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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189450 | Method and apparatus providing high density chalcogenide-based data storage A data storage device and methods for storing and reading data are provided. The data storage device includes a data storage medium and second device. The data storage medium has an insulating layer, a first electrode layer over the insulating layer and at least one... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8179772 | Data storage medium and method for scanning a storage medium A data storage medium stories data in the form of marks, said marks being written and/or read by an array of probes. The storage medium further includes a plurality of data fields, each field including an area of the storage medium which, in use, is scanned for read... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8149680 | Random read/write performance of probe storage memory devices Current probe-type memory architecture assumes that the minimum chunk of data that a probe tip can access is one entire track and perhaps only four out of five-thousand, for example, probes participate in the access thereby degrading performance. By subdividing the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8130626 | Recording apparatus, recording control signal generating apparatus, method of manufacturing imprint mold, imprint mold, and magnetic disc Blanking by a blanking control unit is eliminated by making the tangential direction movement velocity of the substrate and the deflection velocity of the beam faster in the segment, in which the recording pattern is sparse, and making and slower in segments, in whi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116190 | Recording/reproducing apparatus A recording/reproducing apparatus (100) is provided with: a first substrate (41) on which a recording medium (43) is mounted; and a second substrate (21) to which a recording/reproducing head (23), which performs information record... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107353 | Data storage device and method for operating a data storage system A data storage device comprises a storage medium, at least one probe designed for creating indentation marks in the storage medium, a control unit designed for creating a control parameter (CTRL) acting on the probe resulting in the creation of one indentation mark.... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107354 | Electric field read/write head, method of manufacturing the same, and information storage device comprising electric field read/write head An electric field read/write head, a method of manufacturing the electric field read/write head, and an information storage device including the electric field read/write head are provided. The electric field read/write head includes: a substrate having a first surf... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8077588 | Driving apparatus A driving apparatus is provided with: a stage structure on which a medium having a small recording domain is mounted; and a facing structure which is provided with at least one small action structure, which faces the medium, for performing a predetermined action to ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068405 | Ferroelectric memory and method in which polarity of domain of ferroelectric memory is determined using ratio of currents Methods and arrangements for data storage are discussed. Embodiments include applying a first voltage between a tip and an electrode, thereby forming a polarized domain in a ferroelectric material between 1 nanometer (nm) and 50 nm in thickness. The embodiments may ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064323 | Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device includes: a substrate; first films each of which is formed on the substrate and has an edge formed in at least a part thereof; a first insulating film that is laminated on the first films; second films that are laminated on the first insula... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064324 | Electric field effect read/write head, method of manufacturing the same, and electric field effect storage apparatus having the same An electric field effect read/write head for recording/reproducing information on/from a ferroelectric recording medium using an electric field effect includes a semiconductor substrate, a recess portion formed in an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate faci... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059518 | Data storage apparatus, assembling method thereof and apparatus for generating tracking position error signal Disclosed are a data storage apparatus, an assembling method thereof and an apparatus for generating a tracking position error signal capable of storing data using recording media formed with patterns for generating tracking position error signals to obviate errors ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059519 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus and method using a plurality of probes An information recording/reproducing device is provided with a recording medium with a recording surface, a plurality of probes that carry out at least either record processing or reproduction processing by scanning a plurality of information tracks on the recording... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054736 | Storage device having flexible architecture and free scalability A storage device according to the invention has flexible architecture and free scalability. It includes an address input and a data input. It also includes an address and data evaluation unit, which is formed in such a way that it controls a controllable switching m... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054737 | Information storage apparatus and information recording method in which recording is carried out by propagating plasmons along a network of metal rods provided in a recording medium Provided is a medium capable of implementing a large-capacity recording at low cost per bit. A medium including a network of metal wires and recording materials each provided at an intersection of the metal wires. Surface plasmons are made to propagate along the met... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050171 | Information recording/reproducing device having head covering by resistance element An information recording/reproducing device according to an example of the present invention includes a first head and a second head each having a conductive region formed of a conductive material, a recording medium having a data area from which data is read by the... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045444 | Method of controlling movements of a position of a microscanner The invention relates to a method of controlling movements of a positioner of a micro-scanner, the method comprising: determining the vibration resonance frequency ranges of the positioner, and performing a main scan by a controlled movement of the positioner. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040784 | Read/write tip, head and device, and use thereof, and method for manufacturing same The invention concerns a reading/writing tip configured in the shape of a needle consisting of a core of refractory material covered with a coating of electrically conductive material, and having an outer microscope needle geometry by tunnel effect, to obtain an inf... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031579 | Read/write transducer for a ferroelectric storage medium, and corresponding storage device and method A transducer for a storage medium has a supporting element positioned over the storage medium with a first head configured to interact with the storage medium and a second head operatively connected to the first head to interact with the storage medium. The second h... