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公开(公告)号:US20240361259A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18307834
申请日:2023-04-27
Applicant: BRUKER TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Inventor: Richard Thake Bytheway
IPC: G01N23/20008 , G01N23/207 , G01T1/20
CPC classification number: G01N23/20008 , G01N23/207 , G01T1/2002 , G01T1/20185
Abstract: A detector assembly of an X-ray system, the detector assembly includes: (a) an optical sensor having a first surface, the optical sensor configured to receive optical radiation impinging on the first surface, and to produce an electrical signal responsively to the optical radiation, (b) a fiber optic plate (FOP) disposed over the first surface of the optical sensor, the FOP includes: (i) one or more optical fibers disposed at an acute angle relative to a normal to the first surface, the one or more optical fibers are configured to convey the optical radiation to the optical sensor, and (ii) a second surface, which is oblique to the first surface, and (c) a scintillator layer disposed on the second surface of the FOP and configured to convert an X-ray beam into the optical radiation.
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公开(公告)号:US20230075421A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-09
申请号:US17830389
申请日:2022-06-02
Applicant: BRUKER TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Inventor: Alexander Krokhmal
IPC: G01N23/201 , G01N23/207
Abstract: An X-ray system includes, first and second X-ray channels (XCs), a spot sizer and a processor. The first XC is configured to: (i) direct a first X-ray beam for producing a spot on a surface of a sample, and (ii) produce a first signal responsively to a first X-ray radiation received from the surface. The spot sizer is positioned at a distance from the surface and is shaped and positioned to set the spot size by passing to the surface a portion of the first X-ray beam. The second XC is configured to: (i) direct a second X-ray beam to the surface, and (ii) produce a second signal responsively to a second X-ray radiation received from the surface, and the processor is configured to: (i) perform an analysis of the sample based on the first signal, and (ii) estimate the size of the spot based on the second signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11302508B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-12
申请号:US16676553
申请日:2019-11-07
Applicant: BRUKER TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Inventor: Alexander Krokhmal , John Wall
Abstract: An X-ray tube that may include a cathode that is configured to generate an electron beam; an anode having a cavity that has an opening; wherein the anode is configured to receive the electron beam through the opening and to emit, through the opening, in response to the receiving of the electron beam, an X-ray beam from the opening; and electron optics that are configured to direct the electron beam towards the opening following a path that outside the cavity and in a vicinity of the opening, differs from a path of propagation the X-ray beam.
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公开(公告)号:US20250157023A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-15
申请号:US19023560
申请日:2025-01-16
Applicant: Bruker Technologies Ltd.
Inventor: Alexander Krokhmal , Alexander Brandt , Dor Perry , Asher Peled , Matthew Wormington
IPC: G06T7/00
Abstract: A system for X-ray measurement includes first and second X-ray measurement channels, each including X-ray source configured to apply an X-ray beam to a respective measurement site on a sample and an X-ray detector assembly (XDA) configured to sense X-ray emission from the respective measurement site. An imaging assembly is configured to capture an image of the sample. A processor is configured to align the first and second X-ray measurement channels with respective first and second measurement sites using the captured image.
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公开(公告)号:US12078604B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-03
申请号:US17902926
申请日:2022-09-05
Applicant: BRUKER TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Inventor: Alexander Krokhmal , Asher Peled
IPC: G01N23/223
CPC classification number: G01N23/223 , G01N2223/076 , G01N2223/3032 , G01N2223/3037 , G01N2223/306 , G01N2223/321 , G01N2223/6116
Abstract: A system for X-ray analysis, includes: (a) an X-ray analysis assembly configured to (i) direct an X-ray beam to impinge on a surface of a sample, and (ii) receive fluorescence radiation excited from the sample in response to the impinged X-ray beam, (b) a target assembly including measurement targets: placed in an optical path between the X-ray analysis assembly and the sample, and configured to move between (i) one or more first positions in which one or more of the measurement targets are positioned in the X-ray beam, and (ii) one or more second positions in which the optical path is unobstructed by the target assembly, and (c) a processor, configured to control movement of the target assembly between the first and second positions, for alternately, (i) monitoring properties of the X-ray beam using the measurement targets, and (ii) performing the X-ray analysis at a measurement site of the sample.
