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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2012
Stan Johan Pieter Konings, Breda, NL;
Stephan Kujawa, Veldhoven, NL;
Petrus Hubertus Franciscus Trompenaars, Tilburg, NL;
Stan Johan Pieter Konings, Breda, NL;
Stephan Kujawa, Veldhoven, NL;
Petrus Hubertus Franciscus Trompenaars, Tilburg, NL;
FEI Company, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for studying the reaction (chemical or physical) of a sample with a gas in the active atmosphere of an instrument such as an Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope (ETEM), optical microscope, X-ray microscope or scanning probe microscope. The sample is exposed to inert gas at a desired temperature before exchanging the inert gas to the active gas to reduce to avoid, or at least minimize, sample drift during image acquisition.