Patent ID: 8502142
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G01N,H01J

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing a sample, comprising: providing a sample which is composed of at least one sample material; identifying a part of the sample to be analyzed; generating an opening in the sample material using a particle beam, wherein the opening is at least partially adjacent to the part of the sample to be analyzed; separating, in order to completely detach, the part of the sample to be analyzed from the sample material using the particle beam, wherein, prior to the separating, the part of the sample to be analyzed is in a first orientation; after separating the part of the sample to be analyzed, arranging the part of the sample to be analyzed within the opening, wherein the part of the sample to be analyzed is arranged within the opening in a second orientation different from the first orientation; and analyzing the part of the sample to be analyzed while the part of the sample to be analyzed is within the opening, wherein the part of the sample to be analyzed is separated in such a way that the part of the sample to be analyzed has at least a first dimension in a first direction and a second dimension in a second direction, wherein the opening is generated in the sample material in such a way that the opening has a first opening dimension in the first direction and a second opening dimension in the second direction, wherein the first opening dimension is greater than or equal to the first dimension of the part of the sample to be analyzed, and wherein the second opening dimension is greater than the second dimension of the part of the sample to be analyzed.