Patents for G01Q 20 - Monitoring the movement or position of the probe (1,663)
05/1999
05/26/1999EP0917725A1 Automated adjustment of an energy filtering transmissiion electron microscope
05/25/1999US5907095 High-sensitivity strain probe
05/12/1999EP0914669A1 Detector devices
05/11/1999US5902928 Controlling engagement of a scanning microscope probe with a segmented piezoelectric actuator
04/1999
04/21/1999EP0909937A1 Semiconductor strain sensor, method of manufacturing the sensor, and scanning probe microscope
04/07/1999EP0907076A2 Methods of fabricating integrated, aligned tunneling tip pairs
03/1999
03/31/1999CN1212365A Apparatus for measuring exchange force
03/25/1999WO1999014555A1 Lever arm for a scanning microscope
03/25/1999DE19740763A1 Cantilever arm manufacturing method for atomic force microscope (AFM)
03/25/1999CA2302739A1 Lever arm for a scanning microscope
03/24/1999EP0712533B1 Probe microscopy
03/23/1999US5886532 Nanometer distance regulation using electromechanical power dissipation
03/17/1999EP0584233B1 Submicron tip structure with opposed tips
03/16/1999US5883705 Atomic force microscope for high speed imaging including integral actuator and sensor
03/02/1999US5877891 Scanning probe microscope having a single viewing device for on-axis and oblique optical views
03/02/1999US5877412 Probe for atomic force microscope and atomic force microscope
02/1999
02/23/1999US5874669 Scanning force microscope with removable probe illuminator assembly
02/10/1999EP0896201A1 Scanning probe microscope
01/1999
01/26/1999CA2040701C Information recording/reproducing apparatus
01/19/1999US5861754 Position detection device
01/19/1999US5861624 Atomic force microscope for attachment to optical microscope
01/19/1999US5861550 Scanning force microscope
01/19/1999CA2069702C Micro-displacement element, and scanning tunneling microscope and information processing apparatus using same
01/19/1999CA2065593C Cantilever unit and atomic force microscope, magnetic force microscope, reproducing apparatus and information processing apparatus using the cantilever unit
01/13/1999EP0890821A1 Scanning probe microscope
01/05/1999US5856617 Atomic force microscope system with cantilever having unbiased spin valve magnetoresistive strain gauge
12/1998
12/22/1998US5852232 Instrument for sensing a sample
12/16/1998EP0884759A1 Secondary ion mass spectrometer with apertured mask
12/15/1998US5850038 Scanning probe microscope incorporating an optical microscope
12/08/1998US5847383 Approaching device of scanning probe microscope
11/1998
11/17/1998US5838000 Method device and system for optical near-field scanning microscopy of test specimens in liquids
11/11/1998EP0877243A1 Material evaluation method
10/1998
10/21/1998EP0872707A1 Apparatus for measuring exchange force
10/20/1998US5825670 High precison calibration and feature measurement system for a scanning probe microscope
10/20/1998US5825020 Atomic force microscope for generating a small incident beam spot
10/14/1998EP0871166A1 Apparatus for machining, recording, or reproducing, using scanning probe microscope
10/14/1998EP0871006A1 Scanning probe microscope
10/13/1998US5821549 Through-the-substrate investigation of flip-chip IC's
10/10/1998CA2231224A1 Apparatus for machining, recording, and reproducing, using scanning probe microscope
10/09/1998CA2231310A1 Scanning probe microscope
10/07/1998EP0869329A2 Torsion type probe and scanning probe microscope using the same
10/07/1998EP0868648A1 Integrated silicon profilometer and afm head
09/1998
09/22/1998US5811802 Scanning probe microscope with hollow pivot assembly
09/16/1998EP0864899A2 Scanning near-field optical microscope
09/12/1998CA2229221A1 Scanning near-field optical microscope
09/09/1998EP0863543A2 Through-the-substrate investigation of flip-chip IC's
09/08/1998US5804710 Atomic force microscope system with multi-directional voice coil actuator for controlling the stylus
09/08/1998US5804709 For measuring a force used in atomic force microscopy
09/01/1998US5801381 Between a microscope probe tip and a sample surface
08/1998
08/26/1998EP0860726A1 Probe with tip having micro aperture for detecting or irradiating light, near-field optical microscope, recording/reproduction apparatus, and exposure apparatus using the probe, and method of manufacturing the probe
08/25/1998US5798524 Automated adjustment of an energy filtering transmission electron microscope
07/1998
