259 patents
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Small-angle x-ray scatterometry
18 Jul 23
A method for evaluating an array of high aspect ratio (HAR) structures on a sample includes illuminating the sample with an x-ray beam along a first axis parallel to within two degrees to the HAR structures in the array and sensing a first pattern of small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) scattered from the sample while illuminating the sample along the first axis.
Alex Dikopoltsev, Matthew Wormington, Yuri Vinshtein, Alexander Krokhmal
Filed: 20 Oct 21
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Desorber for a Spectrometer
13 Jul 23
A desorber for a spectrometer, comprising a housing, which has supply lines and discharge lines for a sample carrier gas, together with a closable opening, and an induction unit arranged in the housing, wherein the induction unit comprises a high-permeability and electrically insulating coil carrier, a coil arranged in the coil carrier, a high-permeability sample carrier that can be removed via the closable opening, wherein the sample carrier is designed as an inductive heating element, for purposes of heating a substance to be desorbed, which is applied to the sample carrier, and the coil carrier and the coil are arranged spaced apart from the sample carrier by a gap, such that the magnetic flux, generated by an alternating current flowing in the coil, flows through the sample carrier via the coil carrier and the gap.
Uwe RENNER
Filed: 11 Jan 23
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Dispersion Using a Moving Magnet
13 Jul 23
This invention relates to a method of dispersing magnetic particles, said method comprising or consisting of: (a) in a vessel, combining at least one permanent magnet and said magnetic particles in a liquid phase; and (b) triggering a fluctuating or oscillating motion of said permanent magnet using a magnetic field; thereby dispersing said particles.
Nils A. Kulak, Katrin Hartinger, Martin Käsemann, Sebastian Johansson, Jasmin Johansson
Filed: 12 May 21
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Systems and methods for optogenetic imaging
4 Jul 23
Provided herein are systems and methods for simultaneous imaging and stimulation using a microscope system.
Mark O. Trulson, Alice Stamatakis, Koen Visscher
Filed: 24 Sep 21
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Silicon nitride x-ray window and method of manufacture for x-ray detector use
4 Jul 23
A method for producing a radiation window includes patterning a photo resist structure onto a double-sided silicon wafer, plasma etching the silicon wafer to create an etched silicon wafer having a silicon supporting structure etched upon a first side of the double-sided silicon wafer, applying a silicon nitride thin film to the etched silicon wafer, patterning a photo resist structure and plasma etching a second side of the double-sided silicon wafer to create an initial window in the silicon nitride thin film, and wet etching the second side of the double-sided silicon wafer to release the silicon nitride thin film and supporting structure from the portion of the double-sided silicon wafer defined by the initial window.
Joseph S. Fragala, Xing Zhao
Filed: 25 Aug 21
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Methods and systems for detecting defects in devices using X-rays
27 Jun 23
In one embodiment, an automated high-speed X-ray inspection system may generate a first X-ray image of an inspected sample at a first direction substantially orthogonal to a plane of the inspected sample.
David Lewis Adler, Scott Joseph Jewler, Freddie Erich Babian
Filed: 9 Jul 20
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Method for the spectrometric characterization of microorganisms
30 May 23
The invention relates to a method for the spectrometric characterization of microorganisms, comprising: providing a test microorganism; acquiring spectrometric measurement data from the test microorganism under potential exposure to variance that is not based on taxonomic classification; selecting a classifier which is trained to determine the identity of a microorganism on a second taxonomic level; and applying the classifier to the measurement data in order to determine the identity of the test microorganism on the second taxonomic level, wherein the classifier is variance-conditioned in such a way that it largely or completely masks out the effect of variance in the characterization of the test microorganism on the second taxonomic level.
Norman Mauder
Filed: 1 Oct 20
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Methods and systems for printed circuit board design based on automatic corrections
30 May 23
In one embodiment, a computing system may access design data of a printed circuit board to be produced by a manufacturing process.
David Lewis Adler, Freddie Erich Babian, Scott Joseph Jewler
Filed: 20 May 21
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Detector, methods for operating a detector and detector pixel circuit
30 May 23
A pixelated sensor comprises a semiconductor substrate chip with a plurality of sensor pixels and a detector chip with a plurality of detector pixels.
Daniel Radu Goran, Luca Bombelli, Paolo Trigilio
Filed: 19 Jul 19
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Debris Removal From High Aspect Structures
25 May 23
A debris collection and metrology system for collecting and analyzing debris from a tip used in nanomachining processes, the system including an irradiation source, an irradiation detector, an actuator, and a controller.
