EM 200 (1951-1960)

60 YEARS OF REUSE
SASG MEETING JUNE 2011
AUKE VAN BALEN
FEI ELECTRON OPTICS
Sunday, June 12, 2011
TEM products over the years
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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TEM products over the years
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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TEM products over the years
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
FEI-Philips merger
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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The early years: EM 100
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Solid state: EM 300
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Microprocessor control: CM 20
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In a different color : CM 300
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PC control: Tecnai
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The ultimate instrument: Titan
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Top performance: TEAM
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Transmission Electron Microscope
Gun
STAGE
COLUMN
ELECTRONICS
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Transmission Electron Microscope
Gun
STAGE
COLUMN
ELECTRONICS
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SOFTWARE
Electron Optics
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Electron Optics
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Electron Optics
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
MUNRO: Calculation of
optical elements
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Electron Optics
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
MUNRO: Calculation of
optical elements
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Electron Optics
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
MUNRO: Calculation of
optical elements
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
Same column
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TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
Electron Optics
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
MUNRO: Calculation of
optical elements
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
Same column
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TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
Electron Optics
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
MUNRO: Calculation of
optical elements
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
Same column
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
High stability
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Electron Optics
EM400/CM/Tecnai column is more than 30 years old but
optical performance still adequate
Extremely “value-engineered”: difficult to make even cheaper
New column design = $ 20 M development costs
Tecnai and Titan column will be used in next generation
instruments
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Specimen stage
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Specimen stage
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Specimen stage
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
Manual operation
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Specimen stage
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
Manual operation
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Specimen stage
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
Manual operation
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
5-Axis controller
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Specimen stage
High precision mechanics but “value engineered”
Specimen holders are third party items, FEI cannot change
dimensions easily
Positioning accuracy and drift still adequate
New development: piezo stack “on top of” existing mechanism
TEAM stage: less successful than hoped
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Gun & High Tension
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
Thermionic (W, LaB6)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Gun & High Tension
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
Thermionic (W, LaB6)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Gun & High Tension
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
Thermionic (W, LaB6)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
Field emission
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Gun & High Tension
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
Thermionic (W, LaB6)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
Field emission
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Gun & High Tension
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
Thermionic (W, LaB6)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
Field emission
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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Gun & High Tension
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
Thermionic (W, LaB6)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
Field emission
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
Monochromator
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Gun & High Tension
Technology unchanged over the years
HT stability requirement: < 1 V / 300 kv
Difficult to make cheaper: mechanics, safety requirements
Monochromator is FEI’s specialty
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Electronics
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
Radio tubes
EM 200 (1951-1960)Transistors
EM 300 (1966-1975)
IC’s
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
HEF logic, AD IC’s
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
Differential
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Electronics
Component obsolescence major threat
Low volume, high precision electronics
Tru-hole components getting scarce
Single-ended design
RoHS compliance
Re-engineering effort required, takes significant resources
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Software
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
Microproc.
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
PC based
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Software
Started on a 8086 embedded processor in PL/M
Moved to embedded processor + PC control in 1990
Completely PC-based with Tecnai, Windows NT as OS
Tecnai and Titan share code base
Third party integration essential (camera’s, energy filters,
equipment for X-ray analysis)
Configuration complexity exploded
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Infrastructure & common components
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
P80 bus
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
CAN
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Infrastructure & common components
Electronics infrastructure shared for TEM and SEM/SDB
Some electronic components shared (scan system, detectors)
Software component architecture shared
Development environment, archiving, building shared
Multi-site development
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Conclusions
We cannot maintain our product portfolio without re-use
Consider re-use at the system level, not on component level
Use for re-use essential: practice proven convinces most
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Questions for the discussion
Could we have done better over those years?
How to increase speed of innovation?
How to manage re-engineering?
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1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
EM 100 (1949-1966)
EM 200 (1951-1960)
EM 300 (1966-1975)
EM 400 (1975-1985)
CM (1985-1998)
TECNAI (1998-PRESENT)
TITAN (2005-PRESENT)
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