Manipulator for rotating and translating a sample holder

Patent · Tue Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2011

OSTI ID:1015318

van de Water, Jeroen ^[1]; van den Oetelaar, Johannes ^[2]; Wagner, Raymond ^[3]; Slingerland, Hendrik Nicolaas ^[4]; Bruggers, Jan Willem ^[2]; Ottevanger, Adriaan Huibert Dirk ^[5]; Schmid, Andreas ^[6]; Olson, Eric A ^[7]; Petrov, Ivan G ^[7]; Donchev, Todor I ^[8]; Duden, Thomas ^[9]

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1. Breugel, NL
2. Eindhoven, NL
3. Gorinchem, NL
4. Venlo, NL
5. Malden, NL
6. Berkeley, CA
7. Champaign, IL
8. Urbana, IL
9. Kensington, CA

A manipulator for use in e.g. a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) is described, said manipulator capable of rotating and translating a sample holder (4). The manipulator clasps the round sample holder between two members (3A, 3B), said members mounted on actuators (2A, 2B). Moving the actuators in the same direction results in a translation of the sample holder, while moving the actuators in opposite directions results in a rotation of the sample holder.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• Assignee: FEI Company (Hillsboro, OR); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 7,884,326
• Application Number: US Patent Application 11/861,721
• OSTI ID: 1015318
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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