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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2004
Satoshi Tomimatsu, Kokubunji, JP;
Kaoru Umemura, Musashino, JP;
Yuichi Madokoro, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoshimi Kawanami, Kokubunji, JP;
Yasunori Doi, Kokubunji, JP;
Satoshi Tomimatsu, Kokubunji, JP;
Kaoru Umemura, Musashino, JP;
Yuichi Madokoro, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoshimi Kawanami, Kokubunji, JP;
Yasunori Doi, Kokubunji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A specimen fabrication apparatus including a movable sample stage on which a specimen substrate is mounted, a probe connector for firmly joining a tip of a probe to a portion of the specimen substrate in a vicinity of an area on the specimen substrate to be observed in an observation apparatus, a micro-specimen separator for separating from the specimen substrate a micro-specimen to which the tip of the probe is firmly joined, the micro-specimen including the area on the specimen substrate to be observed and the portion of the specimen substrate to which the tip of the probe is firmly joined, a micro-specimen fixer for fixing the micro-specimen separated from the specimen substrate to a specimen holder of the observation apparatus, and a probe separator for separating the tip of the probe from the micro-specimen fixed to the specimen holder.