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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Fei Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Michael James Owen, Geebung, AU;
Michael Buhot, Brisbane, AU;
Assignee:
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/2252 (2013.01); G01N 2223/418 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improved mineral analysis system includes mineral definitions that include not only characteristics of the minerals, but also variability in those characteristics. The variabilities allow the calculation of ranges of expected values for different quality of measurements, for example, for different numbers of x-ray counts. Match probabilities can therefore be calculated to more accurately determine the composition of a mineral sample.