Patents for G01Q 20 - Monitoring the movement or position of the probe (1,663)
07/1995
07/25/1995US5436448 Surface observing apparatus and method
07/06/1995WO1995018352A1 Scanning force microscopy process and scanning force microscope with detector probe
06/1995
06/20/1995US5426302 Optically guided macroscopic-scan-range/nanometer resolution probing system
06/13/1995US5423514 Alignment assembly for aligning a spring element with a laser beam in a probe microscope
05/1995
05/18/1995WO1995013518A1 Mounting for a probe tip in a scanning force or scanning tunneling microscope
05/16/1995US5416327 Ultrafast scanning probe microscopy
05/16/1995US5415027 Method of operating an atomic force microscope
05/09/1995US5414690 Moving apparatus, a moving method and an information detection and/or input apparatus using the same
05/09/1995US5412980 Tapping atomic force microscope
04/1995
04/20/1995DE4437081A1 Device and method for adhesion measurement and method for producing semiconductor devices
04/18/1995US5408094 Atomic force microscope with light beam emission at predetermined angle
04/05/1995EP0646913A2 Encoder using the tunnel current effect
04/05/1995EP0646787A1 Cantilever for use with atomic force microscope and process for the production thereof
04/04/1995US5404349 Position displacement detecting apparatus
03/1995
03/28/1995US5400647 Methods of operating atomic force microscopes to measure friction
03/09/1995DE4338688C1 Holder for a sampling tip of a scanning probe microscope
03/07/1995US5394741 Atomic probe microscope
03/02/1995WO1995006138A1 Microscopic method for detecting micromotions
03/01/1995EP0407460B1 An integrated mass storage device
02/1995
02/16/1995WO1995005000A1 Probe microscopy
02/14/1995US5388452 Detection system for atomic force microscopes
02/07/1995US5386720 Integrated AFM sensor
02/01/1995EP0439534B1 Photon scanning tunneling microscopy
01/1995
01/11/1995EP0633450A2 Method for detecting and examining slightly irregular surface states, and scanning probe microscope therefor
12/1994
12/27/1994US5376790 Scanning probe microscope
12/22/1994WO1994029894A1 Piezoresistive cantilever with integral tip
11/1994
11/10/1994WO1994025888A1 Optically guided macroscopic-scan-range/nanometer resolution probing system
11/01/1994US5360977 Compound type microscope
10/1994
10/19/1994EP0619872A1 Piezoresistive cantilever for atomic force microscopy.
10/18/1994US5357105 Light modulated detection system for atomic force microscopes
10/11/1994US5354985 Near field scanning optical and force microscope including cantilever and optical waveguide
10/05/1994EP0618425A1 Sensor head and method for its manufacture
09/1994
09/21/1994EP0616192A1 Scanning probe microscope and method for measuring surfaces by using this microscope
09/20/1994US5347854 Method of two dimensional profiling of a sample surface
09/13/1994US5345816 Integrated tip strain sensor for use in combination with a single axis atomic force microscope
09/13/1994US5345815 Atomic force microscope having cantilever with piezoresistive deflection sensor
09/07/1994EP0404799B1 Integrated scanning tunneling microscope
08/1994
08/31/1994EP0397799B1 A piezoelectric motion transducer and an integrated scanning tunneling microscope using the same
08/30/1994USRE34708 Scanning ion conductance microscope
08/03/1994EP0608655A1 Integrated tip strain sensor for use in combination with a single axis atomic force microscope
07/1994
07/19/1994US5329808 Atomic force microscope
07/05/1994EP0619872A4 Piezoresistive cantilever for atomic force microscopy.
