Inventor · Ventura, CA, US

Chanmin Su

56Patents
9h-index
38Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 2, 2002 → Sep 13, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7770231B2 Fast-scanning SPM and method of operating same Physics 69 Active
US7055378B2 System for wide frequency dynamic nanomechanical analysis Physics 51 Expired
US6945099B1 Torsional resonance mode probe-based instrument and method Physics 33 Expired
US8650660B2 Method and apparatus of using peak force tapping mode to measure physical properties of a sample Physics 19 Active
US8646109B2 Method and apparatus of operating a scanning probe microscope Electricity 17 Active
US7617719B2 Method and apparatus for obtaining material property information of a heterogeneous sample using harmonic resonance imaging Physics 17 Active
US7107825B2 Method and apparatus for the actuation of the cantilever of a probe-based instrument Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US8739309B2 Method and apparatus of operating a scanning probe microscope Physics 11 Active
US7155964B2 Method and apparatus for measuring electrical properties in torsional resonance mode Physics 11 Expired
US8322220B2 Non-destructive wafer-scale sub-surface ultrasonic microscopy employing near field AFM detection Physics 9 Active
US7757544B2 Method and apparatus for measuring electrical properties in torsional resonance mode Physics 8 Active
US7748260B2 Thermal mechanical drive actuator, thermal probe and method of thermally driving a probe Physics 8 Active
US7555940B2 Cantilever free-decay measurement system with coherent averaging Physics 6 Active
US8881311B2 Method and apparatus of physical property measurement using a probe-based nano-localized light source Physics 6 Active
US7168301B2 Method and apparatus of driving torsional resonance mode of a probe-based instrument Physics 6 Expired
US7584653B2 System for wide frequency dynamic nanomechanical analysis Physics 6 Active
US8904560B2 Closed loop controller and method for fast scanning probe microscopy Physics 6 Active
US7658097B2 Method and apparatus of high speed property mapping Physics 5 Active
US8997259B2 Method and apparatus of tuning a scanning probe microscope Physics 4 Active
US8756710B2 Miniaturized cantilever probe for scanning probe microscopy and fabrication thereof Physics 4 Active
US9588136B2 Method and apparatus of operating a scanning probe microscope Physics 4 Active
US9575090B2 Force measurement with real-time baseline determination Physics 3 Active
US9322842B2 Method and apparatus of operating a scanning probe microscope Physics 3 Active
US9213047B2 Method and apparatus of electrical property measurement using an AFM operating in peak force tapping mode Physics 3 Active
US10197595B2 Dual-probe scanning probe microscope Physics 3 Active

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