US Patent Issued to FEI on June 23 for "Techniques for narrowing zero loss peaks in monochromated charged particles sources" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,157, issued on June 23, was assigned to FEI COMPANY.

"Techniques for narrowing zero loss peaks in monochromated charged particles sources" was invented by Alexander Henstra (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Ali Mohammadi-Gheidari (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Charged particle optical devices, systems, and methods are provided. A charged particle optical device can include a dispersing element disposed substantially on a beam axis, the dispersing element being configured to disperse particles of a beam of charged particles by energy in a dispersal plane parallel with the beam axis. The charged particle optical devi...