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3 Product and Functional Description | 3.3 Optional Components and Accessories
3.3.1.4 aBSD-LH Detector
Purpose
The aBSD-LH (large hole) detector is a pneumatically retractable, annular backscattered electron
detector (BSD). It is used for high efficiency material characterization even at low-kV applications.
It has five separate diode segments, one inner concentric ring and four outer quadrants. The inner
segment S1 provides mostly material contrast whereas the four outer quadrants S2 to S5 provide
more topographical contrast.
-LH detector with one inner concentric segment and four outer quadrants
NOTICE
Motorized specimen stage
Risk of damaging the detector when operating the motorized specimen stage.
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Retract the detector head completely after you have finished the work with the detector.
Info
Risk of malfunction: The diode segments are sensitive to the light that is used for illumination
in TV mode (infrared and white).
When you use a diode detector, always make sure that the TV illumination is switched off. If
the CCD Mode is set to
Auto Detect
, then the TV illumination is automatically switched off
when a diode detector is used.
The BSD detector has applications mainly in materials analysis and in the life sciences.
Material analysis:
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Metallurgical sections
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Geological sections
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Complex materials
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Printed circuit boards
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Semiconductors
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Bond pads
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