/20H01J2237/20207H01J2237/20214H01J2237/31745
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Patent No.
US 11,462,381
App. No.
17/129,700
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite charged particle beam apparatus includes a first charged particle beam column that irradiates a thin sample with a first charged particle beam, and a second charged particle beam column that irradiates an irradiation position of the first charged particle beam on the thin sample with a second charged particle beam. A sample holder as a base stage disposed on a sample stage, a motor-driven rotation driving section, a rotation stand rotatable about a flip axis by the driving of the rotation driving section, and a TEM grid that holds the thin sample. The TEM grid is movable within a plane perpendicular to an observation surface of the thin sample together with the rotation stand by being reciprocally driven around the flip axis by the driving section.

Claims (12)

1. A composite charged particle Beam apparatus comprising:

a first charged particle beam column configured to irradiate a thin sample with a first charged particle beam;

a second charged particle beam column configured to irradiate an irradiation position of the first charged particle beam of the thin sample with a second charged particle beam;

a sample holder; and

a sample stage on which the sample holder is mounted,

wherein the sample holder comprises:

a base stage disposed on the sample stage;

a rotation driving section configured to be driven by a motor;

a rotation and rotatable around a flip axis by the driving of the rotation driving section; and

a TEM grid configured to hold the thin sample, and

wherein the TEM grid is movable within a plane perpendicular to an observation surface of the thin sample with the rotation stand by being reciprocally driven around the flip axis by the rotation driving section wherein the sample stage is tiltable about a tilt axis, and wherein eucentric positions of the tilt axis and the flip axis coincide with each other.

2. The composite charged particle beam apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sample stage is configured to move the sample holder in a three-axis direction of XYZ and to tilt and rotate the sample holder.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Sep 17, 2025
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072903/0593 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 17, 2025
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH ANALYSIS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072913/0104 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-200340 · Sep 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16400901 · May 1, 2019
Continuation 14868526 · Sep 29, 2015
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