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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Ning Xi, Okemos, MI (US);
Yantao Shen, East Lansing, MI (US);
Fathi Salem, Okemos, MI (US);
Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved microforce sensing system is provided. The microforce sensing system includes: a force sensor configured to detect a contact force exerted on a contact tip of the cantilever and operable to generate a signal indicative of the contact force, where the cantilever is constructed from a polyvinylidene fluoride material in the form of a substantially rectangular plate or other suitable shapes; and a processing circuit adapted to receive the signal from the force sensor and operable to determine the contact force exerted on the tip by integrating the signal from the force sensor.