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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2011
Shinya Kitayama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Satoshi Tomimatsu, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Onishi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Shinya Kitayama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Satoshi Tomimatsu, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Onishi, Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus and a method capable of preparing a standardized probe without need for working skill of probe processing. According to the present invention, a probe shape generation process of detecting a probe shape based on the probe incoming current detected by a probe current detection unit, a probe tip coordinate extraction process of detecting a tip position of the probe from the probe shape, a probe contour line extraction process of generating a probe contour line obtained by approximating a contour of the probe from the tip position of the probe and the probe shape, a probe center line extraction process of generating a center line and a vertical line of the probe from the probe contour line, a processing pattern generation process of generating a processing pattern based on the probe tip position, the probe center line, the probe vertical line, and a preset shape and dimension of a probe acute part, and an ion beam termination process of performing, based on the processing pattern, termination of ion-beam processing are performed.