Precise probe placement in automated scanning probe microscopy systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9995763
APP PUB NO 20150241469A1
SERIAL NO

14630074

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A scanning probe microscope (SPM) system and associated method. The SPM system having a probe adapted to interact with nanoscale features of a sample and scan within a target region to produce a three-dimensional image of that target region, the system maintaining location information for a plurality of features of interest of the sample according to a sample-specific coordinate system, wherein the SPM system is configured to adjust positioning of the probe relative to the sample according to a SPM coordinate system, the SPM system further configured to manage a dynamic relationship between the sample-specific coordinate system and the SPM coordinate system by determining a set of alignment errors between the sample-specific coordinate system and the SPM coordinate system and apply corrections to the SPM coordinate system to offset the determined alignment errors.

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  • BRUKER NANO, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fonoberov, Vladimir Santa Barbara, US 7 7
Hand, Sean Santa Barbara, US 5 4
Lopez, Andrew San Jose, US 1 4
Milligan, Eric Santa Barbara, US 3 12
Osborne, Jason Lompoc, US 9 26
Wu, Xianghai Santa Barbara, US 1 0

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