Automated atomic force microscope and the operation thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9921242
APP PUB NO 20160313369A1
SERIAL NO

15202445

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Improvements for rapidly calibrating and automatically operating a scanning probe microscope are disclosed. A central component of the SPM is the force transducer, typically a consumable cantilever element. By automatically calibrating transducer characteristics along with other instrumental parameters, scanning parameters can be rapidly and easily optimized, resulting in high-throughput, repeatable and accurate measurements. In contrast to dynamic optimization schemes, this can be accomplished before the surface is contacted, avoiding tip or sample damage from the beginning of the measurement process.

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  • OXFORD INSTRUMENTS ASYLUM RESEARCH, INC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bemis, Jason Goleta, US 10 27
Callahan, Roger C Goleta, US 9 44
Cleveland, Jason Ventura, US 43 293
Geiss, Nicholas Oxnard, US 1 0
Hohlbauch, Sophia Goleta, US 1 0
Limpoco, Ted Goleta, US 2 5
Proksch, Roger Santa Barbara, US 56 349
Stetter, Frank Garching, DE 2 5

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