摘要:
A probe for a scanning tunneling microscope and manufacturing method therefor in which tetrapod-shaped whiskers of zinc oxide are placed on a conductive material which is adhered on a tip part of a fine wire of platinized iridium in a manner that three legs of the tetrapod contact the conductive material; the conductive material is heated for melting only the conductive material; and cooling the melted conductive material for being hardened, thereby the stem part of the whisker is inserted into the conductive material.
摘要:
An information processor comprises a plurality of probes disposed so as to face to a recording medium containing an information, and a plurality of elastic members such as cantilevers supporting the respective probes. The processor reads the information by detecting each displacement of the elastic members. For the detection of displacement, the processor has an optical system for radiating a scanning light beam to the elastic members together with an optical system for detecting a reflected light from the elastic members, or alternatively has a means for detecting each displacement individually such as optically integrated optical members or piezoelectric layers provided to the elastic members.
摘要:
A probe arranged to oppose a sample is coupled to a driving portion constituted by an actuator capable of obtaining a large expansion/contraction amount and an actuator capable of obtaining a small expansion/contraction amount. In order to keep the gap length between the sample and the probe constant, a first gap length control system drives the actuator and a second gap length control system having a driving time constant smaller than that of the first gap length control system drives the actuator in response to changes in gap length between the sample and the probe.
摘要:
A thermal field emission electron gun having a Ti/W chip wherein the fore end of the chip is formed to have a radius of curvature of 2000 .ANG. or above, whereby the drift of the FE noise is small and a lithography apparatus of high serviceability ratio is obtained.
摘要:
A scanning tunneling microscope is disclosed which includes a frame assembly having upper frame members coupled to lower frame members by an external vibration isolation structure, a sample carousel configured to receive at least one sample to be scanned, and a probe carousel configured to receive at least one probe module including a probe tip. The sample and probe carousels are coupled to the upper frame members and sample and probe actuators are provided to rotate the carousels. A positioning mechanism is used to maintain a scanning distance between the probe tip and the sample carousel. A control unit controls the overall operation of the actuators to rotate the carousels and the operation of the positioning mechanism to maintain the scanning distance.
摘要:
A specimen or substrate cutting method of cutting or processing a predetermined portion of a specimen or substrate in a direction of depth thereof by generating a focused charged particle beam from a particle beam source and irradiating the predetermined portion of the specimen or substrate with the focused charged particle beam is disclosed in which a particle species of the charged particle beam is selected such that each of the melting point of the particle species itself and the melting point of an alloy or compound of the particle species and constituent atoms of the specimen or substrate is not lower than 3/2 times of the temperature of the specimen or substrate in units of absolute temperature. A secondary ion mass-spectroscopic analysis method is also disclosed in which the charged particle beam is used as a probe to mass-analyze secondary charged ion successively generated from the cut portion of the specimen or substrate.
摘要:
An apparatus for quantitative secondary ion mass spectrometry comprising a sealed chamber for storing a sample containing a light impurity element which is to be analyzed, secondary ion generating means for bombarding a primary ion beam onto the sample so as to allow the sample to emit a secondary ion of the light element, and quantitative analyzing means for detecting the secondary ion so as to quantitatively analyze the light element contained in the sample. First evacuating means evacuates said sealed chamber to an ultrahigh vacuum during quantitative analysis. First cryopanel means is arranged to surround the sample, and first cooling means keeps said first cryopanel means at a cryogenic temperature during quantitative analysis so that said first cryopanel means adsorbs a gas present in said sealed chamber.
摘要:
A method and apparatus localize weak points within an electrical circuit. The electrical circuit is covered with a liquid crystal and is heated to a temperature just below the clearing point of the liquid crystal. The liquid crystal converts into its unordered condition given a temperature increase and leakage channel within the integrated circuit are completely localized. By irradiating a three-dimensional region, at least one current is induced in the region by generating electron-hole pairs within the electrical circuit, this at least one current causing a temperature increase at at least one weak point of the electrical circuit.
摘要:
An improved ion microprobe mass spectrometer type apparatus is provided that is suitable for analyzing trace amounts of a fluid. The present invention utilizes a target electrode for holding the sample, and a means for cooling the surfaces of the target to below a fixed temperature for a determined period of time. A stream of sample fluid is directed over the cooled surfaces of the target and is condensed thereon after which the target surface is sputtered by an incident, high intensity primary beam directed obliquely onto the surface thereof. Thereafter, means is provided for focusing the electrically charged ions of sample material that result in a secondary beam produced due to the bombardment of the sample layer. Additional means is provided to remove the prior material from the target surfaces after each analysis, so that the target surface is prepared for another sample layer. The invention described herein was made by an employee of the United States Government and may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.