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
A data recording system comprising:
- a recording medium comprising:
- a storage layer able to store data,
- a plurality of electrically insulated conductive dots designed to store electric charges according to the data to be stored and creating corresponding electric fields;
- a data read and/or write device comprising an array of micro-tips having a base and a summit, wherein the summit is proximal to the storage layer and the base is integral with a transistor channel connecting a source and a drain, each micro-tip including an insulating high permittivity material;
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- means for relative displacement of the charges with respect to the micro-tips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.