Shape memory alloy recording medium, storage devices based thereon, and method for using these storage devices
US6084849A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 7, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/856
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention concerns a storage medium for scanning probe storage devices. This storage medium comprises a substrate (20) carrying a shape memory alloy layer (24). The shape memory alloy layer (24) is chosen such that an indent (23) can be formed by mechanically deforming said shape memory alloy layer (24), if a local probe (21, 22) of said scanning probe system exerts pressure on said alloy layer (24). An indent (23) can be removed by locally heating said shape memory alloy layer (24) to its transformation temperature (Tc) or above such that the shape memory alloy returns to its Martensite form.
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