Why CMOS-based detectors are changing the way we use EBSD

Following its launch in early 2017, the Oxford Instruments Symmetry® EBSD detector has made a significant impact in the microanalysis community. Built on many years of in-house research, Symmetry was the first commercial EBSD detector to utilise a complementary metal oxide semiconductor, enabling a dramatic increase in data acquisition speeds (well in excess of 3000 patterns per second) with no compromise to data quality. In this webinar we shall be introducing the Oxford Instruments CMOS-based EBSD detector range and discussing the technological benefits of CMOS sensors compared to traditional charge coupled device (CCD) devices. In particular we shall look at ways in which the CMOS performance advantage is ushering in new applications of EBSD, as well as revolutionising existing materials research fields.