PURPOSE: To enable a semiconductor element to obtain an optimum working end point for a working such as interconnection cutting with high yield by monitoring the detector signal of sputter particles of a metal constituent, and by working the element additionally by a factor corresponding to the thickness of a metal layer from a point where that signal has become rapidly intensified by oxygen in the insulator.
CONSTITUTION: A main computer 29 senses a rapid rise of Al signal among secondary particle signals 30 detected by a secondary particle detector 9. After this rise, a deflection electrode 7 is driven by a beam deflection controller 26 regarding a desired proportion corresponding to the thickness of an Al layer input by an input means 33, thereby additionally working an LSI element 12 by irradiation with a focused ion beam 13. Then, actuation of a blanking electrode 5 via a blanking controller 24 to stop its irradiation allows the complete removal of Al and the high-yield electric cutting of Al wiring 1.
SHIMASE AKIRA
HARAICHI SATOSHI
TAKAHASHI TAKAHIKO