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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKunihiro Sakai, Katsunori Hatanaka, Takahiro Oguchi, Akihiko Yamano, Shunichi Shido
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An information processing apparatus for effecting recording of information on and/or reproduction of information from a recording medium is provided with a probe electrode, a cantilever piezo-electric member, a controller and a detector. The probe electrode is relatively displaced to the recording medium by the cantilever piezo-electric member. The controller applies a control signal to the cantilever piezo-electric member to control the cantilever piezo-electric member. The detector detects a minute signal obtained on the tunnel effect caused between the probe electrode and the recording medium. A switch element is further provided on the apparatus so as to electrically disconnect between the cantilever piezo-electric member and the controller during the minute signal being detected by the detector.
An information processing apparatus for effecting a recording and/or reproduction of information on a recording medium by using a probe electrode, including:
A scanning tunneling microscope for observing therethrough a surface of a sample by using a tunnel current created between a probe electrode and the surface of said sample, including:
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