Patent ID: 7173253
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: B81C,H01J

Abstract:
1. A method of moving an object comprising a step of fixing the object to an object-moving means, a step of moving the object to a prescribed position by the object-moving means, and a step of releasing the object from the object-moving means; wherein the step of fixing the object to the object-moving means comprises forming a deposit, for fixation of the object to the object-moving means kept close together, by applying a first corpuscular beam at a site for the fixation in a first gas to form a deposit from a substance constituting the first gas as a source material; and the step of releasing the object from the object-moving means comprises etching selectively the deposit by applying a second corpuscular beam to the position of the deposit in contact with a second gas capable of accelerating etching a main component of the deposit under application of the beam.