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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Massachusetts Materials Technologies Llc, Weston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Simon Claude Bellemare, Weston, MA (US);
Steven D. Palkovic, Boston, MA (US);
Simon Normand, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Materials Technologies LLC, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provide in one embodiment is an apparatus, comprising an indentor wherein a tip thereof is configured to engage a sample surface, a surface-referencing device configured to establish the position of the indentor relative to the sample surface, a drive mechanism configured to move the indentor along the sample surface to form a scratch, and a measurement device configured to measure at least one of (i) a pile-up height of sample material removed from the scratch and (ii) a width of the scratch.