Patents by Inventor Daniel James Burns

Daniel James Burns has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Resonance compensation in scanning probe microscopy
    Patent number: 8347409
    Abstract: A method includes generating, using a sensor, a data signal. The data signal includes a first component based on a motion in a first direction of an actuator configured to provide motion between a sample and a probe in the first direction, the first direction substantially in the plane of the sample; and a second component based on at least one of topographic variations of the sample in a second direction, and a materials property of the sample. The method further includes generating, using a processor, a compensatory signal based on the first component of the data signal generated by the sensor; and providing the compensatory signal to the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Daniel James Burns, Georg Ernest Fantner, Kamal Youcef-Toumi
  • RESONANCE COMPENSATION IN SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY
    Publication number: 20110289635
    Abstract: A method includes generating, using a sensor, a data signal. The data signal includes a first component based on a motion in a first direction of an actuator configured to provide motion between a sample and a probe in the first direction, the first direction substantially in the plane of the sample; and a second component based on at least one of topographic variations of the sample in a second direction, and a materials property of the sample. The method further includes generating, using a processor, a compensatory signal based on the first component of the data signal generated by the sensor; and providing the compensatory signal to the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Daniel James Burns, Georg Ernest Fantner, Kamal Youcef-Toumi