07/22/1998EP0854350A1 Probe array for a scanning probe microscope
07/14/1998US5780727 Electromechanical transducer
07/09/1998WO1998029707A1 Acoustic sensor as proximity detector
07/08/1998EP0728294B1 Mounting for a probe tip in a scanning force or scanning tunneling microscope
06/1998
06/17/1998EP0847590A1 A scanning probe microscope having automatic probe exchange and alignment
06/09/1998US5763767 For examining surface properties of a sample surface
06/02/1998US5760396 Scanning probe microscope
05/1998
05/26/1998US5756997 Scanning probe/optical microscope with modular objective/probe and drive/detector units
05/20/1998EP0843175A1 Scanning probe microscope and signal processing apparatus
05/19/1998US5753912 Cantilever chip
05/06/1998EP0839312A1 Tapping atomic force microscope with phase or frequency detection
05/05/1998US5747802 Automated non-visual method of locating periodically arranged sub-micron objects
04/1998
04/29/1998EP0838658A1 Tunnel effect sensor, particularly for measuring the topography of a surface
04/21/1998US5742377 Cantilever for scanning probe microscope including piezoelectric element and method of using the same
04/14/1998US5739425 Cantilever with integrated deflection sensor
04/07/1998US5736745 Contamination evaluating apparatus
04/01/1998EP0833125A2 Scanning probe microscope with hollow pivot assembly
03/1998
03/18/1998CN1176396A Auto-focus device
03/17/1998US5729026 For scanning the surface of a sample
03/17/1998US5729015 Position control system for scanning probe microscope
03/12/1998WO1998010458A1 Atomic force microscope for generating a small incident beam spot
03/12/1998CA2264747A1 Atomic force microscope for generating a small incident beam spot
03/03/1998US5723775 Atomic force microscope under high speed feedback control
02/1998
02/26/1998DE19633546A1 Device for contactless scanning of surface
02/24/1998US5721721 Two scanning probes information recording/reproducing system with one probe to detect atomic reference location on a recording medium
02/17/1998US5719324 Microcantilever sensor
02/12/1998WO1998006125A1 Automated adjustment of an energy filtering transmissiion electron microscope
02/10/1998US5717132 Cantilever and process for fabricating it
02/04/1998EP0822435A1 Device and method for scanning near field optical microscopy of samples in fluids
02/03/1998US5715054 Scanning force microscope with detector probe for the atomic resolution of a surface structure
02/03/1998US5714756 Scanning probe microscope having a single viewing device for on-axis and oblique angle views
02/03/1998US5714682 Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access
02/03/1998CA2195838A1 Method and device for optical near-field scanning microscopy of test specimens in liquids
01/1998
01/28/1998EP0821216A2 Position detection device
01/08/1998WO1998000853A1 Detector devices
01/06/1998US5705814 Scanning probe microscope having automatic probe exchange and alignment
12/1997
12/23/1997US5701381 Mounting arrangement for a probe tip of a scanning force or tunneling microscope
12/02/1997CA2068587C Information reading and recording using a scanning tunnel microscope
11/1997
11/25/1997CA2059990C Moving apparatus, a moving method and an information detection and/or input apparatus using the same
11/19/1997CN1165323A Automated non-visual method of locating periodically arranged sub-micron objects
11/18/1997US5689063 Atomic force microscope using cantilever attached to optical microscope
10/1997
10/21/1997US5679888 Dynamic quantity sensor and method for producing the same, distortion resistance element and method for producing the same, and angular velocity sensor
10/15/1997EP0801318A2 Probe, manufacturing method therefore and scanning probe microscope
10/09/1997CA2200992A1 Probe, manufacturing method therefor and scanning probe microscope
10/07/1997US5675154 Scanning probe microscope
10/07/1997US5675145 Scanning probe microscope having an optical system for enabling identification of the scanning region and sample observation during a scanning operation
10/01/1997EP0798774A2 An automated non-visual method of locating periodicalliy arranged sub-micron objects
09/1997
09/30/1997US5672816 Large stage system for scanning probe microscopes and other instruments
09/30/1997CA2048968C Cantilever type probe, scanning tunneling microscopy and information processing device equipped with said probe
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