Cantilevers

 

HighQ

SuperQ

Ø     Tip curvature radius:

ü      Guaranteed < 20 nm

ü      Typical:           10 nm

ü      Each tip is SEM controlled

Ø     Tip curvature radius:

ü      Guaranteed < 10 nm

ü      Typical:            7 nm

ü      Each tip is SEM controlled

ü      Supplied with SEM photo for each tip

 

Specifications: (valid for both HighQ and SuperQ) 

 

Ø      High reflective Au coating. Chemically stable, reflectivity 3 times better than for uncoated cantilevers).

Ø      Available with conductive TiN, W2C, Pt, Au and magnetic Co-Ni coatings (typical 20 nm layer thickness).

Ø      Tip height: ≥ 7µm.

Ø      Tip cone angle: ≤ 22º

Ø      Tip base diameter: ≤ 8 um

Ø      Distance between lever edge and tip base center: ≈ 6 um

Ø      Tilt angle between lever edge  and  cantilever chip surface normal: ≈ 2 º

Ø      Detection area of cantilever deflection at: ≈ 1/3 cantilever length

Ø      Standard chip size: 1.6x3.6x0.4 mm.

Ø      Chip thickness: 350 ¸ 450 um

Ø      Available for NONCONTACT, SEMICONTACT and CONTACT modes.

Ø      Triangular and rectangular cantilevers.

Ø      Packaged in GelPak® boxes.

Ø      Compatible with the all commercial Atomic Force Microscopes.

Ø      Anti-electrostatic, Boron doped silicon. Doping level about 5x1020 cm-3.

 

 

Chip thickness 0.4mm
Reflective side Au
Cantilever side A or B
Aspect ratio 3:1
Cone angle j <=22°
    

Available Probe series:

SuperQ: Type number with "S"

HighQ: Type number without "S"

Noncontact

Contact

 HighQ

 SuperQ

 HighQ

 SuperQ

  
 N1AB

N1ABS

 C1AB

C1ABS

Two cantilevers on one chip. One at each side. One long, one short.

 N1B

N1BS

 C1B

C1BS

One short cantilever at one side of the chip

 N1A

N1AS

 C1A

C1AS

One long cantilever at one side of the chip

Probe series Cantilever Cantilever lenght,
L±5µm		 Cantilever width,
W±3µm		 Cantilever thickness, µm Resonant frequency, kHz Force constant, N/m
min typical max min typical max min typical max
N1AB
N1ABS		 B 100 35 1.7 2.0 2.3 193 254 325 5.6 11.5 22.3
A 130 35 1.7 2.0 2.3 118 152 190 2.6 5.3 9,8
C1AB
C1ABS		 B 250 35 0.7 1.0 1.3 14 20 27 0.03 0.1 0.2
A 350 35 0.7 1.0 1.3 7 10 14 0.01 0.03 0.08
N1B
N1BS		 B 100 35 1.7 2.0 2.3 193 254 325 5.6 11.5 22.3
C1B
C1BS		 B 250 35 0.7 1.0 1.3 14 20 27 0.03 0.1 0.2
N1A
N1AS		 A 130 35 1.7 2.0 2.3 118 152 190 2.6 5.3 9,8
C1A
C1AS		 A 350 35 0.7 1.0 1.3 7 10 14 0.01 0.03 0.08

Magnetic: cantilevers with a magnetic coating.

Whiskers: cantilevers with a long very sharp tip made of carbin.