Provided is an electron beam system, in which an electron beam emitted
from an electron gun is irradiated to a stencil mask, and the electron
beam that has passed through the stencil mask is magnified by an electron
lens and then detected by a detector having a plurality of pixels so as
to form an image of the sample. Further provided is an electron beam
system, in which a primary electron beam emitted from an electron gun is
directed to a sample surface of a sample prepared as a subject to be
inspected, and an electron image formed by a secondary electron beam
emanated from the sample is magnified and detected, wherein an NA
aperture is disposed in a path common to both of the primary electron
beam and the secondary electron beam. An electron lens is disposed in the
vicinity of a sample surface, and in this arrangement, a crossover
produced by the electron gun, the electron lens and the NA aperture may
be in conjugate relationships relative to each other with respect to the
primary electron beam.