Patent ID: 8704528

Claim:
A method for inspecting an electronic component, the method comprising: pulsing an electron beam and irradiating an interconnect of an electronic component electrically connected to a current detection terminal with the electron beam; detecting, by a current detector which is electrically connected to the current detection terminal via a gating device, a current generated when the interconnect is irradiated with the electron beam, while adjusting an opening and a closing of a gate in the gating device; and generating a current image expressing a relationship between a position irradiated with the electron beam and the current detected by the current detector, wherein the current generated by the electron beam is detected while adjusting a gate timing of the gate based on a detected amount of the current so that the detected amount of the current becomes maximum, and the current image expresses the relationship between the position irradiated with the electron beam and the gate timing at which the detected amount of the current becomes maximum.