The invention provides an
ion beam
etching system with an
etching rate in-situ monitoring function and an
etching method, the
ion beam etching
system is provided with an objective table which can deflect by 90 degrees and an electrical test detection element which can move close to or far away from the objective table, and by the etching method, an
ion source is not closed, a sample is not taken out, and the
etching rate can be accurately measured. The etching depth can be accurately monitored by measuring the surface resistance of the sample in situ, the
etching rate can be reduced in time, and the method is more suitable for the tape-out process. According to the
ion beam etching
system and the etching method, sputter spectrum monitoring is replaced by sample surface resistance detection, so that the
test sensitivity is higher, the system cost is lower, the etching precision in magnetic
tunnel junction preparation is greatly improved, the sample is prevented from being excessively etched, the thickness of a sample layer can be kept consistent, the resistance distribution is uniform, and the quality of the magnetic
tunnel junction is improved. And the high success rate preparation of the SOT-MRAM memory with
large capacity and small size is realized.