Data Recording System And Method For Using Same
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsSerge Gidon, Gilles Le Carval, Jean-Frederic Clerc
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Abstract
A storage layer is arranged facing an array of micro-tips. The storage layer includes a plurality of insulated conductive dots designed to store electric charges. Each micro-tip includes a high-permittivity element integral to a transistor channel connecting a source and a drain. The channel has a conductance able to be modified by the electric field created by the charge of the dot arranged facing the high-permittivity element. The system can include an actuator for relative displacement of the storage layer with respect to the micro-tips. The system can include an array of electrodes able to cause displacement of the charges from one dot to the other.
Claims12
Data recording system comprising a recording medium comprising a storage layer able to store data and a data read and/or write device comprising an array of micro-tips arranged facing the storage layer, system wherein the storage layer comprises a plurality of electrically insulated conductive dots designed to store electric charges according to the data to be stored and creating corresponding electric fields, each micro-tip comprising a high-permittivity element integral to a transistor channel connecting a source and a drain, the channel having a conductance able to be modified by the electric field created by the charge of the dot arranged facing the high-permittivity element, the system comprising means for relative displacement of the charges with respect to the micro-tips.
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