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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
Applicant:
James Massie Design, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
James Massie, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
JAMES MASSIE DESIGN, INC., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 70/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 70/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are various actuators for probe exchangers for use in scanning probe microscopes (SPMs). The probe exchange actuators are designed so as to impose no net forces on a probe clamp attached to the high resolution piezoelectric positioning mechanism to which the probe is being transferred. These actuators therefore impose no net force on the delicate high resolution piezoelectric positioning mechanism, thus helping protect it from physical damage during the probe exchange process.