With a passive system you are definetely stuck with the limitations of the SEM scan generator :
- the scan modes were not designed with digital imaging in mind
- they are fixed, no way to adapt them to your needs
- the micron bar info has a non-negligible error in the range of 5..9%
- very often the beam resolution does not match the bitmap resolution
- you have no control on the residual noise as you have no control on the scan time.
But using our active system brings you many new features and capabilities :
- nearly unlimited freedom in defining your image size – and frame time!
- you get a reliable micron bar info at the bottom of your bitmap (error level <<1%)
- you get a bitmap size that matches your scan resolution
- you have a set of tools for enhancing your job productivity on the SEM
The only goal when working on a SEM is to produce images; annotation, archving is done later, on another workstation, as working on a SEM costs $$$ and many people use it…
And our Saturn system is good, at a very affordable price.