Patent ID: 7170054
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B82Y,G01Q

Abstract:
1. A scanning probe microscopy cantilever holder comprising: a cantilever having a probe at a top of the cantilever thereof; a cantilever fixing part which fixes a base part of the cantilever; a vibrator which is fixed to the cantilever fixing part and vibrates the cantilever through the cantilever fixing part; and a base block which holds the cantilever fixing part and the vibrator, wherein the apex of the probe is disposed as facing a sample surface, a central axis of rotation is disposed which is nearly orthogonal to a major axis of the cantilever on the base part of the cantilever and is parallel in a direction of the sample surface, and the vibrator vibrates the base part of the cantilever to rock the base part of the cantilever as centering the central axis of rotation.