# US 10,373,802 B2 · Transmission scanning microscopy including electron energy loss spectroscopy and observation method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,373,802 B2 - Document ID: US10373802B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/764,158 - Filed: 2015-09-29 - Published: 2018-10-25 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-29 - Assignees: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation - Applicants: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation - Inventors: Yu Yamazawa; Kazutoshi Kaji - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10373802B2 ## CPC - H01J 37/28: with scanning beams {(H01J37/268, H01J37/292, H01J37/2955 take precedence)} - H01J 37/20: Means for supporting or positioning the object or the material; Means for adjusting diaphragms or lenses associated with the support - H01J 37/22: Optical {, image processing} or photographic arrangements associated with the tube - H01J 37/244: Detectors; Associated components or circuits therefor - H01J 37/265: {Controlling the tube; circuit arrangements adapted to a particular application not otherwise provided, e.g. bright-field-dark-field illumination} - H01J 2237/20207: Tilt - H01J 2237/20235: Z movement or adjustment - H01J 2237/24485: Energy spectrometers - H01J 2237/2802: Transmission microscopes - H01J: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H) ## Abstract An object of the present invention relates to high-resolution observation on a light field STEM, a dark field image STEM, and an EELS, at a low acceleration voltage. The present invention relates to controlling on incorporation angles of a STEM detector and an electron energy loss spectroscopy by changing the disposition of a sample with respect to an optical axis direction of a primary electron beam in a scanning transmission microscopy including an electron energy loss spectroscopy. According to the present invention, it is possible to easily control an optimum scattering angle in each of a light field STEM, a dark field STEM, and an EELS while suppressing occurrence of chromatic aberration accompanying the controlling on the incorporation angle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A scanning transmission microscope comprising: an electron source that emits a primary electron beam; a stage drive mechanism that moves a sample table holding a sample; an objective magnetic field lens that focuses the primary electron beam on the sample; a scanning coil that two-dimensionally scans the primary electron beam irradiated on the sample; a STEM detector that detects electrons transmitted through the sample; and an electron energy loss spectrum (EELS) detector that detects an energy loss spectrum of electrons transmitted through the sample, wherein acceptance angles of the STEM detector and the EELS detector by changing disposition of the sample with respect to an optical axis direction of the primary electron beam are controlled, and wherein the disposition of the sample is changed with respect to the optical axis direction of the primary electron beam according to switching the STEM detector between bright field STEM observation, dark field STEM observation, and EELS observation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The scanning transmission microscope according to claim 1, wherein acceleration voltages detected by each STEM detector for bright field STEM observation and dark field STEM observation, and detected by the EELS detector for EELS observation are 40 kV or less. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The scanning transmission microscope according to claim 1, wherein controlling of the magnetic field lens and the scanning coil according to the switching is automatically changed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The scanning transmission microscope according to claim 1, wherein the disposition of the sample is adjusted with respect to the optical axis direction of the primary electron beam by driving of the stage drive mechanism. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The scanning transmission microscope according to claim 1, wherein the disposition of the sample is adjusted with respect to the optical axis direction of the primary electron beam by replacing a first sample table with a second sample table having a different height. ### Claim 6 An observation method in a scanning transmission microscope including an electron energy loss spectrum (EELS) detector, the method comprising: controlling acceptance angles of a STEM detector and the electron energy loss spectrum detector by changing a disposition of a sample with respect to an optical axis direction of a primary electron beam emitted from an electron source; and changing the disposition of the sample with respect to the optical axis direction of the primary electron beam according to switching the STEM detector between bright field STEM observation, dark field STEM observation, and EELS observation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The observation method according to claim 6, wherein an acceleration voltage used by each STEM detector for bright field STEM observation and dark field STEM observation, and used by the EELS detector for EELS observation is 40 kV or less. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The observation method according to claim 6, further comprising: automatically changing controlling on a magnetic field lens that focuses the primary electron beam on the sample and a scanning coil that two-dimensionally scans the primary electron beam irradiated on the sample according to the switching. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The observation method according to claim 6, further comprising: adjusting the disposition of the sample with respect to the optical axis direction of the primary electron beam by controlling of a stage drive mechanism that moves a sample table holding the sample. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The observation method according to claim 6, further comprising: adjusting the disposition of the sample with respect to the optical axis direction of the primary electron beam by replacing a first sample table with a second sample table having a different height.