AU753825B2 - Gaseous backscattered electron detector for an environmental scanning electron microscope - Google Patents
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US09/015,362 US5945672A (en) | 1998-01-29 | 1998-01-29 | Gaseous backscattered electron detector for an environmental scanning electron microscope |
| US09/015362 | 1998-01-29 | ||
| PCT/IB1999/000056 WO1999039367A1 (en) | 1998-01-29 | 1999-01-18 | Gaseous backscattered electron detector for an environmental scanning electron microscope |
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| AU1778399A AU1778399A (en) | 1999-08-16 |
| AU753825B2 true AU753825B2 (en) | 2002-10-31 |
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| AU17783/99A Ceased AU753825B2 (en) | 1998-01-29 | 1999-01-18 | Gaseous backscattered electron detector for an environmental scanning electron microscope |
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| US (1) | US5945672A (enExample) |
| EP (1) | EP0970503B1 (enExample) |
| JP (1) | JP2002516647A (enExample) |
| AU (1) | AU753825B2 (enExample) |
| DE (1) | DE69924325T2 (enExample) |
| WO (1) | WO1999039367A1 (enExample) |
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| DE19828476A1 (de) * | 1998-06-26 | 1999-12-30 | Leo Elektronenmikroskopie Gmbh | Teilchenstrahlgerät |
| GB0005717D0 (en) * | 2000-03-09 | 2000-05-03 | Univ Cambridge Tech | Scanning electron microscope |
| FR2806527B1 (fr) | 2000-03-20 | 2002-10-25 | Schlumberger Technologies Inc | Colonne a focalisation simultanee d'un faisceau de particules et d'un faisceau optique |
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| JP2003068241A (ja) * | 2000-11-08 | 2003-03-07 | Seiko Instruments Inc | 走査型電子線装置 |
| EP1340241B1 (en) * | 2000-12-01 | 2011-05-18 | Yeda Research And Development Co., Ltd. | Device and method for the examination of samples in a non-vacuum environment using a scanning electron microscope |
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| GB2391696B (en) * | 2002-05-31 | 2005-12-21 | Leo Electron Microscopy Ltd | Improvements in or relating to particle detectors |
| WO2003104846A2 (en) | 2002-06-05 | 2003-12-18 | Quantomix Ltd. | A sample enclosure for a scanning electron microscope and methods of use thereof |
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| US9679741B2 (en) | 2010-11-09 | 2017-06-13 | Fei Company | Environmental cell for charged particle beam system |
| EP2487703A1 (en) | 2011-02-14 | 2012-08-15 | Fei Company | Detector for use in charged-particle microscopy |
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| US5250808A (en) * | 1987-05-21 | 1993-10-05 | Electroscan Corporation | Integrated electron optical/differential pumping/imaging signal system for an environmental scanning electron microscope |
| US5412211A (en) * | 1993-07-30 | 1995-05-02 | Electroscan Corporation | Environmental scanning electron microscope |
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| US4897545A (en) * | 1987-05-21 | 1990-01-30 | Electroscan Corporation | Electron detector for use in a gaseous environment |
| US5250808A (en) * | 1987-05-21 | 1993-10-05 | Electroscan Corporation | Integrated electron optical/differential pumping/imaging signal system for an environmental scanning electron microscope |
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| EP0970503B1 (en) | 2005-03-23 |
| JP2002516647A (ja) | 2002-06-04 |
| WO1999039367A1 (en) | 1999-08-05 |
| AU1778399A (en) | 1999-08-16 |
| EP0970503A1 (en) | 2000-01-12 |
| US5945672A (en) | 1999-08-31 |
| DE69924325T2 (de) | 2005-09-08 |
| DE69924325D1 (de) | 2005-04-28 |
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