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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Applicant:
Masanao Munekane, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Masanao Munekane, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
SII NanoTechnology Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/00 (2006.01); B23P 25/00 (2006.01); B23P 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a manipulator needle portion defect repairing method, the existence of an abrasion or a fracture in a needle portion for holding a sample at an end of a manipulator disposed in an FIB device is confirmed using a microscope function of the FIB device. The abrasion or the fracture in the needle portion is then repaired by chemical vapor deposition using a focused ion beam of the FIB device.