Method of performing spectroscopy in a transmission charged-particle microscope

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PATENT NO 9778377
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15072929

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A Transmission Charged-Particle Microscope comprises a source of charged particles which are then directed by an illuminator onto a specimen supported by a specimen holder. Charged particles transmitted through the specimen may undergo energy loss with a distribution of losses providing information about the specimen. A dispersing device disperses the transmitted charged particles into an energy-resolved array of spectral sub-beams distributed along a dispersion direction. The dispersed charged particles are detected by a detector comprising an assembly of sub-detectors arranged along said dispersion direction, whereby different sub-detectors are adjustable to have different detection sensitivities.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mele, Luigi Eindhoven, NL 9 16
Sluijterman, Albertus Aemillius Seyno Eindhoven, NL 6 32
van, Veen Gerard Nicolaas Anne Waalre, NL 13 213

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