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US 2008/0165568 A1Published application
Probes and Media for High Density Data Storage
AssigneeNanochip, Inc.
InventorThomas F. Rust
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Abstract
A device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention comprises a contact probe for high density data storage reading, writing, erasing, or rewriting. In one embodiment, the contact probe can include a silicon core having a conductive coating. Contact probes in accordance with the present invention can be applied to a phase change media, for example, to form an indicia in the phase change media by changing the electrical resistivity of a portion of the phase change media.
Claims12
A system for storing data, the system comprising:
- a memory device having a media that is adapted to store data;
- a probe electrically connectable with the memory device, the probe including:
- a first portion formed from an insulator, and
- a second portion formed from a conductor, the second portion being disposed adjacent to the first portion;
- wherein the second portion communicates electrically with the media to perform one of a read and a write in the media;
- wherein the media has two or more ranges of electrical resistivity to represent one or more data.
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A system for storing data, the system comprising:
- a memory device having a media that is adapted to store data;
- a probe electrically connectable with the memory device, the probe including:
- a first portion formed from an insulator, and
- a second portion formed from a conductor, the second portion being disposed adjacent to the first portion;
- wherein the first portion and the second portion can simultaneously contact the media and the second portion communicates electrically with the media to perform one of a read and a write in the media;
- wherein the media has two or more ranges of electrical resistivity to represent one or more data.
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A system for storing data, the system comprising:
- a memory device having a media that is adapted to store data;
- a probe electrically connectable with the memory device, the probe including:
- a first portion formed from an insulator, and
- a second portion formed from a conductor, the second portion formed side by side with the first portion;
- the first and second portion having respective adjacent first and second edges, which first and second edges can simultaneously contact the media;
- wherein the second portion communicates electrically with the media to perform one of a read and a write in the media;
- wherein the media has two or more ranges of electrical resistivity to represent one or more data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.