Patent ID: 11901155
Assignee: FEI COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A computer readable medium storing non-transitory computer readable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to cause a charged particle microscope system to:
cause a charged particle beam apparatus to operate in a first alignment state;
use an alignment algorithm to effect an alignment transition of the charged particle beam apparatus from said first alignment state towards a second alignment state of said charged particle beam apparatus, wherein the first alignment state and the second alignment state describe multiple operating parameters of multiple components of the charged particle beam apparatus, including multiple lenses, and wherein said alignment algorithm comprises at least one neural network; and
provide data related to said alignment transition to a modification algorithm for modifying said alignment algorithm in order to effect a modified alignment transition.