Coarse adjusting device of scanning tunneling microscope
US4837445A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/872
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A coarse adjusting device for coarsely positioning a specimen and a probe relative to each other in a scanning tunneling microscope has a main body having a hollow space formed therein, transmission member extending through the hollow space of the main body and screwed at its one end to the main body so as to be moved in one and the other directions as it is rotated about its axis. The transmission member is provided at its portion within the hollow space with a tapered peripheral surface. The coarse adjusting device also has a coarsely-movable member disposed for movement in the direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the transmission member. The coarsely-movable member has one end contacting the tapered surface of the transmission member within the hollow space and the other end extended to the outside of the main body for carrying an object such as a specimen.
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