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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2005
Applicants:

Frank A. Baiocchi, Allentown, PA (US);

John Michael Delucca, Wayne, PA (US);

James Thomas Cargo, Bethlehem, PA (US);

Inventors:

Frank A. Baiocchi, Allentown, PA (US);

John Michael DeLucca, Wayne, PA (US);

James Thomas Cargo, Bethlehem, PA (US);

Assignee:

Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G12B 13/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A calibration standard includes a silicon substrate having a plurality of defined regions and a plurality of calibration marks placed on respective defined regions of the silicon substrate. Each calibration mark comprises a different calibration dimension indicator and a corresponding dimension identifier. A method for calibrating a transmission electron microscope using the standard comprises positioning the calibration standard in a viewing area of the transmission electron microscope and sequentially viewing the marks and adjusting the calibration of the microscope for each mark viewed.


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