Tactile force and/or position feedback for cantilever-based force measurement instruments
US7266997B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01Q10/065
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for simulating a tactile interface with the relative position of the probe of a cantilever-based force measurement instrument, such as an atomic force microscope, molecular force probe or profilometer, or the force between the probe and a sample. The device can be easily incorporated into existing control electronics for such instruments or can be incorporated into a relatively small and simple hand-held device to be used with such instruments.
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