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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250288 ; 250304 ; 250306 ; 250399 ; 250397 ;
Abstract
A charged particle beam apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a charged particle source; focusing means for focusing a charged particle beam emitted by the charged particle source on a sample and irradiating it therewith; deflecting means for deflecting the charged particle beam so as to scan the sample therewith; secondary ion separating means disposed approximately symmetrically with respect to the axis of the charged particle beam at the proximity of said sample and separating positive and negative secondary ions generated by the irradiation of the sample into positive and negative ions; and mass analyzers for analyzing the mass of the separated positive and negative secondary ions, respectively.