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Patent No.:

US 8205487 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2009
Applicants:

Alan F. Rice, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Lin Huang, Goleta, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alan F. Rice, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Lin Huang, Goleta, CA (US);

Assignee:

Bruker Nano, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 10/00 (2010.01); G01Q 10/06 (2010.01); G01Q 60/24 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A scanning probe microscope and method of operation for monitoring and assessing proper tracking between the tip and sample, as well as automating at least some aspects of AFM setup previously done manually. Preferably, local slopes corresponding to the acquired data are compared to determine a tracking metric that is self-normalizing.


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