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Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh, Jena, DE;

Inventor:

Dirk Preikszas, Oberkochen, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/21 (2006.01); H01J 37/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/21 (2013.01); H01J 37/263 (2013.01); H01J 37/265 (2013.01); H01J 2237/0048 (2013.01); H01J 2237/0492 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a particle beam microscope includes: setting a potential of a particle source; setting a potential of an object; directing a particle beam onto the object; focusing the particle beam using a particle-optical lens; providing a dependence between a value of an excitation of the particle-optical lens and a value of the potential of the object; changing a manipulated variable with the aid of an actuating element actuatable by a user; and setting the excitation of the particle-optical lens in a manner dependent on the manipulated variable. In a first mode of operation, the potential of the object is set on the basis of the excitation of the particle-optical lens in accordance with the dependence between the value of the excitation of the particle-optical lens and the value of the potential of the object.


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