06/1994
06/28/1994US5324935 Scanning probe microscope having a directional coupler and a Z-direction distance adjusting piezoelectric element
06/28/1994CA1330452C Oscillating quartz atomic force microscope
06/21/1994US5321977 Integrated tip strain sensor for use in combination with a single axis atomic force microscope
06/14/1994US5319977 Near field acoustic ultrasonic microscope system and method
06/14/1994US5319960 For examining surface contours of a specimen
05/1994
05/31/1994US5317533 Integrated mass storage device
05/31/1994US5317153 Scanning probe microscope
05/24/1994US5315373 Method of measuring a minute displacement
05/17/1994US5313451 Information recording/reproducing apparatus with STM cantilever probe having a strain gauge
05/11/1994EP0596494A2 Scanning probe microscope and method of control error correction
04/1994
04/19/1994US5304795 High resolution observation apparatus with photon scanning microscope
04/13/1994EP0591595A1 Molecular recording/reproducing method and recording medium
04/07/1994DE4233399A1 Force microscope with cantilevered point and deflection photodetector - is based on measurement of astigmatism in compact sensor head revolvable into path of optical microscope
04/05/1994USRE34575 Electrostatic ion accelerator
03/1994
03/30/1994EP0589815A2 Two dimensional profiling with a contact force atomic force microscope
03/29/1994US5299184 Information processing apparatus with held distance control on track edge detection
03/29/1994US5298975 Combined scanning force microscope and optical metrology tool
03/22/1994US5296704 For investigating a surface of a sample
03/16/1994EP0587459A1 An ultra-low force atomic force microscope
03/15/1994US5294804 Cantilever displacement detection apparatus
03/08/1994US5291775 Scanning force microscope with integrated optics and cantilever mount
03/02/1994EP0584233A1 Methods of fabricating integrated, aligned tunneling tip pairs
02/1994
02/22/1994US5289004 Scanning probe microscope having cantilever and detecting sample characteristics by means of reflected sample examination light
02/15/1994US5286977 Positioning device
01/1994
01/18/1994US5280341 Feedback controlled differential fiber interferometer
01/18/1994US5280176 X-ray photoelectron emission spectrometry system
01/11/1994US5278406 Apparatus for detecting information contained in electrons emitted from sample surface
01/04/1994US5276672 Micro-displacement type information detection probe device and scanning tunneling microscope, atomic force microscope, information processing device by use thereof
12/1993
12/28/1993US5274230 Scanning probe microscope having first and second optical waveguides
12/07/1993US5268571 Micro-displacement element, and scanning tunneling microscope and information processing apparatus using same
12/07/1993US5267471 Double cantilever sensor for atomic force microscope
11/1993
11/30/1993US5266801 Atomic force microscope for measuring a physical property of a sample
11/24/1993EP0570726A1 Opto-mechanical automatic focusing system and method
11/23/1993US5264794 Method of measuring magnetic fields on magnetically recorded media using a scanning tunneling microscope and magnetic probe
11/16/1993US5262642 Scanning tunneling optical spectrometer
11/09/1993US5260926 Atomic force microscope with a plurality of cantilevers for recording/reproducing information
11/09/1993US5260824 Atomic force microscope
11/09/1993US5260567 Cantilever unit and atomic force microscope, magnetic force microscope, reproducing apparatus and information processing apparatus using the cantilever unit
10/1993
10/19/1993US5254854 Scanning microscope comprising force-sensing means and position-sensitive photodetector
10/19/1993US5253516 Atomic force microscope for small samples having dual-mode operating capability
10/13/1993EP0565227A1 Scanning force microscope
10/06/1993EP0564088A1 Scanning force microscope with integrated optics and cantilever mount
09/1993
09/28/1993US5248912 Integrated scanning tunneling microscope
09/21/1993US5247186 Integrated optical displacement sensor
09/21/1993US5245863 Atomic probe microscope
09/01/1993EP0557743A1 Feedback controlled differential fiber interferometer
08/1993
08/24/1993US5237859 Atomic force microscope
08/10/1993US5235187 Methods of fabricating integrated, aligned tunneling tip pairs
08/03/1993USRE34331 Feedback control for scanning tunnel microscopes
07/1993
07/27/1993US5231286 Scanning probe microscope utilizing an optical element in a waveguide for dividing the center part of the laser beam perpendicular to the waveguide
07/21/1993EP0551814A1 Surface observing apparatus and method
07/20/1993US5229606 Jumping probe microscope
07/13/1993US5227626 Lithography apparatus using scanning tunneling microscopy
07/06/1993US5224376 Atomic force microscope
06/1993
06/09/1993EP0545538A1 Scanning microscope comprising force-sensing means
06/01/1993US5216235 Opto-mechanical automatic focusing system and method
05/1993
05/12/1993EP0439534A4 Photon scanning tunneling microscopy
05/11/1993US5210410 Scanning probe microscope having scan correction
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