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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2010
Venkataraman Kartik, Zurich, CH;
Charalampos Pozidis, Thalwil, CH;
Deepak R. Sahoo, Zurich, CH;
Abu Sebastian, Adliswil, CH;
Venkataraman Kartik, Zurich, CH;
Charalampos Pozidis, Thalwil, CH;
Deepak R. Sahoo, Zurich, CH;
Abu Sebastian, Adliswil, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided and includes a cantilever having a tip at a distal end thereof disposed with the tip positioned an initial distance from a sample and a circuit electrically coupled to a substrate on which the sample is layered and the cantilever to simultaneously apply direct and alternating currents to deflect the cantilever and to cause the tip to oscillate about a point at a second distance from the sample, which is shorter than the initial distance, between first positions, at which the tip contacts the sample, and second positions, at which the tip is displaced from the sample.