Microcalorimeter x-ray detectors with x-ray lens

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PATENT NO 5880467
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08811939

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Spectroscopic materials analysis wherein a sample under test is bombarded by electrons in a scanning electron microscope to produce an x-ray emission collected over a large solid angle by a polycapillary lens and focused onto the surface of a microcalorimeter detector. The x-ray lens is used to increase the effective collection area of the microcalorimeter detector used in an x-ray spectrometer. By increasing the collection angle, the time period for x-ray collection is reduced and the detector can be located farther from the x-ray source. The x-ray lens is effective over a broad energy range of x-rays, thus providing compatibility with spectroscopic analysis. The microcalorimeter can be calibrated to compensate for any variations in the transmission efficiency of the x-ray lens.

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COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF AS REPRESENTED BYNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 14TH AND CONSTITUTION WASHINGTON DC 20230

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Downing, Robert Gregory Niskayuna, NY 1 10
Gibson, Walter Maxwell Voorheesville, NY 1 10
Hilton, Gene Charles Boulder, CO 1 10
Irwin, Kent David Lyons, CO 2 31
Martinis, John Matthew Boulder, CO 1 10
Wollman, David Anders Louisville, CO 1 10

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