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US 2007/0165513 A1Published application
Storage device having a probe with a tip to form a groove in a storage medium
OwnerTodd Adelmanninventor
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Abstract
A storage device comprises a probe having a tip. The storage device also comprises a storage medium, with the tip of the probe to form the groove in the storage medium. The probe tip interacts with a surface of the groove to store and read data.
Claims20
A method of storing data in a storage device, comprising:
- providing a probe having a tip attached to the probe;
- forming a groove in a storage medium using the tip of the probe;
- and
- engaging the tip of the probe with a bottom surface of the groove to store data in respective storage cells of the storage medium by forming plural perturbations in the bottom surface of the groove, wherein the perturbations are part of respective storage cells.
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A storage device comprising:
- a probe having a tip;
- and
- a storage medium having storage cells and a groove formed in the storage medium by the tip of the probe, the groove having a surface to interact with the tip of the probe to store data at plural locations along the surface of the groove, wherein the plural locations correspond to plural corresponding storage cells.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage device comprising:
- a probe having a tip;
- and
- a storage medium having a surface, wherein the storage medium has a first layer that provides the surface, the first layer formed of a polymer, and wherein the tip of the probe is adapted to form a track in the first layer, the track having a surface to interact with the tip of the probe to store data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.