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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Nelson George Publicover, Reno, NV (US);
John Leonard Sutko, Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Nelson George Publicover, Reno, NV (US);
John Leonard Sutko, Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing data collection within a device is disclosed. A device steers a scanning probe in a continuous, non-raster pattern across a specimen. The specimen is supported by a stage, and data is collected in response to interaction between the probe and the specimen to form a data set. Spiral scanning patterns without turnaround regions are utilized in embodiments of the present invention, both with and without rounded corners in the scanning patterns.