Patent ID: 9040908
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G01N,H01J

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a plan view TEM sample, comprising: providing a first work piece on a sample stage having a sample stage plane, the first work piece including a lamella plane being oriented in a first orientation; milling a sample from the first work piece using an ion beam so that the sample is substantially free from the first work piece; attaching a probe to the sample, the probe including a shaft having a shaft axis, the shaft axis oriented at a shaft angle in relation to the sample stage plane, the shaft angle being non-normal to the sample stage plane; rotating the probe about the shaft axis through a rotational angle, the rotation causing the sample to be rotated so that the lamella plane is oriented in a second orientation; attaching the sample to or placing the sample on: thinning the sample using the ion beam to form a lamella, the lamella being oriented in the lamella plane.