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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Formfactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gerald Lee Gisler, St. Paul, OR (US);
Sia Choon Beng, Singapore, SG;
Anthony James Lord, Banbury, GB;
Gavin Neil Fisher, Fenny Compton, GB;
Assignee:
FormFactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G02B 21/02 (2006.01); G02B 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/368 (2013.01); G02B 21/02 (2013.01); G02B 21/367 (2013.01); G02B 21/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Microscopes with objective assembly crash detection and methods of utilizing the same are disclosed herein. For example, a microscope comprises a microscope body, an objective assembly comprising an objective lens, an objective assembly mount configured to separably attach the objective assembly to the microscope body, and an orientation detection circuit configured to indicate when a relative orientation between the microscope body and the objective assembly differs from a predetermined relative orientation.