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摘要

When you buy a car, you choose from a number of add-on options. iPod dock? Check. Heated seats? Not necessary. The same is true for the multi-million dollar microscopes FEI Company manufactures. Hillsboro, Ore.-based FEI makes electron-optics and focused-ion-beam microscopes that offer precision imaging and three-dimensional characterization to a range of different scientific industries, including nanotechnology and semiconductor fabrication. Customers across these industries configure microscopes to fit their needs. An instrument used in a biology lab will include particular cameras and pieces of equipment while an instrument used for semiconductor fabrication will include others.