Patent ID: 7791050
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G01N,H01J

Abstract:
1. A specimen fabrication apparatus, comprising: a sample stage being movable in the three-dimensional directions, and for mounting a specimen substrate; a deposition-gas supplying source for supplying a deposition gas used for forming a deposition film at an area to be irradiated with a focused ion beam; a sample holder for fixing a specimen extracted from the specimen substrate with the deposition film and moving the extracted specimen within the area to be irradiated with the focused ion beam by moving said sample stage; a specimen transferring unit with a probe to which the specimen can be joined through the deposition film, being provided within the side wall of a sample chamber, and for transferring the specimen extracted from the specimen substrate to said sample holder; an ion beam irradiating optical system for irradiating a focused ion beam to the specimen fixed to the specimen substrate and said sample holder, and fabricating the specimen substrate and the specimen; and the sample chamber in which said sample stage, said sample holder and said probe are laid out with a state at a vacuum, wherein the specimen which is fixed to said sample holder through the deposition film and subjected to thinning fabrication by the irradiation of the focused ion beam, is fabricated.