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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Michael Reinstädtler, Sulzbach, DE;
Volker Scherer, Köln, DE;
Walter Arnold, Saarbrücken, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G12B 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for exciting free torsional vibrations a spring cantilever, which is clamped in on one side and has a longitudinal extension, of an atomic force microscope (AFM) is disclosed. The invention provides