Patent ID: 9564288
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H01J

Claim:
1. A sample storage apparatus comprising: a storage container, including a detachable lid, that encloses and stores a sample within a closed space; a diaphragm through which charged particle beams pass through or transmit; a position adjustment mechanism that is arranged inside the storage container and that is capable of moving a relative position of the sample to the diaphragm in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction in a state where an atmospheric state inside the storage container is kept different from an atmospheric state outside the storage container; and an interface that is connected to the position adjustment mechanism and allows the position adjustment mechanism to be operated from the outside of the storage container, wherein the storage container is configured to be introduced from an outside of a casing of a charged particle beam apparatus into the casing, the casing and the storage container are separate from each other, and the charged particle beam apparatus capturing an image of the sample with a signal obtained by irradiating the charged particle beams on the sample in a state where an atmosphere of a space in which the sample is disposed is separated from an atmosphere inside the casing.