Tod Evan Robinson, Bernabe Arruza, Kenneth Gilbert Roessler, David Brinkley, Jeffrey E. LeClaire
Filed: 6 Jan 23
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Compensating control signal for raster scan of a scanning probe microscope
23 May 23
The invention relates to a measuring device for a scanning probe microscope that includes a sample receptacle which is configured to receive a measurement sample to be examined, a measuring probe which is arranged on a probe holder and has a probe tip with which the measurement sample can be measured.
Wolfgang Dobler, Danilo Nitsche, Frederik Büchau-Vender
Filed: 19 Nov 20
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Pre-fractionation for Mass Spectrometric Analysis
18 May 23
The present invention relates to a method of fractionating a variety of analytes bound to a matrix, said method comprising: (a) eluting said analytes with a plurality of eluents, wherein a first elution step is effected with an elution buffer comprising a first numbered eluent, and a subsequent (n-th) elution step is effected with an elution buffer comprising an n-th numbered eluent, wherein said n-th numbered eluent has a lower dipole moment and/or a higher hydrophobicity than said first numbered eluent.
Sebastian H. Johansson, Nils A. Kulak
Filed: 12 Mar 21
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Methods and systems for manufacturing printed circuit board based on x-ray inspection
16 May 23
In one embodiment, an X-ray inspection system may nondestructively inspect a printed circuit board to measure a number of dimensions at a number of pre-determined locations of the printed circuit board.
David Lewis Adler, Scott Joseph Jewler, Freddie Erich Babian, Andrew George Reid, Benjamin Thomas Adler
Filed: 9 Jul 20
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Subelement based on Nb-containing rod elements with powder-filled core tube for an Nb
16 May 23
Klaus Schlenga, Matheus Wanior, Vital Abaecherli, Manfred Thoener, Carl Buehler, Bernd Sailer
Filed: 22 Dec 21
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Device for Closing the Input Opening In the Sample Chamber In an X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
11 May 23
A closure device for the gas-tight closing of the input opening of a sample chamber of an x-ray analysis apparatus includes a slider having a closure plate and a carriage that is configured to be displaced in a lateral movement over the input opening on a linear guide arranged on a baseplate connected fixedly to the sample chamber.
Wolfgang GEHRLEIN
Filed: 3 Nov 22
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Method for Homogenizing a Magnetic Field Profile of a Superconductor Magnet System
11 May 23
A method is provided for homogenizing a magnetic field profile of a superconductor magnet system having a cryostat with a room temperature bore, a superconductor bulk magnet with at least three axially stacked bulk sub-magnets, arranged coaxially with the room temperature bore, and a cryogenic cooling system for cooling the superconductor bulk magnet.
Stephen Alfred MARCH, Joerg HINDERER, Franck BORGNOLUTTI
Filed: 7 Nov 22
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Thermally stable, drift resistant probe for a scanning probe microscope and method of manufacture
9 May 23
A probe assembly for a surface analysis instrument such as an atomic force microscope (AFM) that accommodates potential thermal drift effects includes a substrate defining a base of the probe assembly, a cantilever extending from the base and having a distal end, and a reflective pad disposed at or near the distal end.
Jeffrey K. Wong, Deepkishore Mukhopadhyay
Filed: 3 Aug 18
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Mass Spectrometry Imaging with Substance Identification Using Ion Mobility
4 May 23
A method for the identification and localization of small molecule species in a histologic thin tissue section comprises the steps of: a) acquiring a mass/mobility image of the tissue section and generating a mass/mobility map of the small molecule species of interest for each pixel of the image; b) providing a second sample of the same tissue and extracting the small molecules of interest, separating them, and acquiring mass and ion mobility spectra from the separated small molecules; c) identifying the small molecules of interest using corresponding reference databases; and d) assigning identified small molecules to entries in the mass/mobility maps of the first tissue section by comparison of ion masses and mobilities of the identified species to those of the second thin tissue section.
Michael EASTERLING
Filed: 3 Jan 23
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Nanoscale dynamic mechanical analysis via atomic force microscopy (AFM-nDMA)
25 Apr 23
An atomic-force-microscope-based apparatus and method including hardware and software, configured to collect, in a dynamic fashion, and analyze data representing mechanical properties of soft materials on a nanoscale, to map viscoelastic properties of a soft-material sample.
Sergey Osechinskiy, Anthonius Ruiter, Bede Pittenger, Syed-Asif Syed-Amanulla
Filed: 18 Apr 22
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Quick coupling for mounting an NMR probe on a shim system
25 Apr 23
A fastening device for releasably fastening a probe (1) to an NMR magnet (2).
Markus Mayer, Franco Sestito
Filed: 19 May 22