Patent ID: 7258485

Claim:
An X-ray thin film inspection apparatus comprises: a sample table for disposing an inspection target on the upper surface thereof; a pattern recognition unit for recognizing an image of the inspection target disposed on the upper surface of the sample table; a positioning mechanism that is controlled on the basis of a pattern recognition result of the inspection target achieved by the pattern recognition unit and moves the sample table in two directions orthogonal to each other on any plane, a direction perpendicular to the plane concerned and an in-plane rotational direction of the plane concerned; a goniometer having first and second swing members swinging along a virtual plane perpendicular to the upper surface of the sample table; at least one X-ray irradiation unit that is mounted on the first swing member and has an X-ray tube and an X-ray optical element mounted in the main body of the X-ray irradiation unit; and an X-ray detector mounted on the second swing member.