Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Specific detail of information handling portion of system – Electrical modification or sensing of storage medium
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-30
2011-11-29
Agustin, Peter Vincent (Department: 2627)
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Specific detail of information handling portion of system
Electrical modification or sensing of storage medium
Reexamination Certificate
active
08068405
ABSTRACT:
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 also include applying another voltage through the tip, thereby generating a current responsive to an orientation of the polarized domain. The embodiments may also include measuring the current and determining the orientation of the polarized domain, based upon the measuring.
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Franklin Nathan
Ma Qing
Rao Valluri R.
Wang Li-Peng
Agustin Peter Vincent
Fischer Mark
Intel Corporation
Schubert Law Group PLLC
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