Intellectual Property Law

US Patent 7721347 - Nanotube characterization using RF scanning probe

RF Nano is a company focusing on developing CMOS compatible carbon nanotubes for applications in radio frequency, analog, and mixed signal electronics. This patent discloses a scanning probe device used to characterize the physical and electrical properties of nanotubes. Claim 1 reads:

1. A device for determining an electrical characteristic of a nanotube material without contacting the nanotube material, comprising:

a scanning probe configured to generate a signal of certain frequency onto the nanotube material and measure a reflected signal from the nanotube material; and

a processor coupled to the scanning probe and configured to determine the electrical characteristic of the nanotube material from the measured reflected signal.

Full post as published by TinytechIP on May 27, 2010 (boomark / email).