Patents by Inventor Garrett Budnik

Garrett Budnik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230243767
    Abstract: Methods and systems for spectroscopic analysis of focused ion beam induced optical emission include accessing a spectrum acquired from a sample responsive to irradiating the sample with an ion beam and identifying the spectral peaks of the spectrum. The emission type of the spectral peak is determined based on a spectral resolution of a light collection system for collecting the spectrum. The emission types include elemental emission, molecular emission, and bandgap emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: FEI Company
    Inventor: Garrett Budnik
  • Publication number: 20230095798
    Abstract: Methods and systems for imaging a sample with a charged particle microscope comprises after scanning a region of interest (ROI) of a sample with an electron beam and acquiring X-rays emitted from the sample, scanning the ROI with an ion beam and acquiring ion-induced photons emitted from the sample. A spatial distribution of multiple elements in the sample may be determined based on both the acquired X-rays and the acquired ion-induced photons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: FEI Company
    Inventors: Garrett BUDNIK, Chengge JIAO, Mostafa MAAZOUZ, Suzanna OFFICER, Galen Gledhill, Chad Rue
  • Patent number: 10896802
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are example embodiments for performing microscopy using microscope systems that combine both scanning-electron-microscope-cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL) microscopy and focused-ion-beam ion-induced optical emission (FIB-IOE) microscopy. Certain embodiments comprise operating a microscopy system in a first microscopy mode in which an electron beam interacts with a sample at a sample location and causes first-mode photons and electrons to be emitted, the first-mode photons including photons generated through a cathodoluminescence process; and operating a microscopy system in a second microscopy mode in which an ion beam interacts with a sample at the sample location and causes second-mode photons to be emitted, the second-mode photons including photons generated through an ion-induced luminescence process and photons generated through an atomic de-excitation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: FEI Company
    Inventors: Mostafa Maazouz, Galen Gledhill, Garrett Budnik, Jorge Filevich
  • Publication number: 20190198288
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are example embodiments for performing microscopy using microscope systems that combine both scanning-electron-microscope-cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL) microscopy and focused-ion-beam ion-induced optical emission (FIB-IOE) microscopy. Certain embodiments comprise operating a microscopy system in a first microscopy mode in which an electron beam interacts with a sample at a sample location and causes first-mode photons and electrons to be emitted, the first-mode photons including photons generated through a cathodoluminescence process; and operating a microscopy system in a second microscopy mode in which an ion beam interacts with a sample at the sample location and causes second-mode photons to be emitted, the second-mode photons including photons generated through an ion-induced luminescence process and photons generated through an atomic de-excitation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Mostafa Maazouz, Galen Gledhill, Garrett Budnik, Jorge Filevich