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023392 | Compensating the effects of non-synchronous writing of erasable servo marks A method is provided, which includes reading data from a data storage medium. Reading data from the medium causes the data to be erased. The method further includes determining a desired position to rewrite the data by computing a position error signal based on the ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023393 | Method and apparatus for reducing tip-wear of a probe The present invention relates to a method of reducing the wear of a tip of a probe when the tip is in contact with a surface of a substrate and when the probe is mounted on a support structure. A method is provided where a load force is applied to the probe, thereby... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018818 | Systems and methods for storing and reading data in a data storage system Systems and methods for storing and reading data in a data storage system are provided. The data storage system includes a storage medium for storing data. The storage medium stores data as a plurality of topographical features. Further, the data storage system incl... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018819 | Microelectromechanical device having an electromagnetic micromotor, in particular mass storage device made by probe storage technology A microelectromechanical device that includes a fixed supporting body, at least one semiconductor body, which is movable with respect to the fixed supporting body, and at least one micromotor for moving the semiconductor body with respect to the fixed supporting bod... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018820 | Magnetic recording system using e-beam deflection A recording system for magnetic storage devices, including a beam column for generating a beam, a platform for moving a magnetic storage medium relative to the beam, and a signal generator for sequentially, or in a continuously alternating manner, deflecting the bea... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018821 | Protection layers for media protection during fabrication of probe memory device A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) seek-scan probe (SSP) memory device utilizes a protective layer over the delicate media layer to protect the media during harsh processing steps that may otherwise damage the media layer. The protective layer may comprise a l... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004958 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus A probe group is composed of, for instance, four probes adjacently arranged, and one modulation circuit is arranged for each probe group. At the time of recoding information, a changeover switch connects one of the four probes with the modulation circuit, and subseq... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000214 | Hermetic seal for a scanner assembly of a probe storage device A scanner assembly includes a first sealing ring that extends around one of first and second actuating mechanisms of the scanner assembly. A first sealant ring is positioned upon the first sealing ring and is formed from one of a solder seal, glass frit seal and a g... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000216 | Double-electrode cantilever actuation for seek-scan-probe data access A seek-scan-probe memory device, utilizing a media electrode to allow active cantilevers to contact the storage media, and a pull electrode to pull up cantilevers away from the storage media when in an inactive mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000215 | Voltage pattern for ferroelectric recording head The presently disclosed technology teaches an improved voltage pattern for conductive tips utilized as moveable top electrodes for writing data bits into ferroelectric media. A conductive tip is dragged in contact or near contact with a ferroelectric surface forming... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7974174 | Transformer for determining the state of a variable resistive layer in a material stack A method and an apparatus for detecting a number of variation in resistance within a material stack in response to a scanning and injection of a non-contacting electron stream into a material stack, the material stack having a first conductive contact layer, a varia... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7965614 | Wear resistant data storage device An apparatus including a transducer having a plurality of polymer strands attached thereto and/or a storage media having a plurality of polymer strands attached thereto. When the apparatus includes both the transducer and the storage media, the plurality of polymer ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965615 | Probe storage device scanner chip having a multi-layer media support table A probe storage device includes a base plate having a main body provided with a substantially planar surface, and a scanner chip body. The scanner chip body extends across the base plate. The scanner chip body includes first and second substantially parallel planar ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961586 | Information recording/reproducing device An information recording/reproducing device according to an example of the present invention includes first and second heads, a recording medium having a data area from which recording data is read by the first head and a servo burst area from which a servo burst si... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7952983 | Driver unit A driving apparatus (100c) is provided with: a base portion (110); a stage portion (130) on which a driven object (12) is mounted and which can be displaced; an elastic portion (120) which connects the base portion and the s... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952982 | Data storage medium, data storage device containing same, and method of manufacturing data storage device containing same A data storage medium includes a piezoelectric film (101) having a surface (111) including a halogen. In one embodiment, the halogen exists in an atomic concentration of at least approximately 10 percent. The result is a hydrophobic surface conducive t... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945962 | Information memory apparatus using probe In a two-dimensional probe array, an interval between the leading ends of probes adjacent to each other in an X direction is made shorter than that between the leading ends of probes adjacent to each other in a Y direction. Thus, the leading ends of the probes are a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945963 | Information memory apparatus using probe A first thermal buffer layer and a second thermal buffer layer are arranged between a recording medium and an actuator structure. The heat conductivity of the first thermal buffer layer is set low and the heat conductivity of the second thermal buffer layer is set h... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944802 | Super-resolution optical recording medium and method for recording information on super-resolution optical recording medium A super-resolution optical recording medium has at least a recording layer and a super resolution layer on a substrate. In the recording layer, a minimum recording mark is formed with spaces within a beam spot of a laser beam in recording. The minimum recording mark... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933190 | Electric field read/write device and method of driving the same Provided are an electric field read/write device and a method of driving an electric field read/write device. The method including an electric field read/write head comprising a resistance region disposed between a source region and a drain region and a writing elec... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7924692 | Actuator assembly providing two-dimensional movement of a moveable element in a data storage device An apparatus comprises a movable member, first and second rigid members positioned on opposite sides of the movable member, a first suspension assembly connected between a base and the first and second rigid members, a second suspension assembly connected between th... | 04/12/2011 |
