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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130533 | Thermoelectric device and method A system, device and method for electrically addressing an element include providing a thermoelectric layer in proximity with an area to be addressed and positioning a probe in proximity of the thermoelectric layer. Electrical activity is induced in the thermoelectr... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7903445 | Photonic memory device, data storing method using the photonic memory device and photonic sensor device Provided are a photonic memory device, a method of storing data using the photonic memory device, and a photonic sensor device. The photonic memory device comprises a signal line through which a photon is input; a ring resonator receiving a photon through an input g... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7830695 | Capacitive arrangement for qubit operations A capacitive operation method for quantum computing is disclosed where providing a sequence of write pulses above a threshold voltage induces a single charge population, forming a quantum dot (Q-dot). Determining if the single charge population was induced in the Q-... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7667995 | Teleportation system for electronic many-qubit states using individual photons A method for creating a logic state for teleporting quantum information using a single photon is described. The method includes receiving a photon with an initial polarization and causing a first semiconductor crystal to have a first spin orientation. The photon int... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7426028 | Spectroscopic feedback for high density data storage and micromachining Optical breakdown by predetermined laser pulses in transparent dielectrics produces an ionized region of dense plasma confined within the bulk of the material. Such an ionized region is responsible for broadband radiation that accompanies a desired breakdown process... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7385209 | Micromachining process, system and product Ion beam lithography technique wherein a higher amount of radiation energy is deposited to predetermined regions in the bulk if a suitable substrate. By selecting the radiation nature, its energy and the irradiation parameters a structure can be created in the bulk ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372671 | Disk apparatus A head beam is retained at a front portion of the pivoting arm so as to be rotatable, and is continuously urged by an urging member in the counterclockwise direction. The pivoting arm has a directing rod rotating around a supporting shaft. A slidable projection of t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367119 | Method for forming a reinforced tip for a probe storage device Systems and methods in accordance with the present invention can include a tip contactable with a media. In an embodiment, the tip comprises a substantially hollow structure formed of a metal. The tip can be formed by depositing a first metal layer over silicon ther... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7336524 | Atomic probes and media for high density data storage 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 pro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7309630 | Method for forming patterned media for a high density data storage device Systems in accordance with the present invention can include a tip contactable with a media, the media including a substrate and a plurality of cells disposed over the substrate, one or more of the cells being electrically isolated from the other of the cells by a m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307781 | Techniques for using chirped fields to reconfigure a medium that stores spectral features Techniques for reconfiguring spectral features stored in a medium based on a two-state atomic system with transition dipole moment μ includes causing a chirp to pass into the medium. The chirp includes a monochromatic frequency that varies in time by a chirp rate Î... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304888 | Reverse-bias method for writing memory cells in a memory array A memory array having memory cells each comprising a diode and a phase change material or antifuse is reliably programmed by maintaining all word lines and bit lines connected to unselected memory cells at intermediate voltages and applying voltages to place the dio... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301883 | Advanced high density data write strategy A method of writing a mark to an optical disc includes receiving data to be written and generating a control signal for a laser pulse having a melt period that transitions to a growth period wherein the melt period is characterized by a melt power and the growth per... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301887 | Methods for erasing bit cells in a high density data storage device Methods in accordance with the present invention can be applied, in an embodiment, to a media comprising a phase change material to alter a resolved portion of the phase change material to have a resistance different from a resistance of the bulk material. A tip hav... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291442 | Photosensitive polymeric material for WORM optical data storage with two-photon fluorescent readout Image formation via photoinduced fluorescence changes in a polymeric medium with two-photon fluorescence readout of a multi-layer structure. Fluorophore-containing polymers, possessing one or more basic functional groups, underwent protonation in the presence of a p... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282320 | Apparatus for three-dimensional optical data storage and retrieval A three dimensional optical data storage and retrieval system that includes a three dimensional optical data storage medium and an apparatus for providing access to data stored on the medium. The data storage medium includes an optical data storage material which ei... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7260053 | Optical recording medium, process for manufacturing the same, sputtering target for manufacturing the same, and optical recording process using the same An optical recording medium which comprises a substrate and a recording layer disposed on the substrate, in which the recording layer comprises Ga and Sb, a content of the Sb is 80 atm % to 95 atm % relative to a total content of the Ga and the Sb in the recording l... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254056 | Apparatus for optically pre-programming electrically-programmable phase-change memory devices In an embodiment, a phase change non-volatile memory includes a number of memory cells. The memory cells include a phase change material which may transition between two memory states. The phase change material has different electrical properties in different states... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7227445 | Wireless activation system and method A system and method for wireless activation of a target. A communication device transmits an ID associated with the target to a network operations center. The network operations center provides an activation signal to the communication device. The communication devi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227817 | Low profile optical head An optical head of a type useable in a optical disk reader/writer is provided. The optical head has a low profile, e.g., in a vertical direction parallel to the disk spin axis, such as less than about 5 mm preferably less than about 3 mm. Substantially all component... