DUAL-TIP CANTILEVER

• Main Authors: HENNING ALBERT K, FRAGALA JOSEPH S, SHILE RAYMOND ROGER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.09.2010
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; APPLICATIONS OF SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES, e.g. SCANNING PROBEMICROSCOPY [SPM]; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; MATERIALS THEREFOR; MEASURING; METALLURGY; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLICMATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASSC23 AND AT LEAST ONEPROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25; NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS; TESTING

A device comprising at least one cantilever comprising at least two tips is described, where the tips have substantially the same tip heights. Methods for making and using such a device are also provided. The height of one tip off of the surface can be more easily determined when the two tips have equal height.