IP Library Granted Patent US 7,544,936
Granted Patent B2
US 7,544,936 · App. 11/594,222 · Granted Jun 9, 2009

Method and device for observing a specimen in a field of view of an electron microscope

Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,544,936
App. No.
11/594,222
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method of observing a specimen in a field of view of an electron microscope comprising the acts of illuminating the specimen with an electron beam having a first angle and forming a first transmission image of the specimen in the field of view and adjusting the electron beam to a second angle and forming a second transmission image of the specimen in the field of view and calculating a degree of coincidence between the first and second transmission images.

Claims (8)

1. A method of observing a specimen in a field of view of an electron microscope comprising the acts of:

setting the magnification of said electron microscope;

setting conditions for moving said field of view;

setting a starting position for said field of view;

moving said field of view based upon said condition;

illuminating said specimen with an electron beam having a first angle and forming a first transmission image of said specimen in said field of view;

adjusting said electron beam to a second angle and forming a second transmission image of said specimen in said field of view; and

calculating a degree of coincidence between said first and second transmission images.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2000-212961 · Jul 13, 2000 · national
Continuity (4)
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Continuation 1093863700 · Sep 13, 2004
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