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Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:

Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);

Inventors:

Udo Schwarz, Woodbridge, CT (US);

Eric Altman, Guilford, CT (US);

Hendrik Hölscher, Weingarten, DE;

Omur Erdinc Dagdeviren, Farmington, CT (US);

Assignee:

Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 60/32 (2010.01); G01Q 30/04 (2010.01); G01Q 10/06 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 60/32 (2013.01); G01Q 10/06 (2013.01); G01Q 30/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for operating an atomic force microscope, the atomic force microscope comprising a cantilever and configured to image a surface of a sample using a probe tip coupled to the cantilever, the techniques comprising using a controller to perform: obtaining, based on at least one intrinsic parameter of the cantilever, a first quality factor and a first free oscillation amplitude, wherein the cantilever exhibits only one stable oscillation state when oscillating at the first free oscillation amplitude and operating at the first quality factor; and controlling the cantilever to exhibit the only one stable oscillation state by controlling the cantilever to oscillate at a fixed frequency at or near a resonance frequency of the cantilever, oscillate at the first free oscillation amplitude, and operate at the first quality factor.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Schwarz, Udo. (2021). Tuned oscillator atomic force microscopy methods and apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 11162977). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11162977

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