Patent · US Expired

Scanning confocal microscope with objective lens position tracking

US6181474A · kind A · utility

47Cited by
22References
21Claims
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Filing dateMar 22, 1999
Grant dateJan 30, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/0056
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A calibration device which has at least two targets. Each target has at least one surface exhibiting areas of optical contrast, and each surface has a general plane of orientation. The targets are oriented such that a general plane of orientation of one target is inclined at an angle relative to the general plane of orientation of a surface of the second target which has areas of optical contrast.

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