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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Terutaka Nanri, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Tomimatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Terutaka Nanri, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Tomimatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a technique to perform FIB milling, in spite of its sample dependency, effectively into a desired shape without influences of individual differences among operators. A charged particle beam device includes an ion beam optical system device configured to irradiate a sample with an ion beam generated at an ion source; a controller thereof; an element detector configured to detect elements constituting the sample; a controller thereof; and a central processor configured to automatically set conditions for the sample based on the element specified by the element detector.