Patent ID: 7136454
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an X-ray analysis device, the device having a source for X-ray radiation, an object under investigation which is irradiated with X-rays from the source, and a two-dimensional array detector with pixel elements for spatially resolved detection of the X-rays emitted by the object, wherein a data set, a digitized diffractogram, and/or a spectrum is obtained, the method comprising the steps of: a) recording a first data set in a first relative spatial position among the source, the object ,and the detector; b) displacing and/or rotating the detector, in a detector surface, relative to the source and the object, wherein a relative position between the source and the object is not changed; c) recording a second data set following step b); and d) superimposing the first and the second recorded data sets to form an overall data set, wherein pixels of the first and the second recorded data sets are combined corresponding to their actual positions relative to the source and the object.