Patent · US Expired

Fast duplication of diffractive storage device for mass production

US7248556B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 2002
Grant dateJul 24, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0065
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A master memory device that stores a plurality of pages of information. An unexposed memory device (190) is adjacent to the master memory device (180). The unexposed memory device and the master memory device are separated by a gap. An aperture unit (130) is disposed in the gap. The aperture has a plurality of aperture openings. Each opening corresponds, in size, to an individual page constitutes of a column with specific multiplexing angles of memory in the master memory device. The aperture unit is located across a face of the master memory device such that the openings correspond to selected ones of the pages of information. A light source (120) generates a beam that transfers memory data from the master memory device to the unexposed memory device.

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