Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Elmer A. Klavetter, Agent
  • Patent number: 6552338
    Abstract: An ion beam analysis system that creates microscopic multidimensional image maps of the effects of high energy ions from an unfocussed source upon a sample by correlating the exact entry point of an ion into a sample by projection imaging of the ion-induced photons emitted at that point with a signal from a detector that measures the interaction of that ion within the sample. The emitted photons are collected in the lens system of a conventional optical microscope, and projected on the image plane of a high resolution single photon position sensitive detector. Position signals from this photon detector are then correlated in time with electrical effects, including the malfunction of digital circuits, detected within the sample that were caused by the individual ion that created these photons initially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventor: Barney L. Doyle