Patents for G01Q 20 - Monitoring the movement or position of the probe (1,663)
09/1997
09/24/1997EP0797117A1 Optical waveguide probe and optical system
09/23/1997US5670712 Method and apparatus for magnetic force control of a scanning probe
09/10/1997EP0794406A1 Probe for atomic force microscope, method of fabricating same, and atomic force microscope
09/09/1997US5666190 Method of performing lithography using cantilever array
09/08/1997CA2199528A1 Probe for atomic force microscope, method of fabricating same, and atomic force microscope
08/1997
08/27/1997EP0791803A2 Cantilever unit and atomic force microscope, magnetic force microscope, reproducing apparatus and information processing apparatus using the cantilever unit
08/27/1997EP0791802A1 Scanning type near field interatomic force microscope
08/20/1997EP0790482A1 A dual stage instrument for scanning a specimen
08/20/1997EP0789840A1 Current/voltage transformer for the detection of the electron current in a scanning tunnelling-electron microscope
08/12/1997US5656809 Atomic force microscope and measuring head thereof with linearly polarized reflected light
08/12/1997US5656769 Scanning probe microscope
08/05/1997US5654547 Method for particle wave reconstruction in a particle-optical apparatus
08/05/1997US5654131 High density recording
07/1997
07/16/1997EP0783670A1 Electromechanical transducer
07/08/1997US5646339 Force microscope and method for measuring atomic forces in multiple directions
07/01/1997US5644512 High precision calibration and feature measurement system for a scanning probe microscope
06/1997
06/24/1997US5641896 Coupled oscillator scanning imager
06/19/1997WO1997021977A1 Integrated silicon profilometer and afm head
05/1997
05/27/1997US5633455 Method of detecting particles of semiconductor wafers
05/21/1997CN1150253A 原子力显微镜 AFM
05/20/1997USRE35514 Scanning force microscope having aligning and adjusting means
05/20/1997US5631463 Cantilever detector having piezoelectric film of zinc oxide or aluminum nitride and platinum or palladium electrodes with controlled crystal orientation, for scanning tunneling microscopes
05/20/1997US5631410 Vibrating probe atomic force microscope
05/02/1997EP0619872B1 Piezoresistive cantilever for atomic force microscopy
04/1997
04/29/1997US5625142 For examining surface contours of a specimen
04/15/1997US5620854 Measuring time-varying micromotion
04/08/1997US5618760 Method of etching a pattern on a substrate using a scanning probe microscope
04/01/1997US5616916 Configuration measuring method and apparatus for optically detecting a displacement of a probe due to an atomic force
03/1997
03/25/1997US5614663 Cantilever for use with atomic force microscope and process for the production thereof
03/13/1997WO1997009584A1 Cantilever with integrated deflection sensor
03/06/1997WO1997008733A1 A scanning probe microscope having automatic probe exchange and alignment
03/05/1997EP0760109A1 Method for particle wave reconstruction in a particle-optical apparatus
02/1997
02/26/1997EP0759537A2 A scanning force microscope with optical device
02/26/1997EP0759536A1 Atomic force microscope and measuring head thereof
01/1997
01/22/1997EP0754289A1 Cantilever deflection sensor and use thereof
01/21/1997US5595942 Method of fabricating cantilever for atomic force microscope having piezoresistive deflection detector
01/15/1997EP0753736A2 Contamination evaluating apparatus
01/14/1997US5594166 Cantilever for use with atomic force microscope and process for the production thereof
12/1996
12/24/1996US5587523 Atomic force microscope employing beam tracking
12/10/1996US5583286 Integrated sensor for scanning probe microscope
12/05/1996DE19520457A1 Sensing element for probe used to measure topography of sample surface in raster scan microscope
11/1996
11/12/1996US5574278 For determining properties of a sample surface
10/1996
10/22/1996US5567872 Scanning atomic force microscope
10/02/1996EP0584233A4 Methods of fabricating integrated, aligned tunneling tip pairs
10/01/1996US5560244 Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access
09/1996
09/24/1996US5559330 Scanning tunneling microscope
09/19/1996WO1996028751A1 Method for particle wave reconstruction in a particle-optical apparatus
09/17/1996US5557156 Scan control for scanning probe microscopes
09/12/1996WO1996027895A1 Electrochemical identification of molecules in a scanning probe microscope
09/11/1996EP0712533A4 Probe microscopy
09/10/1996US5553487 Methods of operating atomic force microscopes to measure friction
