Patent ID: 7081625

Claim:
A charged particle beam apparatus system comprising a circuit pattern inspection apparatus that irradiates a charged particle beam on a plurality of areas of a circuit pattern, detects secondary charged particles generated from the circuit pattern to form images of the irradiated areas, and compares the images of the plurality of areas to thereby detect a defect or a foreign-particle in the circuit, and a charged particle beam apparatus that is used for observation or analysis of the defect specified by means of the pattern inspection apparatus, wherein charging is formed by means of irradiation of the charged particle beam or carbon-base deposit is formed on the irradiated area as the result of interaction between the charged particle beam and gas that is remaining in the circuit pattern inspection apparatus or generated from the sample, and the charging or deposit is used as a mark in the charged particle beam apparatus, wherein a gas introduction mechanism for spraying gas onto the circuit pattern is provided in the pattern inspection apparatus, wherein a cooling unit for cooling the circuit pattern is provided, and wherein the charged particle beam is irradiated onto a portion including the defect or the foreign-particle in the circuit such that a temperature of the portion is kept at a temperature higher than the environmental temperature.