Patents by Inventor Klaus Hegele

Klaus Hegele 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).

  • Patent number: 9947504
    Abstract: The system described herein relates to a particle beam apparatus for analyzing and/or for processing an object and to a method for operating a particle beam apparatus. The particle beam apparatus is designed for example as an electron beam apparatus and/or an ion beam apparatus. The particle beam apparatus comprises a beam deflection device, for example an objective lens, which is provided with a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is operated with a first coil current. The second coil is operated with a second coil current. The first coil current and/or the second coil current may always be controlled in such a way that the sum of the first coil current and the second coil current (the summation current) or the difference between the first coil current and the second coil current (the difference current) is controlled to a setpoint value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Hegele, Edgar Fichter, Michel Aliman, Dirk Preikszas, Christian Hendrich, Momme Mommsen, Michael Schnell, Kai Schubert
  • Publication number: 20170236683
    Abstract: The system described herein relates to a particle beam apparatus for analyzing and/or for processing an object and to a method for operating a particle beam apparatus. The particle beam apparatus is designed for example as an electron beam apparatus and/or an ion beam apparatus. The particle beam apparatus comprises a beam deflection device, for example an objective lens, which is provided with a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is operated with a first coil current. The second coil is operated with a second coil current. The first coil current and/or the second coil current may always be controlled in such a way that the sum of the first coil current and the second coil current (the summation current) or the difference between the first coil current and the second coil current (the difference current) is controlled to a setpoint value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus Hegele, Edgar Fichter, Michel Aliman, Dirk Preikszas, Christian Hendrich, Momme Mommsen, Michael Schnell, Kai Schubert
  • Publication number: 20130270437
    Abstract: A method for producing a representation of an object using a particle beam, as well as a particle beam device for carrying out the method are disclosed. The system described herein is based on the object of specifying the method and the particle beam device for producing a representation of an object such that images which are produced, in particular including FFT images, are as free as possible of artifacts which are not caused by the object to be examined. This is achieved in particular in that pixel lives, line flyback times and pixel pause times are varied in raster patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Josef Biberger, Ralph Pulwey, Ernst Draszba, Klaus Hegele, Harald Niebel, Andreas Adolf, Rainer Arnold
  • Patent number: 8471202
    Abstract: A method for producing a representation of an object using a particle beam, as well as a particle beam device for carrying out the method are disclosed. The system described herein is based on the object of specifying the method and the particle beam device for producing a representation of an object such that images which are produced, in particular including FFT images, are as free as possible of artifacts which are not caused by the object to be examined. This is achieved in particular in that pixel lives, line flyback times and pixel pause times are varied in raster patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Biberger, Ralph Pulwey, Ernst Draszba, Klaus Hegele, Harald Niebel, Andreas Adolf, Rainer Arnold
  • Publication number: 20110198497
    Abstract: A method for producing a representation of an object using a particle beam, as well as a particle beam device for carrying out the method are disclosed. The system described herein is based on the object of specifying the method and the particle beam device for producing a representation of an object such that images which are produced, in particular including FFT images, are as free as possible of artifacts which are not caused by the object to be examined. This is achieved in particular in that pixel lives, line flyback times and pixel pause times are varied in raster patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Josef Biberger, Ralph Pulwey, Ernst Draszba, Klaus Hegele, Harald Niebel, Andreas Adolf, Rainer Arnold