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Patent No.:

US 9208994 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2011
Applicants:

Takashi Ohshima, Saitama, JP;

Michio Hatano, Tokyo, JP;

Hideo Morishita, Hachioji, JP;

Inventors:

Takashi Ohshima, Saitama, JP;

Michio Hatano, Tokyo, JP;

Hideo Morishita, Hachioji, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/00 (2006.01); H01J 37/26 (2006.01); H01J 37/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/261 (2013.01); H01J 37/265 (2013.01); H01J 37/28 (2013.01); H01J 2237/153 (2013.01); H01J 2237/202 (2013.01); H01J 2237/20207 (2013.01); H01J 2237/20221 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides an electron beam apparatus comprising a means for visualizing an axial displacement of a retarding electric field, and a means for adjusting axial displacement. The axial displacement visualizing means includes a reflective plate (), and an optical system () for converging a secondary electron beam () on the reflective plate (), and the axial displacement adjusting means includes an incline rotation mechanism () for a sample stage (). With this configuration, in electron beam apparatuses such as SEM and the like, such problems as visual field displacement caused by displacement of the axial symmetry of the electric field between an objective lens () and a sample () and inability to measure secondary electrons and reflected electrons that provide desired information can be eliminated.


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