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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2021
Hitachi High-tech Science Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Automated processing is provided. A charged particle beam apparatus includes: an image identity degree determination unit determining whether an identity degree is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the identity degree indicating a degree of identity between a processing cross-section image that is an SEM image obtained through observation of a cross section of the sample by a scanning electron microscope, and a criterion image that is the processing cross-section image previously registered; and a post-determination processing unit performing a predetermined processing operation according to a result of the determination by the image identity degree determination unit.