Patents for G01Q 20 - Monitoring the movement or position of the probe (1,663)
05/2003
05/15/2003US20030089162 Dual stage instrument for scanning a specimen
05/08/2003WO2003038410A1 Optical scanning type observation device
05/08/2003US20030086094 Microforce measurement method and apparatus
05/08/2003US20030085355 Electron beam apparatus, and inspection instrument and inspection process thereof
04/2003
04/22/2003US6552340 Autoadjusting charged-particle probe-forming apparatus
04/22/2003US6552339 Micro goniometer for scanning probe microscopy
04/10/2003US20030066963 Multi-beam multi-column electron beam inspection system
04/08/2003US6545492 Multiple local probe measuring device and method
04/08/2003US6545275 Beam evaluation
04/08/2003US6545274 Methods and devices for determining times for maintenance activity performed on a charged-particle-beam microlithography apparatus, and microelectronic-device-manufacturing methods comprising same
04/03/2003WO2003028038A2 Method and device for analysing a sample by means of a raster scanning probe microscope
04/03/2003WO2003028037A2 Device and method for scanning probe microscope
04/02/2003EP0868648B1 Integrated silicon profilometer and afm head
04/01/2003US6542455 Optical probe array head device
03/2003
03/20/2003US20030053048 Electron microscope and spectroscopy system
03/13/2003US20030047675 Diffractive optical position detector
03/12/2003EP1290404A1 Sample for simultaneously conducting electro-chemical and topographic near-field microscopy
03/12/2003CN1402830A Precision stage
03/11/2003US6530267 Scanning system having a deflectable probe tip
03/11/2003US6530266 Active probe for an atomic force microscope and method of use thereof
03/06/2003WO2003019241A2 Diffractive optical position detector
03/06/2003WO2003019238A2 Multiple plate tip or sample scanning reconfigurable scanned probe microscope with transparent interfacing of far-field optical microscopes
03/06/2003US20030042409 Intermittent contact imaging under force-feedback control
03/04/2003US6528780 Optical probe for proximity field
02/2003
02/27/2003WO2003016874A1 Vibration type probe sensor
02/20/2003US20030034457 Electron-optical corrector for eliminating third-order aberations
02/20/2003US20030033863 Atomic force microscopy for high throughput analysis
02/11/2003US6518582 Electron beam apparatus, and inspection instrument and inspection process thereof
02/11/2003US6518571 Through-the-substrate investigation of flip-chip IC's
02/04/2003US6515274 Near-field scanning optical microscope with a high Q-factor piezoelectric sensing element
01/2003
01/30/2003WO2003009305A2 Measurement head for atomic force microscopy and other applications
01/30/2003US20030020500 Multiple local probe measuring device and method
01/29/2003CN1393860A Electronic beam recording apparatus and electronic beam recording method
01/23/2003WO2003007328A1 Device for reducing the impact of distortions in a microscope
01/23/2003US20030015653 Measurement head for atomic force microscopy and other applications
01/15/2003EP1274966A2 Resonant probe driving arrangement and scanning probe microscope
01/14/2003US6507017 Near-field optical inspection apparatus
01/09/2003US20030007444 Electron beam recorder and method thereof
01/09/2003US20030007242 Enhanced scanning probe microscope and nanolithographic methods using the same
01/09/2003US20030006372 Automatic focusing system for scanning electron microscope equipped with laser defect detection function
01/09/2003US20030005755 Enhanced scanning probe microscope
01/02/2003EP1271502A2 Electron beam recorder and method thereof
01/02/2003EP1269168A1 Methods and apparatus for atomic force microscopy
12/2002
12/27/2002WO2002103328A1 Cantilever array, method of manufacturing the array, and scanning probe microscope, sliding device of guide and rotating mechanism, sensor, homodyne laser interferometer, and laser doppler interferometer with specimen light excitation function, using the array, and cantilever
12/27/2002WO2001077694A9 Ultrananocrystalline diamond cantilever wide dynamic range acceleration/vibration/pressure sensor
12/26/2002US20020197750 Method and apparatus for inspecting a semiconductor device
12/26/2002US20020195574 Method and apparatus for inspecting a semiconductor device
12/26/2002US20020195560 Manufacturing fluid including flourescent dye penetrant and method for using to make components
12/26/2002US20020195553 High sensitivity deflection sensing device
