Patent ID: 9053899
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A method of imaging a sample in a charged particle apparatus, the charged particle apparatus comprising: an evacuable sample chamber, an electron beam column for producing a finely focused beam of electrons along an electron beam axis, said electron beam column equipped with an objective lens comprising an electrostatic immersion lens, a focused ion beam column for producing a finely focused beam of ions along an ion beam axis, the focused ion beam column and the electron beam column mounted on the sample chamber such that the electron beam axis and the ion beam axis intersect at an intersect position, a sample manipulator having a conductive plane equipped with means for holding the sample, the sample manipulator capable to tilt said plane between a first tilt angle in which the plane is perpendicular to the electron beam axis and a second tilt angle in which the plane is perpendicular to the ion beam axis, the method comprising: