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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250306 ; 369126 ;
Abstract
A scanning tunneling microscope is disclosed with the probe tip formed as an integral part of a membrane. A counter-electrode is formed on the membrane and four electrodes are provided spaced apart from the counter-electrode. The tip is scanned by means of these electrodes. Coarse positioning of the tip along the Z axis is done by applying pressure or vacuum to the membrane. Also disclosed is the method of making the scanning tunneling microscope.