Equally as important as choosing the correct model, is choosing the correct surface roughness measurement for the model input.

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Field of view microscope definition in simple terms it is the area you see under the microscope for a particular magnification. Say, for example, you are viewing a cell or specimen under an optical microscope. The diameter of the circle that you see is the field of view of the microscope.

Note that the extent of the Field of Vision depends on the magnification. Objectives with higher magnifications have smaller Fields of Vision. Thus, the size of the Field of Vision should be selected as a function of the size of the features that are to be studied. Bacteria are smaller (around 5 microns) than most human cells (a brain's astrocyte can have 90 microns in diameter). Therefore, to study astrocytes larger Fields of Vision are necessary.

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When you record the image to a digital medium the FOV can be expressed as a distance (e.g., 1 mm) or in calibrated pixel counts (e.g., 1024 pixels at 1 um/pixel) along the major axis.

For instance, if your eyepiece reads 10X/22, and the magnification of your objective lens is 40. First, multiply 10 and 40 to get 400. Then divide 22 by 400 to get a FOV diameter of 0.055 millimeters.

Many surface roughness compensation models exist to help designers and fabricators model the effect that copper roughness has on insertion loss. Polar Si9000e provides a number of methods depending on your or your OEMs requirements. Huray (Canonball) accepts Rz or SEM data if availaible, Gradient accepts Rq (RMS) roughness – as do the legacy methods Groisse and Hammerstad which are only valid up to a few GHz

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In general, Rz DIN and Rz JIS are comparable, with Rz JIS always being smaller than Rz DIN, as Rz JIS incorporates more data points.

If using a stereo microscope with an auxiliary lens, the magnification factor of this lens should also be employed in the equation by multiplication with the objective magnification. You will have to multiply the eyepiece magnification by the objective magnification to find the total magnification before dividing the field number.

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The Field of View on a microscope determines the size of the imaged area. It gains importance when you want to measure specifics such as densities -for example, an experiment to estimate the density of cells in a solution. To get the answer, you have to acquire an image of a Field of View, count the number of cells and divide it by the imaged area. The result would be an estimate of cells/micron.

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When you switch eyepieces or objective lenses, ensure to repeat the FOV calculations with the new inputs on field number and magnifications. For objects that require higher magnifications, convert your measurements from millimeters to micrometers.

Higher power lenses will allow you to view tiny objects, so the angle of view will be small; low power lenses will do the opposite and let you view bigger (wider) objects.

To complicate matters further, there are different ways to calculate Rz. The most common methods of calculating Rz come from the German Institute of Standards (DIN), Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS), and International Organization of Standardization (ISO). Obviously, each with their own methodology. Figure 1 shows an example of a cross section profile for a roughness measurement. The existence of various summarizing methods becomes easy to understand.

Figure 1 shows an illustration of a cross section profile. It becomes easy to see why multiple Rz methodologies exists for summarizing peak to valley roughness.

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Field of view (also abbreviated as FOV) for a microscope is the extent of the observable area in distance units. The optics provide a clear and undistorted view in a field around the optical axis, and the field of view is selected from this.  The rays that produce the image in this view are generally aberration-free and do not create a significant falloff in image intensity.

To calculate the field of view of microscope you need to know the eyepiece magnification, field number and objective lens. Once you have this information you can calculate the field of view of the microscope by dividing the field number by the magnification number.

As you increase the magnification, the field of vision is reduced. Depending upon the lens system, this can vary. A crude way of measuring the field of view is by using a ruler under the microscope for a particular magnification.

Different surface roughness compensation models will require different inputs. Some require Rz while others require Rq. It is important to note that these numbers come from different methods of summarizing a surface profile. Any numerical conversion from one method to another should be handled with care and understanding that the conversion is only an approximation and will contribute to garbage ingoing to the model.