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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003

Filed:

Oct. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Bharat Bhushan, Powell, OH (US);

Christopher D. Hahm, Roy, UT (US);

Assignee:

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/726 ; G01R 2/708 ; G11B 5/58 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/726 ; G01R 2/708 ; G11B 5/58 ;
Abstract

The present invention includes capacitive film thickness measurement devices and measurement systems used in machines or instruments. A capacitance measurement device and technique useful in determining lubricant film thickness on substrates such as magnetic thin-film rigid disks. Using the present invention, variations in lubricant thickness on the Angstrom scale or less may be measured quickly and nondestructively.


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Bhushan, Bharat. (2003). Liquid dielectric capacitor for film thickness mapping, measurement methods using same (U.S. Patent No. 6504386). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6504386

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