Patent Document ID: 20080067379
Application ID: 11784686
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An electron probe X-ray analyzer for analyzing a sample by directing a sharply focused, accelerated electron beam at the sample and detecting produced characteristic X-rays, said electron probe X-ray analyzer comprising: WDS quantitative means for performing quantitative analysis using a wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (WDS); EDS quantitative means for performing quantitative analysis using an energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS); identification means for identifying compounds at analysis points from results of quantitative analysis performed by the energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer; condition-setting means for setting analytical conditions under which quantitative analysis is performed by the wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectrometer at the analysis points based on results of identification of the compounds performed by the identification means; and storage means for storing (i) the compounds at the analysis points identified by the identification means, (ii) the analytical conditions set by the condition-setting means, and (iii) results of the measurement at the analysis points performed under the analytical conditions set by the condition-setting means such that these three sets of items are interrelated.