US Patent Issued to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS on Nov. 11 for "Method and signal generator for controlling an acousto-optic element" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,186, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).

"Method and signal generator for controlling an acousto-optic element" was invented by Holger Birk (Meckesheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for actuating an acoustooptical element includes generating an actuation signal by a direct digital synthesis (DDS) method using a signal value sequence made up of at least two frequency components. A signal generator for actuating an acoustooptical element is configured to perform the method. An arrangement includes the signal generator and the acoustooptical element. A microscope includes...