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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Fei Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Henricus Gerardus Roeven, Eindhoven, NL;
Rob Braan, Eindhoven, NL;
Bart Jozef Janssen, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Keizer, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/359 (2011.01); H04N 5/363 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/359 (2013.01); H04N 5/363 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for acquiring data from a pixelated image sensor for detecting charged particles. The method includes reading a pixel voltage of one or more of the multiple pixels multiple times without resetting the image sensor and digitizing the pixel into a first number of bits. The camera outputs a digitized compressed pixel voltage in a second, less, number of bits. The maximum range of the digitized compressed pixel voltage is less than a maximum range of the pixel voltage.