To provide a magnetic scanning/positioning system which has at least two items of degree of freedom.
A magnetic scanning/positioning system includes a support base 6 to which magnets 7.1 and 7.2 are attached, a movable platform 1 to which at least two electric coils 2 are attached and suspension elements 4 with which the movable platform is elastically connected to the support base. The electric coils 2 are arranged on the movable platform horizontally to provide an essentially flat construction with the movable platform. As the flat construction is combined with the flat support base, a magnetic scanning/positioning system which is characterized in a latently small size, light weight and flat structure, fast response, low power consumption and a relatively large movement range, for instance maximum 10 mm, can be provided. The magnetic scanning/ positioning system with at least two items of degree of freedom can be used in the fields of a scanning probe microscope, data memory and imaging.
LUTWYCHE MARK I
VETTIGER PETER
