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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2005
Tsutomu Saito, Hitachinaka, JP;
Osamu Yamada, Hitachinaka, JP;
Eiichi Hazaki, Tsuchiura, JP;
Yasuhiko Nara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hirofumi Sato, Naka, JP;
Yoshikazu Inada, Toride, JP;
Yoshinori Numata, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tsutomu Saito, Hitachinaka, JP;
Osamu Yamada, Hitachinaka, JP;
Eiichi Hazaki, Tsuchiura, JP;
Yasuhiko Nara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hirofumi Sato, Naka, JP;
Yoshikazu Inada, Toride, JP;
Yoshinori Numata, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A defect inspecting apparatus in which a plurality of probes to measure electric characteristics of a sample including a fine wiring pattern are combined with a charged-particle beam unit includes graphic user interfaces (GUI) to simply control the plural probes. The apparatus includes a probe image processing unit to display the plural probes on a display; a selecting unit to select, from the probes displayed on the display, a probe to be operated; and a display unit to simultaneously display the probe selecting unit and information indicating that the selected probe is an operable probe, or the probe is in a non-selected state.