Interface of a microfabricated scanning force sensor for combined force and position sensing

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PATENT NO 9535086
APP PUB NO 20150369839A1
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14742105

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A micro fabricated sensor for micro-mechanical and nano-mechanical testing and nano-indentation. The sensor includes a force sensing capacitive comb drive for the sensing of a force applied to a sample, a position sensing capacitive comb drive for the sensing of the position of a sample and a micro fabricated actuator to apply a load to the sample. All the sensor components mentioned above are monolithically integrated on the same silicon MEMS chip.

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FEMTOTOOLS AG8107 BUCHS

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Beyeler, Felix Regensdorf, CH 8 43
Muntwyler, Simon Zurich, CH 7 34

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