High-resolution imaging system for electron microscopy: software and hardware development

电子显微镜高分辨率成像系统：软件和硬件开发

• 批准号: 493585-2015
• 负责人: Sciaini, AlbertoGerman
• 金额: $ 5.6万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=618897
• 关键词: resolution; imaging; system; electron; microscopy

Since its invention by Ernst Ruska and Max Knoll (ca. 1930), a handful of companies specialized in the development and fabrication of transmission electron microscopes, whereas others focused on manufacturing peripheral devices. However, this trend has changed. Nowadays, electron microscopy companies are trying to gain control on the cost and quality of their electron microscope accessories to offer customers a more attractive, complete, and reliable instrument with centralized support.This proposal partners Hitachi, a world-leading High Tech company, with the Ultrafast electron Imaging Lab (UeIL) at the University of Waterloo, a laboratory that specializes in state-of-the-art instrumentation development, to produce an exclusive electron detection system designed to suit Hitachi transmission electron microscopes. Hitachi High Technologies has a wide portfolio of high-tech products that range from analytical systems, electron and atomic force microscopes, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and a large variety of industry-targeted instruments but electron detection cameras. This development plan therefore represents a unique opportunity to synergize collaborative work between UeIL and Hitachi High Technologies Canada Inc. to generate a robust and cost effective retractable electron detection device. Furthermore, this newly developed electron camera will be fully integrated with "Maestro": a centralized computer platform developed by Hitachi High Technologies to control all auxiliary devices in Hitachi electron microscopes.

自从Ernst Ruska和Max Knoll(约1930年)发明它以来，少数几家公司专门开发和制造透射式电子显微镜，而其他公司则专注于制造外围设备。然而，这一趋势已经改变。如今，电子显微镜公司正试图控制其电子显微镜配件的成本和质量，以提供更有吸引力、更完整、更可靠的集中式支持仪器。这项提议与世界领先的高科技公司日立公司和滑铁卢大学专门从事最先进仪器开发的实验室超快电子成像实验室(UeIL)合作，生产专为日立透射式电子显微镜设计的独家电子检测系统。日立高技术拥有广泛的高科技产品组合，从分析系统、电子和原子力显微镜、半导体制造设备到各种针对行业的仪器，但电子检测相机。因此，这一开发计划是UeIL和日立高技术加拿大公司之间协同工作的独特机会，以生产一种坚固耐用且具有成本效益的可伸缩电子检测设备。此外，这款新开发的电子相机将与日立高科技开发的中央计算机平台“Maestro”完全集成，以控制日立电子显微镜中的所有辅助设备。