Patent ID: 6756589
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: G01N,H01J,H01L

Abstract:
Sample observation method comprising steps of:acquiring, at a first scale factor, a reference sample image not including any defect on a sample with an imager, based on information on a defect on the sample detected by an inspection apparatus; moving the sample in a viewing field of the imager and acquiring a defective sample image including the defect on the sample at the first scale factor with the imager, based on the information on the defect on the sample detected by the inspection apparatus; locating the defect on the defective sample image by comparing the reference sample image and the defective sample image; acquiring a magnified image of the located defect at a second scale factor greater than the first scale factor with the imager without moving the sample; and displaying the magnified image of the defect on a screen.