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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Michel Desponet, Aliswil, CH;
Ute Drechsler, Kilcherberg, CH;
Mark I. Lutwyche, Adliswil, CH;
Hugo E. Rothuizen, Zurich, CH;
Peter Vettiger, Langnau am Albis, CH;
Michel Desponet, Aliswil, CH;
Ute Drechsler, Kilcherberg, CH;
Mark I. Lutwyche, Adliswil, CH;
Hugo E. Rothuizen, Zurich, CH;
Peter Vettiger, Langnau am Albis, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for contacting and/or modifying a surface having a cantilever connected to an almost plane carrier element staying apart from said surface, said cantilever having a tip at its loose end being in close contact to said surface. It is proposed that the cantilever stand out of the plane of said carrier element. Further, a method for producing the cantilever having a tip at its loose end. The device is suitable for thermomechanical writing and thermal readout of binary information, lithographic and imaging techniques, and for surface modification.