12/19/2002DE10224212A1 Selbstdetektierender SPM-Messkopf Selbstdetektierender SPM probe
12/05/2002US20020178802 Scanning probe microscope and method of processing signals in the same
12/05/2002US20020178801 Self-detecting type SPM probe
12/04/2002EP1261878A2 Precision stage
11/2002
11/28/2002US20020174716 Method for replacing a probe sensor assembly on a scanning probe microscope
11/28/2002US20020174715 Cantilever for scanning probe microscope
11/27/2002CN1095094C Automated non-visual method of locating periodically arranged sub-micron objects
11/20/2002EP1257780A1 Method for increasing the measurement information available from a transmission electron microscope and a transmission electron microscopy device
11/12/2002US6479817 Cantilever assembly and scanning tip therefor with associated optical sensor
11/06/2002CN1093943C Automatic focus device
10/2002
10/22/2002US6469293 Multiprobe and scanning probe microscope
10/22/2002US6469288 Near field optical microscope and probe for near field optical microscope
10/16/2002EP1249031A1 Electron-optical corrector for eliminating third-order aberrations
10/10/2002WO2002080218A1 Magnetic field applying sample observing system
10/10/2002WO2002080187A1 Array and method for quasi-parallel probe microscopy
10/10/2002WO2001097902B1 Medical imaging, diagnosis, and therapy using a scanning single optical fiber system
10/10/2002DE10115690A1 Quasi-Paralleles Rasterkraftmikroskop Quasi-Parallel scanning force microscope
10/09/2002EP1247063A1 Scanning force microscope probe cantilever with reflective structure
10/09/2002CN1373891A Magnetic sensing of motion in microfabricated device
09/2002
09/26/2002US20020135755 Scanning probe microscope assembly
09/24/2002US6455838 High sensitivity deflection sensing device
09/18/2002EP1196939A4 Object inspection and/or modification system and method
09/12/2002WO2002071412A1 Enhanced scanning probe microscope
09/12/2002US20020127050 Platform positioning system
09/10/2002US6448553 Signal detector to be used with scanning probe and atomic force microscope
08/2002
08/29/2002US20020117635 Patterned wafer inspection method and apparatus therefor
08/29/2002US20020117611 Object inspection and/or modification system and method
08/27/2002US6441371 Scanning probe microscope
08/22/2002WO2000019166A9 Multidimensional sensing system for atomic force miscroscopy
08/20/2002US6435015 Scanning probe microscope
08/08/2002US20020104963 Multidimensional sensing system for atomic force microscopy
08/01/2002US20020100872 Electron beam inspection method and apparatus and semiconductor manufacturing method and its manufacturing line utilizing the same
07/2002
07/30/2002US6426501 Defect-review SEM, reference sample for adjustment thereof, method for adjustment thereof, and method of inspecting contact holes
07/25/2002US20020096635 Mask defect repair method
07/23/2002US6423967 Detection apparatus and detection method to be used for scanning probe and observation apparatus and observation method
07/23/2002US6422077 Ultrananocrystalline diamond cantilever wide dynamic range acceleration/vibration/pressure sensor
07/23/2002US6422069 Self-exciting and self-detecting probe and scanning probe apparatus
07/18/2002US20020092982 High frequency dithering probe for high speed scanning probe microscope
07/18/2002US20020092359 Sensor apparatus and cantilever for it
07/17/2002CN1359468A Atomic force microscope and driving method therefor
07/11/2002US20020088937 Scanning probe microscope
07/09/2002US6415654 Scanning probe microscope system including removable probe sensor assembly
06/2002
06/27/2002US20020079463 Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication
06/27/2002US20020079446 Scanning probe microscope
06/27/2002DE10062049A1 Verfahren zur Abbildung einer Probenoberfläche mit Hilfe einer Rastersonde sowie Rastersondenmikroskop Method for imaging a sample surface using a scanning probe and scanning probe microscope
06/25/2002US6410929 Electron beam irradiation apparatus
06/20/2002WO2002048644A1 Scanning probe with digitised pulsed-force mode operation and real-time evaluation
06/20/2002WO2001097902A3 Medical imaging, diagnosis, and therapy using a scanning single optical fiber system
06/18/2002US6405584 Probe for scanning probe microscopy and related methods
06/12/2002EP0737299B1 Scanning force microscope with detector probe
06/06/2002US20020067170 Scanning microwave microscope capable of realizing high resolution and microwave resonator
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