| 摘要 |
A semiconductor wafer whose position information on defects on a surface of the semiconductor wafer is already known, is placed on a stage of an imaging apparatus. Positions in a height direction of a plurality points on the surface of the semiconductor wafer are measured. In accordance with the measured positions in the height direction, the surface is partitioned into a plurality of partial areas. One partial area for which images of defects are still not acquired, is selected from the partial areas. The height of the stage is adjusted so as to set the selected partial area in an auto focusing range. Defects in the selected partial area are imaged with the imaging apparatus to acquire images of defects. Steps between the step of selecting the partial area and the step of acquiring the images of defects are repeated until images of defects in all partial areas are acquired.
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