Patent ID: 6852964
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A method for scanning a specimen, located on a specimen stage defining an X-Y plane, with a scanning device which possesses an optical system and defines a scan field that incompletely encompasses a region of the specimen that is to be examined, comprising the following steps: defining a specimen region to be examined on a display using a marking line; scanning a portion of the specimen region to be examined with a first scan field, displacing the specimen stage in the X-Y plane to scan, with further scan fields, further portions of the specimen region to be examined, in such a way that the entire specimen region to be examined is covered with a plurality of scan fields, whereby each of the plurality of scan fields cover at least a respective portion of the specimen region to be examined; and linking specimen data obtained from the plurality of scan fields.