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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Roger Proksch, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Roger C. Callahan, Goleta, CA (US);
Inventors:
Roger Proksch, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Roger C. Callahan, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Asylum Research Corporation, Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/28 (2006.01); G01Q 10/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and techniques for extracting information carried in higher eigenmodes or harmonics of an oscillating cantilever or other oscillating sensors in atomic force microscopy and related MEMs work are described. Similar apparatus and techniques for extracting information using contact resonance with multiple excitation signals are also described.