Patents
US Patents
1. 6992287 Apparatus and method for image optimization of samples in a scanning electron microscope
A system and method for identifying an optimal landing energy of a probe current in a scanning electron microscope system. A probe current having a known landing energy is directed at a sample for...
2. 6825977 Fixture for microscope component alignment
A fixture and method is provided for aligning optical elements in a microscope. The fixture attaches to an objective lens plane of the microscope and supports an alignment optical element. During...
3. 7759138 Silicon microchannel plate devices with smooth pores and precise dimensions
A method of fabricating a microchannel plate includes forming a plurality of pores in a silicon substrate. The plurality of pores is oxidized, thereby consuming silicon at surfaces of the...
4. 7977617 Image intensifying device having a microchannel plate with a resistive film for suppressing the generation of ions
An image intensifying device includes a lens that is positioned at a light input that forms an image of a scene. The image intensifying device also includes an image intensifier tube that includes...
5. 6717143 Beam alignment in a lower column of a scanning electron microscope or the like
An apparatus for imaging the surface of a sample, such as a scanning electron microscope.
The apparatus generates a beam of charged particles directed at the surface, and includes an objective...
6. 6717141 Reduction of aberrations produced by Wien filter in a scanning electron microscope and the like
In order to improve the resolution of an electron beam in a scanning electron microscope or the like in which a Wien filter is employed for particle detection purposes, the beam is caused to have...
7. 8134108 Image intensifying device
An image intensifying device includes a lens that is positioned at a light input that forms an image of a scene. The image intensifying device also includes an image intensifier tube that includes...
8. 8052884 Method of fabricating microchannel plate devices with multiple emissive layers
A method of fabricating a microchannel plate includes defining a plurality of pores extending from a top surface of a substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate where the plurality of pores...
9. 7855493 Microchannel plate devices with multiple emissive layers
A microchannel plate includes a substrate defining a plurality of pores extending from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate. The plurality of pores includes a...
10. 6593578 Wien filter for use in a scanning electron microscope or the like
A charged particle filter such as a Wien filter in which components used as the pole pieces and electrodes are precisely and reliably secured to a supporting structure through which they extend...
11. 8227965 Microchannel plate devices with tunable resistive films
A microchannel plate includes a substrate defining a plurality of channels extending from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate. A resistive layer is formed over an...
12. 9368332 Microchannel plate devices with tunable resistive films
A microchannel plate includes a substrate defining a plurality of channels extending from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate. A resistive layer is formed over an...
13. 9064676 Microchannel plate devices with tunable conductive films
A microchannel plate includes a substrate defining a plurality of channels extending from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate. A resistive layer is formed over an...
14. 8237129 Microchannel plate devices with tunable resistive films
A microchannel plate for detecting neutrons includes a hydrogen-rich polymer substrate that defines a plurality of channels extending from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the.
One US Patent Pending and Sixteen (16) International Patents issued.