Patent ID: 6614227
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B82Y,G01Q

Abstract:
A scanning microwave microscope comprising:a microwave resonator; an exciting unit for exciting said microwave resonator; a first detecting unit for detecting a first detection amount relating to a resonant state of said microwave resonator; a sharp end coupled to a center conductor of said microwave resonator; a display unit for displaying said first detection amount while a sample is scanned by said sharp end; a distance changing unit for causing a differential change in a distance between said sharp end and said sample; a second detecting unit for detecting a second detection amount relating to a change of said first detection amount; and a control unit for controlling the distance between said sharp end and said sample in accordance with said second detection amount, so that an average value of the distance between said sharp end and said sample is brought close to a definite value.