Hardware
The scan generator/image acquisition system is fully integrated
- The turnkey solution includes installation and training
- Scan generator and image acquisition are combined into one USB device
- Scanning & imaging cables are available for all SEM interfaces
DISS5 is the most powerful and versatile acquisition system for SEM
- Very large image resolution, up to 16k x 16k pixels
- Very fast scanning speed, down to 200ns dwell time
- Flexible 4x analogue inputs, and 12x digital counter inputs
- Versatile triggers/synchronization for pixel, line and frame
Optional video processor is available for extended imaging channels
- Channel independent brightness and contrast controls
- Hardware mixed output for simultaneous acquisition with SE, BSE, EBIC, CL, or EDS
- USB controlled and fully integrated with the acquisition software
Optional SE, BSE and EDS detectors extend the use of standard SEMs
- High performance SE detector electronics
- Standard and low-kV BSE detectors and electronics
- Practical and affordable EDS detector for SEM and STEM
Software
Complete and mature software for all common SEM requirements
- All scanning and acquisition parameters are available to the end user
- Magnification and accelerating voltage are obtained from SEM
- Advanced Region of Interest (ROI) scan with independent zoom control
Simultaneous signals are displayed using tiled image windows
- Up to 4x simultaneous signals, including SE, IL, BSE, CL…
- Up to 12 elemental maps with EDS
- Brightness and contrast may be manual or automatic
Composed colour images are produced live from multiple signal sources
- All available signals may be mixed
- Colour and intensity are fully configurable
- Result is displayed live during the acquisition
Scan profiles are fully configurable to produce custom workflows
- Fast live scans for SEM alignment and navigation
- Simultaneous scans for co-localisation and mixing
- High-resolution scan for mapping and analysis
Live signal monitor adds complete image information and optimisation
- Live line scan signals are displayed for optimisation
- Multiple live signals are displayed simultaneously
- The gradation graph improves display of complex shadows
Advanced line scan and mapping tools fully integrate the use of EDS or CL
- Manual points and line scans are provided for flexible control of acquisition parameters
- Mapping tool provides control of map location, step size, sub-pixel scans
Digital Image Processing System (DIPS2) software for offline functions
- Measurements of points, lines and angles
- Line profile extraction from multi-signal images
- Image annotation, colouring and export
