MEMORY STAGE FOR A PROBE STORAGE DEVICE

• US 20080001075A1
• Filed: 10/26/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nanochip, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nanochip, Inc.
• Inventors: Belov, Nickolai, Ascanio, Peter David
• Application Number:
  US11/553,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20080001075A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 250/234
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 10/00 Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 9/1454 Positioning the head or record carrier into or out of operative position or across information tracks; Alignment of the head relative to the surface of the record carrier G11B9/1445 takes precedence

Abstract

An embodiment of a probe storage device in accordance with the present invention can include a media frame, a media stage including a media, a suspension arrangement moveably connecting the media stage with the media frame, the suspension arrangement including a suspension, and a tip stage having a tip extending therefrom, the tip stage being arranged so that the media is accessible to the tip. The suspension can comprise a foot fixedly connected with the media frame, a knee, a first flexure connected between the foot and the knee so that the knee is moveable relative to the foot, and a second flexure connected between the media stage and the knee so that the media stage is moveable relative to the knee.

Claims

1. A system for storing data, the system comprising:

a media frame;

a media stage including a media;

a suspension arrangement moveably connecting the media stage with the media frame, the suspension arrangement including a suspension;

wherein the suspension comprises;

a foot fixedly connected with the media frame,

a knee,

a first flexure connected between the foot and the knee so that the knee is moveable relative to the foot, and

a second flexure connected between the media stage and the knee so that the media stage is moveable relative to the knee; and

a tip stage having a tip extending therefrom, the tip stage being arranged so that the media is accessible to the tip.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the tip stage is connected with the media frame.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the suspension further comprises a mass damper extending between the foot and the knee.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the suspension arrangement includes four suspensions, and

the suspensions are arranged along a periphery of the media stage.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the media stage is nested within the media frame.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the suspension arrangement includes a plurality of suspensions, and

the plurality of suspensions have a common foot arranged generally near a center of the media stage.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a current path operably associated with the media stage; and

a magnet for generating a magnetic field across the current path; and

wherein;

when current is applied to the current path, the media stage is urged in a direction of travel;

the first flexure is arranged one of perpendicular and parallel to the direction of travel; and

the second flexure is arranged the other of perpendicular and parallel to the direction of travel.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the current path is a coil.

9. A system for storing data, the system comprising:

a media frame;

a media stage including a media;

a current path operably associated with the media stage; and

a magnet for generating a magnetic field across the current path;

wherein when current is applied to the current path, the media stage is urged in a direction of travel;

a suspension arrangement moveably connecting the media stage with the media frame, the suspension arrangement including a suspension;

wherein the suspension comprises;

a foot fixedly connected with the media frame,

a first pair of flexures connected between the foot and the media stage, the first pair of flexures having a foot portion arranged along an x axis of travel and a media stage portion arranged along a y axis of travel perpendicular to the x axis of travel; and

a second pair of flexures connected between the foot and the media stage, the second pair of flexures having a foot portion arranged along the x axis of travel and a media stage portion arranged along the y axis of travel.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the suspension arrangement includes two suspensions.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a first brace connected between flexures of the first pair of flexures; and

a second brace connected between the second pair of flexure.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the suspension further comprises:

a first knee disposed between the foot portion and the media stage portion of the first pair of flexures, and

a second knee disposed between the foot portion and the media stage portion of the second pair of flexures.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the suspension further comprises a mass damper extending between the foot and the knee.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein:

the suspension arrangement includes four suspensions, and

the suspensions are arranged along a periphery of the media stage.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the media stage is nested within the media frame.

16. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a tip stage having a tip extending therefrom, the tip stage being fixedly connected with the media frame; and

wherein the tip stage is arranged so that the media is accessible to the tip.

17. A method of moving a media stage within a media frame, the method comprising:

using a current path operably associated with the media stage and a magnet for generating a magnetic field across the current path;

using a suspension arrangement moveably connecting the media stage with the media frame, the suspension arrangement including a suspension having;

a foot fixedly connected with the media frame,

a knee,

a first flexure connected between the foot and the knee so that the knee is moveable relative to the foot, and

a second flexure connected between the media stage and the knee so that the media stage is moveable relative to the knee; and

urging the media stage is urged in a direction of travel;

allowing the knee to move in the direction of travel;

wherein allowing the knee to move includes allowing one or both of the first flexure and the second flexure to bend.