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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Hitachi High-tech Science Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a composite charged particle beam apparatus including: an ion supply unit supplying an ion beam; an acceleration voltage application unit applying an acceleration voltage to the ion beam supplied by the ion supply unit to accelerate the ion beam; a first focusing unit focusing the ion beam; a beam booster voltage application unit applying a beam booster voltage to the ion beam; a second focusing unit focusing the ion beam to irradiate a sample; an electron beam emission unit emitting an electron beam to irradiate the sample; and a controller setting a value of the beam booster voltage that the beam booster voltage application unit applies to the ion beam, based on a value of the acceleration voltage applied to the ion beam by the acceleration voltage application unit and of a set value predetermined according to a focal distance of the focused ion beam.