Patent ID: 6828566
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G01N,H01J

Abstract:
A specimen fabrication apparatus comprising:a movable sample stage on which a specimen substrate is mounted; probe connecting means for firmly joining a tip of a probe to a portion of the specimen substrate in a vicinity of an area on the specimen substrate to be observed in an observation apparatus; micro-specimen separating means for separating from the specimen substrate a micro-specimen to which the tip of the probe is firmly joined, the micro-specimen including the area on the specimen substrate to be observed and the portion of the specimen substrate to which the tip of the probe is firmly joined; micro-specimen fixing means for fixing the micro-specimen separated from the specimen substrate and attached to the probe to a remote micro-specimen holder of the observation apparatus, the micro-specimen holder for holding the micro-specimen separated from the specimen substrate; and probe separating means for separating the tip of the probe from the micro-specimen after the micro-specimen has been fixed to the micro-specimen holder.