Abstract:
A vacuumed device that includes: a sealed housing, an electron beam source, an electron optic component, a thin membrane, and a detector. The thin membrane seals an aperture of the sealed housing. The sealed housing defines a vacuumed space in which vacuum is maintained. The electron beam source is configured to generate an electron beam that propagates within the vacuumed space, interacts with the electron optic component and passes through the thin membrane. A first portion of the sealed housing is shaped to fit a space defined by non-vacuumed scanning electron microscope components that are maintained in a non-vacuum environment.
Abstract:
A scanning electron microscope suitable for imaging samples in a non- vacuum environment, the scanning electron microscope including an electron source located within an enclosure maintained under vacuum, an electron permeable membrane disposed at an opening of the enclosure separating an environment within the enclosure which is maintained under vacuum and an environment outside the enclosure which is not maintained under vacuum, the electron permeable membrane not being electrically grounded and at least one non-grounded electrode operative as an electron detector.
Abstract:
A method for performing analysis of materials when present in a non- vacuum environment using an electron microscope, the method including generating first and second characteristic spectrum for a material by directing an electron beam from the electron microscope onto the material in respective first and second non-vacuum environments, in which respective first and second amounts of scattering of the electron beam takes place, collecting respective first and second X-rays emitted from the material and performing spectral analysis on the first and second X-rays, comparing the first and second characteristic spectra and noting peaks whose intensity increases with increased scattering, generating a scattering-compensated characteristic spectrum for the material from at least one of the first and second characteristic spectra by eliminating at least one peak whose intensity increases with increased scattering.
Abstract:
A vacuumed device that includes: a sealed housing, an electron beam source, an electron optic component, a thin membrane, and a detector. The thin membrane seals an aperture of the sealed housing. The sealed housing defines a vacuumed space in which vacuum is maintained. The electron beam source is configured to generate an electron beam that propagates within the vacuumed space, interacts with the electron optic component and passes through the thin membrane. A first portion of the sealed housing is shaped to fit a space defined by non-vacuumed scanning electron microscope components that are maintained in a non-vacuum environment.
Abstract:
A scanning electron microscope suitable for imaging samples in a non- vacuum environment, the scanning electron microscope including an electron source located within an enclosure maintained under vacuum, an electron permeable membrane disposed at an opening of the enclosure separating an environment within the enclosure which is maintained under vacuum and an environment outside the enclosure which is not maintained under vacuum, the electron permeable membrane not being electrically grounded and at least one non-grounded electrode operative as an electron detector.