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公开(公告)号:US11781999B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-10
申请号:US17830389
申请日:2022-06-02
Applicant: BRUKER TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Inventor: Alexander Krokhmal
IPC: G01N23/201 , G01N23/207
CPC classification number: G01N23/201 , G01N23/207 , G01N2223/045 , G01N2223/6116
Abstract: An X-ray system includes, first and second X-ray channels (XCs), a spot sizer and a processor. The first XC is configured to: (i) direct a first X-ray beam for producing a spot on a surface of a sample, and (ii) produce a first signal responsively to a first X-ray radiation received from the surface. The spot sizer is positioned at a distance from the surface and is shaped and positioned to set the spot size by passing to the surface a portion of the first X-ray beam. The second XC is configured to: (i) direct a second X-ray beam to the surface, and (ii) produce a second signal responsively to a second X-ray radiation received from the surface, and the processor is configured to: (i) perform an analysis of the sample based on the first signal, and (ii) estimate the size of the spot based on the second signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11761913B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17200918
申请日:2021-03-15
Applicant: BRUKER TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Inventor: Adam Ginsburg , Mark James Vermeulen , Paul Anthony Ryan , Matthew Wormington
IPC: G01N23/201 , G01N23/2055
CPC classification number: G01N23/201 , G01N23/2055 , G01N2223/054 , G01N2223/056 , G01N2223/6116
Abstract: A method for X-ray measurement includes generating and directing an X-ray beam to a sample including at least first and second layers stacked on one another, the X-ray beam incident on a sample location at which the first and second layers include respective first and second high aspect ratio (HAR) structures. X-ray scatter profiles are measured, that are emitted from the sample location in response to the X-ray beam as a function of tilt angle between the sample and the X-ray beam. A shift is estimated, between the first and second layers and a characteristic tilt of the first and second layers, based on the X-ray scatter profiles measured as a function of the tilt angle.
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公开(公告)号:US11181490B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-23
申请号:US17254281
申请日:2019-07-04
Applicant: BRUKER TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Inventor: Alex Dikopoltsev , Matthew Wormington , Yuri Vinshtein , Alexander Krokhmal
IPC: G01N23/201 , G01N23/207 , G01T1/166 , G01N23/223
Abstract: An x-ray apparatus, that may include a mount that is configured to hold a sample; an x-ray source, that is configured to direct an x-ray beam toward a first side of the sample; a detector, positioned downstream to a second side of the sample, the detector is configured to detect, during a sample measurement period, at least a part of x-rays that have been transmitted through the sample; and an x-ray intensity detector that is positioned, during a beam intensity monitoring period at a measurement position that is located between the x-ray source and the first side of the sample, so as to detect at least a part of the x-ray beam before the x-ray beam reaches the sample.
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公开(公告)号:US20210341397A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-04
申请号:US17200918
申请日:2021-03-15
Applicant: BRUKER TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Inventor: Adam Ginsburg , Mark James Vermeulen , Paul Anthony Ryan , Matthew Wormington
IPC: G01N23/201
Abstract: A method for X-ray measurement includes generating and directing an X-ray beam to a sample including at least first and second layers stacked on one another, the X-ray beam incident on a sample location at which the first and second layers include respective first and second high aspect ratio (HAR) structures. X-ray scatter profiles are measured, that are emitted from the sample location in response to the X-ray beam as a function of tilt angle between the sample and the X-ray beam. A shift is estimated, between the first and second layers and a characteristic tilt of the first and second layers, based on the X-ray scatter profiles measured as a function of the tilt angle.
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公开(公告)号:US12085521B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US18307823
申请日:2023-04-27
Applicant: Bruker Technologies Ltd.
Inventor: Alex Dikopoltsev , Matthew Wormington , Yuri Vinshtein , Alexander Krokhmal
IPC: G01N23/201 , G01N23/207 , G01N23/223 , G01T1/166
CPC classification number: G01N23/201 , G01N23/207 , G01N23/223 , G01T1/166 , G01N2223/6116
Abstract: A method for evaluating a sample that includes an array of structural elements. The method includes obtaining a first small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) pattern for a first angular relationship between the sample and an x-ray beam that exhibits a first collimation value and has a given cross-sectional area on a first side of the sample. A second SAXS pattern is obtained for a second angular relationship between the sample and the x-ray beam, while the x-ray beam exhibits a second collimation value that differs from the first collimation value while maintaining the given cross-sectional area of the x-ray beam on the first side of the sample, wherein the second angular relationship differs from the first angular relationship.
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