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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7667996 | Nano-vacuum-tubes and their application in storage devices The scale of the devices in a diode array storage device, and their cost, are reduced by changing the semiconductor based diodes in the storage array to cold cathode, field emitter based devices. The field emitters and a field emitter array may be fabricated utilizi... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7471542 | Information storage apparatus storing and reading information by irradiating a storage medium with electron beam To greatly increase the storage density of a storage apparatus, an electron beam E emitted from a cold cathode 101 is accelerated by an accelerating electrode 102, caused to converge by a convergence electrode 103, deflected by a deflection elec... | 12/30/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7342817 | System and method for writing data using an electron beam A system for writing data using an electron beam to change the structure of a small section of a storage medium and includes at least one focused electron beam source. The duration of a write cycle of the focused electron beam source is controlled at least in part o... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7277314 | Mobile ion memory An improved high-density digital storage device uses placement of mobile ions within a memory layer to record digital data. In an embodiment of the invention, the mobile ions comprise sodium ions or other alkali metal ions implanted in a silicon oxide memory layer. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7262548 | Image forming apparatus capable of suppressing a fluctuation in an incident position of an electron beam The invention is to provide a flat panel image forming apparatus capable of suppressing a fluctuation in an incident position of an electron beam resulting from a front-rear temperature difference generated in a panel, thereby capable of high-quality display not aff... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260051 | Molecular memory medium and molecular memory integrated circuit A molecular memory media having a media surface and a platform with read/write heads. The platform and media are moved to allow one of addition, removal, and repositioning of atoms, electrons, and charges on a surface of the media. The media is a material capable of... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7239600 | Storage device based on phase-change modulated luminescence A media storage device is provided. The device comprises different configurations of a luminescent layer comprising a luminescent material capable of emitting light while being bombarded by a beam from a beam transmitter, a detector for detecting the light emitted f... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233517 | Atomic probes and media for high density data storage A device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention comprises an atomic probe for high density data storage reading, writing, erasing, or rewriting. In one embodiment, the atomic probe can include a core having a conductive coating. The core can compris... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220979 | Optical memory plate or panel An optical memory plate particularly suitable for identification purposes or protection against forgery and counterfeiting radiation provides inscription of data and read-out of thus stored inscription data, comprises a europium doped alkali metal halide storage pho... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217953 | Technique for suppression of edge current in semiconductor devices A passive mechanism suppresses injection, into any active guard regions interposed between the edge of a photodiode array chip and the outer photodiode pixels or into the outer pixels themselves, of minority carrier current generated in the physically disrupted regi... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7170771 | Method of reading a data bit including detecting conductivity of a volume of alloy exposed to an electron beam Alloy memory structures and methods are disclosed wherein a layer or volume of alloy material changes conductivity subsequent to introduction of a electron beam current-induced change in phase of the alloy, the conductivity change being detected using current detect... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148549 | Data storage module suspension system A micro-electro-mechanical device includes a moveable mass supported within a frame. To support the mass within the frame, a first flexure extends between the mass and the frame. An angle softening element is positioned between a first end of the first flexure and t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7060224 | Methods for the electronic, homogeneous assembly and fabrication of devices Methods and apparatus are provided for the fabrication of microscale, including micron and sub-micron scale, including nanoscale, devices. Electronic transport of movable component devices is utilized through a fluidic medium to effect transport to a desired target ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049158 | Method of manufacturing an emitter A method is disclosed for creating an emitter having a flat cathode emission surface: First a protective layer that is conductive is formed on the flat cathode emission surface. Then an electronic lens structure is created over the protective layer. Finally, the pro... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6987722 | Data storage devices with wafer alignment compensation Methods for storing data are provided. Preferably, the method includes the steps of: providing a data storage device, and preventing an emitter associated with a first data cluster of the data storage device from writing data to another one of the data clusters. Dat... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6980507 | Luminescence-phase change based data storage An ultra-high-density data storage device that relies on optical signals. The device includes a luminescent layer that emits light when stimulated by an electron beam. The device also includes a phase-change layer that contains data bits that may absorb or reflect t... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6947311 | Two-dimensional structural transition controlled by an electric field, memory storage device thereof, and method of making a memory storage device This invention relates to the controlled two-dimensional structural transition of a dipole monolayer at a metal, semi-conducting or insulating interface. The dipole monolayer consists of objects/molecules with a permanent electric dipole moment. A transition between... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937379 | Molecular architecture for molecular electro-optical transistor and switch Observable changes in electrical and optical characteristics of individual molecules adsorbed on a conductor or semi-conductor caused by electrical and/or optical excitation or de-excitation of electrons within such molecules can be used as signals which in turn can... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6884999 | Use of scanning probe microscope for defect detection and repair The present invention provides a system and method for detecting and repairing defects in semiconductor devices. According to the invention, defects are located using a scanning probe microscope, such as an atomic force microscope or a scanning tunneling microscope,... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6862206 | Memory module hybridizing an atomic resolution storage (ARS) memory and a magnetic memory A semiconductor memory module comprising an atomic resolution storage memory, a magnetic memory, and a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to move data between the memory controller and the atomic resolution storage memory and configured to move d... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6806488 | Tunneling emitters and method of making An emitter has an electron supply layer and a tunneling layer formed on the electron supply layer. Optionally, an insulator layer is formed on the electron supply layer and has openings defined within in which the tunneling layer is formed. A cathode layer is formed... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6728127 | System modules with atomic resolution storage memory Modules and processor-based systems are provided. One such module comprises: a first wafer having a storage medium, the storage medium having a plurality of storage areas, each of the storage areas being configurable in one of a plurality of structural states to rep... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6700853 | Data storage devices with wafer alignment compensation Methods for storing data are provided. Preferably, the method includes the steps of: providing a data storage device, and preventing an emitter associated with a first data cluster of the data storage device from writing data to another one of the data cl... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6675109 | Systems and methods for forming data storage devices Systems for assembling wafer stacks are provided. An embodiment of the system includes a vacuum chamber, a media deposition component and a wafer stack assembly component. The media deposition component is arranged within the vacuum chamber and is configu... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6671778 | Atomic resolution storage device configured as a redundant array of independent storage devices A redundant array of independent storage devices is disclosed herein. The redundant storage device includes one or more atomic resolution storage devices and a control system. The atomic resolution storage device is configured to communicate with the cont... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6643248 | Data storage device The present disclosure relates to a data storage device, comprising a plurality of electron emitters adapted to emit electron beams, the electron emitters each having a planar emission surface, and a storage medium in proximity to the electron emitter, th... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6643161 | Write-once polymer memory with e-beam writing and reading Storing a data bit includes exposing a volume of a polymer, having a first conductivity, to an electron beam. Exposing damages cross-links in the volume of material. A first conductivity of the polymer is changed to a second conductivity and the data is s... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6625052 | Write-once polymer memory with e-beam writing and reading Storing a data bit includes exposing a volume of a polymer, having a first conductivity, to an electron beam. Exposing damages cross-links in the volume of material. A first conductivity of the polymer is changed to a second conductivity and the data is s... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6584416 | System and methods for forming data storage devices Systems for assembling wafer stacks are provided. An embodiment of the system includes a vacuum chamber, a media deposition component and a wafer stack assembly component. The media deposition component is arranged within the vacuum chamber and is configu... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6542400 | Molecular memory systems and methods A molecular memory system that includes a protective layer that is disposed over a molecular recording layer is described. The protective layer enables a scanning probe to write information to and read information from a molecular memory element by direct... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6522566 | System modules with atomic resolution storage memory A preferred microprocessor module includes a first wafer incorporating a storage medium. The storage medium is provided with storage areas that are configurable in one of a plurality of structural states to represent information stored in the storage area... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6400085 | Beam index type cathode ray tube A beam index type cathode ray tube for preventing distortion of index signals due to high frequency noises by protecting an optical detector and an index circuit part from the influence of high frequencies which are generated during the operation of the c... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6392915 | Method of storing and retrieving binary information A method of storing information on a material (preferably a shape memory alloy), including the step of heating a plurality of crystals of said material in order to effect a structural change in each said crystal, wherein the information stored on said mat... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392914 | Storage device encompassing a diffusion process and a dissipation process of information carriers and storage method thereof A nonlinear coupling oscillator array is configured in such a manner that, for example, two layers in each of which a number of quantum dots as oscillators are arranged two-dimensionally are laid one on another. Adjacent quantum dots in the upper layer ha... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6388912 | Quantum magnetic memory A system for storing data on a magnetic medium using spin polarized electron beams is provided. The system includes a source of spin polarized electrons and a storage medium disposed a selected distance from the source. The storage medium has a plurality ... | 05/14/2002 |
