Storage device including a probe having an electrically conductive tip portion for electrical contact with a storage medium
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCorbin L. Champion, Sarah M. Brandenberger
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Abstract
A storage device includes a probe having a tip, the tip comprising a first portion and a second portion. The storage device also includes a storage medium having a surface, where the tip of the probe is adapted to form a dent in the storage medium. The second portion of the tip is electrically contacted to the surface of the storage medium in response to the tip being engaged in the dent, and the second portion of the tip is spaced apart from the surface of the storage medium in response to the first portion being engaged on the surface of the storage medium and not engaged in the dent.
Claims16
A storage device comprising:
- a probe having a tip, the tip comprising a first portion and a second portion;
- and a storage medium having a surface, wherein the tip of the probe is adapted to form a dent in the storage medium, wherein the second portion of the tip is electrically contacted to the surface of the storage medium in response to the first portion being engaged in the dent, and wherein the second portion of the tip is spaced apart from the surface of the storage medium in response to the first portion being engaged on the surface of the storage medium and not engaged in the dent.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and a storage device comprising:
- a probe having a tip;
- and a storage medium having storage cells, the tip of the probe adapted to program the storage cells by forming a dent in a first storage cell and not forming a dent in a second storage cell, the tip having an electrically conductive portion that is electrically contacted to a surface of the storage medium in response to the tip of the probe being engaged in the dent of the first storage cell, and the electrically conductive portion of the tip of the probe being spaced apart from the surface of the storage medium in response to the tip not being engaged in a dent in the second storage cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.