Patent ID: 8421010

Claim:
A charged particle beam device for scanning a sample using a charged particle beam to inspect the sample, the sample placed on a sample stage and having a plurality of pattern-regions each where a predetermined pattern is formed, wherein: the device is configured to scan the sample using the charged particle beam in a direction intersecting a sample stage-movement direction and capture an image based on signals obtained by detecting a secondary electron or a reflection electron generated on the sample by the scanning; the device is configured to inspect the sample using the captured image, the device includes a charged particle column including a scanning deflector for controlling the scanning direction of the charged particle beam, and a control section for controlling a movement velocity of the sample stage, the device is configured to set a plurality of scan regions arranged intermittently in an inspection stripe extended on the sample in a movement direction of the sample stage, the plurality of scan regions which are to be scanned by the charged particle beam for the captured image, the device is configured to set a plurality of partial inspection regions in each of the scan regions through a screen of a console, wherein each of the partial inspection regions includes edges to be inspected partially in each of ions on the sample, and the device is configured to sample the plurality of partial inspection regions including the edges from each of the scan regions by the scanning while the stage is being moved to capture the inspection image from the partial inspection regions.