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7199343 | Spatial optical memory A device for storing photons between one and a plurality of reflected surfaces, and the storage of information, in particular in the form of digital data, being provided by creating at least one circulating memory using the storage device as a delay line. Each devic... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193963 | Method for inputting information into a data storage medium that is optically recordable and readable In a method of entering information into an optically writable and readable data storage medium having a polymer film which can be changed locally by heating in order to store information and to which there is assigned an absorber dye (34) which is set up to ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193879 | Techniques for multiple frequency chirp readout of material with inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum Techniques for reading the spectral content of a spatial-spectral grating in an inhomogeneously broadened transition (IBT) material include directing multiple probe waveforms to probe a spatial mode of the IBT material. Each probe waveform is a linear frequency modu... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191153 | Content distribution method and apparatus Media which stores protected content is distributed to users without the need for payment at the time of media distribution. Payment can be performed at a later time in response to which content may be enabled, and/or users may selectively pay for, and receive enabl... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7170480 | Video display apparatus A color video display apparatus comprises a pixel array with each pixel containing one or more LEDs for generating each of the selected colors and a diffractive optical element positioned in front of the array to form the transmitted light into a substantially ellip... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161843 | Semiconductor memory device and method for writing data A semiconductor memory device, comprising a memory array including a plurality of memory cells capable of storing data of at least 1 bit, includes a data write control section for controlling a data write operation to the plurality of memory cells; an address signal... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158273 | Holographic data memory A holographic data storage medium has a polymer film which is set up as a storage layer whose refractive index can be changed locally by heating. The polymer film is set up for the storage of optical phase information via the local optical path length of the polymer... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146623 | Head support device and it's driving method, and drive disk using same The present invention provides a head support mechanism wherein the position can be accurately corrected at a high speed when the mode is shifted from reproducing to recording, and also, the deflection of recording magnetic field from the direction of initialized ma... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136452 | Radiation imaging system, device and method for scan imaging An imaging system for high energy radiation direct conversion scan imaging includes a high energy radiation source and a semiconductor high energy radiation direct conversion imaging device arranged around an object position. The imaging device includes a plurality ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132302 | Method of increasing cell retention capacity of silicon nitride read-only-memory cell A method of increasing the cell retention capacity of a silicon nitride read-only-memory on a wafer. The method includes carrying out a baking process after performing the last plasma treatment of the wafer but before a wafer sort test. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7116606 | Method and circuit of plasma damage protection A protection circuit to discharge plasma-induced charges in a semiconductor device or integrated circuit includes a PMOS transistor and a diode. The PMOS transistor includes a substrate, a drain, a source, and a gate, the source being coupled to receive the plasma-i... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7095767 | Near field optical apparatus A near field optical apparatus comprising a conductive sheet or plane having an aperture therein, with the conductive plane including at least one protrusion which extends into the aperture. The location, structure and configuration of the protrusion or protrusions ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092272 | Mechanical memory A first-in-first-out (FIFO) microelectromechanical memory apparatus (also termed a mechanical memory) is disclosed. The mechanical memory utilizes a plurality of memory cells, with each memory cell having a beam which can be bowed in either of two directions of curv... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088757 | Use of spiro compounds as laser dyes Use of spiro compounds of formula (I), where K1 and K2 are, independently of one another, conjugated systems, as a laser dye. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7069569 | Near-field optical head system with integrated slider and laser A near-field optical system having one or more solid state lasers and an aerodynamically shaped slider which comprise a single integrated, monolithic device fabricated from the same base semiconductor material. The monolithic optical head can be quickly and easily a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057928 | System and method for erasing high-density non-volatile fast memory A system and method for erasing a high-density non-volatile fast memory is presented. In one embodiment the high-density non-volatile fast memory is a modified flash memory having modified flash cells. One embodiment of the system comprises ultra-violet (UV) light w... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052812 | Three-dimensional optical data storage in fluorescent dye-doped photopolymer A host matrix—normally a binder such as cellulose acetate propionate in a solvent such as acetone—contains a radiation-polymerizable photopolymer—normally a monomer like dipentaerythritol pentaacrylate in combination with a crosslinker like 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046539 | Mechanical memory A first-in-first-out (FIFO) microelectromechanical memory apparatus (also termed a mechanical memory) is disclosed. The mechanical memory utilizes a plurality of memory cells, with each memory cell having a beam which can be bowed in either of two directions of curv... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7031117 | Modular rotary actuator assembly for a rotatable media data storage device Assemblies in accordance with the present invention can access a data storage medium having one or more disks. One such assembly comprises a mounting block including a bore and spacer, an arm stack connected with the top surface of the spacer, and a bottom arm conne... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7005237 | Method of making information storage devices by molecular photolithography A photolithographic method of making an information storage device having different storage characteristics at a plurality of discrete memory locations thereon, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a surface portion, said surface portion having a... | 02/28/2006 |
