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Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth J. Hayworth, Ashburn, VA (US);

Harald F. Hess, Leesburg, VA (US);

C. Shan Xu, Ashburn, VA (US);

David Peale, Ashburn, VA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/26 (2006.01); G01N 23/2251 (2018.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/261 (2013.01); G01N 23/2251 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01); H01J 2237/006 (2013.01); H01J 2237/0812 (2013.01);
Abstract

A microscopy system includes a gas cluster beam system configured for generating a beam of gas clusters directed toward a sample to irradiate a sample and mill away successive surface layers from the sample, a scanning electron microscope system configured for irradiating the successive surface layers of the sample with an electron beam and for imaging the successive surface layers of the sample in response to the irradiation of the surface layer, and a processor configured for generating a three dimensional image of the sample based on the imaging of the successive layers of the sample.


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