Specimen loading method, specimen stage, and charged particle beam device

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PATENT NO 9916963
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15320912

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A specimen loading method for loading a specimen that contains water into a specimen chamber of a charged particle beam device, includes: a step (S100) of mounting the specimen on a specimen support; a step (S102) of covering a predetermined area of the specimen with a water retention material; a step (S104) of evacuating the specimen chamber in which the specimen having the predetermined area covered with the water retention material is placed; and a step (S106) of exposing the predetermined area covered with the water retention material.

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JEOL LTD3-1-2 MUSASHINO AKISHIMA TOKYO 196-8558

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Inoue, Noriyuki Tokyo, JP 126 2320
Takashima, Yoshiko Tokyo, JP 2 1

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