Inventor
SADEGHIAN MARNANI HAMED
NL45 patents
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37 patentsUS8914910B1Dec 16, 2014
Probe calibration
TNO4 citations73
US10495667B2Dec 3, 2019
Method of positioning a carrier on a flat surface, and assembly of a carrier and a positioning member
TNO2 citations70
US10067158B2Sep 4, 2018
System and method of performing scanning probe microscopy on a substrate surface
TNO4 citations70
US10775405B2Sep 15, 2020
Method of and system for performing defect detection on or characterization of a layer of a semiconductor element or semi-manufactured semiconductor element
TNO2 citations69
US11221214B2Jan 11, 2022
Distance sensor, alignment system and method
TNO0 citations62
US11029329B2Jun 8, 2021
Method of and system for detecting structures on or below the surface of a sample using a probe including a cantilever and a probe tip
TNO0 citations62
US10663874B2May 26, 2020
Alignment system and method
TNO1 citations62
US9329202B2May 3, 2016
Calibration of a mechanical property of SPM cantilevers
TNO2 citations62
US10935568B2Mar 2, 2021
Method of determining an overlay error, method for manufacturing a multilayer semiconductor device, atomic force microscopy device, lithographic system and semiconductor device
TNO1 citations61
US11650224B2May 16, 2023
Method of positioning a carrier on a flat surface, and assembly of a carrier and a positioning member
TNO0 citations59
US10859925B2Dec 8, 2020
Method of and system for determining an overlay or alignment error between a first and a second device layer of a multilayer semiconductor device
TNO1 citations59
US11592460B2Feb 28, 2023
Scanning probe microscope, scan head and method
TNO0 citations58
US11402405B2Aug 2, 2022
Frequency tracking for subsurface atomic force microscopy
TNO0 citations58
US11977337B2May 7, 2024
Lithographic patterning method
TNO0 citations57
US10338098B2Jul 2, 2019
Thermal probe for a near-field thermal microscope and method for generating a thermal map
TNO1 citations55
US11774381B2Oct 3, 2023
Method for measuring damage of a substrate caused by an electron beam
TNO0 citations52
US10908179B2Feb 2, 2021
Device and method for measuring and/or modifying surface features on a surface of a sample
TNO0 citations52
US11644481B2May 9, 2023
Atomic force microscopy cantilever, system and method
TNO0 citations51
US12169187B2Dec 17, 2024
Method of and system for performing subsurface imaging using vibration sensing
TNO0 citations50
US11327092B2May 10, 2022
Subsurface atomic force microscopy with guided ultrasound waves
TNO0 citations50
US11268935B2Mar 8, 2022
Method of and atomic force microscopy system for performing subsurface imaging
TNO0 citations50
US9274138B2Mar 1, 2016
High throughput scanning probe microscopy device
TNO1 citations50
US11940416B2Mar 26, 2024
Heterodyne scanning probe microscopy method and system
TNO0 citations49
US11320454B2May 3, 2022
Scanning probe microscopy system for and method of mapping nanostructures on the surface of a sample
TNO0 citations48
US11067597B2Jul 20, 2021
Method of performing atomic force microscopy with an ultrasound transducer
TNO0 citations48
US11035878B2Jun 15, 2021
Atomic force microscopy system, method for mapping one or more subsurface structures located in a semiconductor device or for monitoring lithographic parameters in a semiconductor device and use of such an atomic force microscopy system
TNO0 citations48
US10976345B2Apr 13, 2021
Atomic force microscopy device, method and lithographic system
TNO0 citations48
US10942200B2Mar 9, 2021
Heterodyne atomic force microscopy device, method and lithographic system
TNO0 citations48
US10948458B2Mar 16, 2021
Method of and system for performing detection on or characterization of a sample
TNO0 citations47
US11289367B2Mar 29, 2022
Method, atomic force microscopy system and computer program product
TNO0 citations46
US11635448B2Apr 25, 2023
Heterodyne scanning probe microscopy method and scanning probe microscopy system
TNO0 citations44
US10852641B2Dec 1, 2020
Thermal nanolithography method and system
TNO0 citations41
US10488433B2Nov 26, 2019
Positioning arm for and method of placing a scan head on a support surface
TNO0 citations39
US10712674B2Jul 14, 2020
Method of determining an overlay error, manufacturing method and system for manufacturing of a multilayer semiconductor device, and semiconductor device manufactured thereby
TNO0 citations38
US9897626B2Feb 20, 2018
Scanning probe microscope with a reduced Q-factor
TNO0 citations34
US10697998B2Jun 30, 2020
Method of performing surface measurements on a surface of a sample, and scanning probe microscopy system therefore
TNO0 citations31
US10578643B2Mar 3, 2020
Determining interaction forces in a dynamic mode AFM during imaging
TNO0 citations31
NEARFIELD INSTR B V
5 patentsUS12529876B2Jan 20, 2026
Compact optical microscope, metrology device comprising the optical microscope and a wafer positioning metrology apparatus comprising the metrology device
NEARFIELD INSTR B V0 citations52
US12546800B2Feb 10, 2026
Automated landing method of a scanning probe microscopy system and scanning probe microscopy system using the same
NEARFIELD INSTR B V0 citations50
US12523678B2Jan 13, 2026
Probe cassette and method for storing, transporting and handling one or more probe devices for a probe based system
NEARFIELD INSTR B V0 citations48
US12346036B2Jul 1, 2025
Alignment system and method for aligning an object having an alignment mark
NEARFIELD INSTR B V0 citations41
US12429496B2Sep 30, 2025
Arrangement for and method of determining cantilever deflection in a scanning probe microscopy system
NEARFIELD INSTR B V0 citations36
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
3 patentsUS9766266B2Sep 19, 2017
Method of advancing a probe tip of a scanning microscopy device towards a sample surface, and device therefore
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO2 citations71
US9476908B2Oct 25, 2016
High throughput microscopy device
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO4 citations67
US10746702B2Aug 18, 2020
Method of tuning parameter settings for performing acoustic scanning probe microscopy for subsurface imaging, scanning probe microscopy system, and computer program product
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO1 citations59