Name
Abstract | ||
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Ultrahigh storage densities can be achieved by using a thermomechanical scanning-probe-based data-storage approach to write, read back, and erase data in very thin polymer films. High data rates are achieved by parallel operation of large two-dimensional arrays of cantilevers that can be batch fabricated by silicon-surface micromachining techniques. The very high precision required to navigate the storage medium relative to the array of probes is achieved by microelectromechanical system (MEMS)- based x and y actuators. The ultrahigh storage densities offered by probe-storage devices pose a significant challenge in terms of both control design for nanoscale positioning and read-channel design for reliable signal detection. Moreover, the high parallelism necessitates new dataflow architectures to ensure high performance and reliability of the system. In this paper, we present a small-scale prototype system of a storage device that we built based on scanning-probe technology. Experimental results of multiple sectors, recorded using multiple levers at 840 Gb/in2 and read back without errors, demonstrate the functionality of the prototype system. This is the first time a scanning-probe recording technology has reached this level of technical maturity, demonstrating the joint operation of all building blocks of a storage device. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2008 | 10.1147/rd.524.0493 | IBM Journal of Research and Development |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
probe-based ultrahigh-density storage technology,high parallelism,storage medium,microelectromechanical system,prototype system,high data rate,high performance,high precision,ultrahigh storage,ultrahigh storage density,storage device | Microelectromechanical systems,Surface micromachining,Computer data storage,Computer science,Input/output,Electronic engineering,Dataflow,Batch processing,Actuator,Data flow diagram | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
52 | 4 | 0018-8646 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
13 | 1.42 | 6 |
Authors | ||
27 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pantazi, A. | 1 | 17 | 2.67 |
| Sebastian, A. | 2 | 267 | 44.35 |
| Theodore Antonakopoulos | 3 | 434 | 53.04 |
| P. Bächtold | 4 | 16 | 2.63 |
| A. R. Bonaccio | 5 | 13 | 1.42 |
| J. Bonan | 6 | 13 | 1.42 |
| G. Cherubini | 7 | 202 | 19.88 |
| M. Despont | 8 | 21 | 3.16 |
| R. A. DiPietro | 9 | 13 | 1.42 |
| U. Drechsler | 10 | 18 | 3.66 |
| U. Dürig | 11 | 16 | 2.63 |
| B. Gotsmann | 12 | 16 | 2.29 |
| W. Häberle | 13 | 16 | 2.29 |
| C. Hagleitner | 14 | 23 | 6.64 |
| J. L. Hedrick | 15 | 13 | 1.42 |
| D. Jubin | 16 | 16 | 2.29 |
| A. Knoll | 17 | 13 | 1.42 |
| M. A. Lantz | 18 | 16 | 2.29 |
| J. Pentarakis | 19 | 13 | 1.42 |
| H. Pozidis | 20 | 60 | 7.52 |
| R. C. Pratt | 21 | 13 | 1.42 |
| H. Rothuizen | 22 | 13 | 1.42 |
| R. Stutz | 23 | 18 | 3.32 |
| Maria Varsamou | 24 | 18 | 4.01 |
| D. Wiesmann | 25 | 16 | 2.29 |
| E. Eleftheriou | 26 | 13 | 1.42 |
| Bächtold, P. | 27 | 13 | 1.42 |