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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Gatan, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edward Michael James, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ray Dudley Twesten, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gatan, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/26 (2006.01); H01J 37/22 (2006.01); H01J 37/24 (2006.01); H01J 37/05 (2006.01); H01J 37/244 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/268 (2013.01); H01J 37/05 (2013.01); H01J 37/224 (2013.01); H01J 37/244 (2013.01); H01J 37/265 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2446 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24485 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for acquiring Electron Energy Loss Spectrometry (EELS) spectra in a transmission electron microscope. The inventive system and method maximize spectrum acquisition rate and duty cycle by exposing a first portion of an image sensor to a first spectrum while a previously exposed potion of the sensor is read out of the sensor during some or all of the exposure time.