08/1996
08/28/1996EP0728294A1 Mounting for a probe tip in a scanning force or scanning tunneling microscope
08/20/1996US5547774 Binary coded information; using endohedrally doped cagelike molecules as storage elements; applying probing tip to molecule for read/write process to enhance storage density
08/15/1996WO1996024819A1 Cantilever deflection sensor and use thereof
08/13/1996US5546375 Method of manufacturing a tip for scanning tunneling microscope using peeling layer
08/08/1996WO1996024026A1 Tapping atomic force microscope with phase or frequency detection
08/06/1996US5543614 Scanning probe microscope capable of suppressing probe vibration caused by feedback control
07/1996
07/23/1996US5537863 Scanning probe microscope having a cantilever used therein
07/09/1996US5535185 Information recording/reproduction apparatus using probe
06/1996
06/11/1996US5524479 Detecting system for scanning microscopes
05/1996
05/22/1996EP0712533A1 Probe microscopy
05/21/1996US5519686 Encoder for controlling measurements in the range of a few angstroms
05/21/1996US5519212 Tapping atomic force microscope with phase or frequency detection
05/15/1996DE4447538A1 Meßwertverstärker (Strom-Spannungswandler) zur Erfassung kleiner, transienter Ströme Measuring amplifier (current-voltage converter) to detect small, transient currents
05/14/1996US5517280 Photolithography system
05/14/1996US5517027 Method for detecting and examining slightly irregular surface states, scanning probe microscope therefor, and method for fabricating a semiconductor device or a liquid crystal display device using these
05/09/1996WO1996013714A1 Current/voltage transformer for the detection of the electron current in a scanning tunnelling-electron microscope
05/02/1996DE4438960A1 Current-voltage converter to determine tunnel current of a scanning tunnel microscope
04/1996
04/30/1996US5513168 Optical information read/write apparatus
04/16/1996US5508517 Scanning probe type microscope apparatus
04/10/1996EP0706052A2 Sensor using tunnel current
04/09/1996US5506400 Scanning type probe microscope
03/1996
03/21/1996WO1996008701A1 Electromechanical transducer
03/05/1996US5496999 Scanning probe microscope
02/1996
02/27/1996US5495109 Electrochemical identification of molecules in a scanning probe microscope
02/13/1996CA2007618C Reproducing apparatus
02/06/1996US5489774 Combined atomic force and near field scanning optical microscope with photosensitive cantilever
01/1996
01/16/1996US5485451 Information processing apparatus
01/16/1996US5483822 For use in an atomic force microscope
01/09/1996US5483064 Positioning mechanism and method for providing coaxial alignment of a probe and a scanning means in scanning tunneling and scanning force microscopy
01/09/1996US5481908 Resonance contact scanning force microscope
01/02/1996US5481529 Scanning probe microscope for observing a sample surface while applying an AC bias voltage between the sample and a probe
01/02/1996US5481527 Information processing apparatus with ferroelectric rewritable recording medium
01/02/1996US5481521 Information recording and reproducing apparatus utilizing a tunneling current or interatomic forces
12/1995
12/26/1995US5477732 Adhesion measuring method
12/05/1995US5473157 Variable temperature near-field optical microscope
11/1995
11/21/1995US5468959 Scanning probe microscope and method for measuring surfaces by using this microscope
11/21/1995US5467642 Scanning probe microscope and method of control error correction
11/14/1995US5465611 Sensor head for use in atomic force microscopy and method for its production
11/07/1995US5463897 Scanning stylus atomic force microscope with cantilever tracking and optical access
10/1995
10/19/1995DE4412383A1 Scanning atomic force microscope
10/03/1995CA2066343C Information processor
09/1995
09/12/1995US5449903 Methods of fabricating integrated, aligned tunneling tip pairs
09/05/1995US5448399 Optical system for scanning microscope
08/1995
08/29/1995US5445011 Scanning force microscope using an optical trap
08/22/1995US5444244 Piezoresistive cantilever with integral tip for scanning probe microscope
08/15/1995US5442300 Ultrafast electrical scanning force microscope probe
08/15/1995US5440920 Scanning force microscope with beam tracking lens
08/08/1995US5440122 Surface analyzing and processing apparatus
08/02/1995EP0665417A2 Atomic force microscope combined with optical microscope
1 ... 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17