Nanopositioning and Nanomeasuring Machines (NPM-Machines) are pieces of technological equipment that allow positioning, touching and measuring of centimeter-sized objects with nanometer precision...
Keywords: nanometrology, uncertainty of nanopositioning and nanomeasuring machines, vectorial metrological model
09/2006 | tm Technisches Messen, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe proceeding miniaturization of components in the semiconductor and MEMS industries raises the demands on the accuracy of the measuring instruments applied in quality assurance systems...
Keywords: nanometrology, scanning probe microscopy, profilometer, focus sensor, micro probes
09/2006 | tm Technisches Messen, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThis paper reports on the development of a Nanometer Coordinate Measuring Machine with atomic force scanning for large-area measurements in 2.5 dimensions...
Keywords: nanometrology, AFM, coordinate metrology, automation, temperature influence
09/2006 | tm Technisches Messen, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag