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Methods and devices for extending a time period until changing a measuring tip of a scanning probe microscope

US11977097B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gabriel Baralia · Darmstadt, DE
Rainer Becker · Pfungstadt, DE
Kinga Kornilov · Roßdorf, DE
Christof Baur · Darmstadt, DE
Hans Hermann Pieper · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 2022
Grant date	May 7, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 1, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01J2237/3174
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods and devices for extending a time period until changing a measuring tip of a scanning probe microscope. In particular, the invention relates to a method for hardening a measuring tip for a scanning probe microscope, comprising the step of: Processing the measuring tip with a beam of an energy beam source, the energy beam source being part of a scanning electron microscope.

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