Cooligy, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Leland Stanford Junior University

Thomas William Kenny, Jr

Juan G Santiago

Kenneth E Goodson

George Carl Everett, Jr

Daniel Rugar

Harry Jonathon Mamin

Benjamin W Chui

Robert C Chaplinsky

John J Kim

In one aspect, the present invention is a technique of, and a system for conditioning power for a consuming device. In this regard, a power conditioning module, affixed to an integrated circuit device, conditions power to be applied to the integrated circuit device. The power conditioning module includes a semiconductor substrate having a first interface and a second interface wherein the first interface opposes the second interface. The power conditioning module further includes a plurality of interface vias, to provide electrical connection between the first interface and the second interface, and a first set of pads, disposed on the first interface and a second set of pads disposed on the second interface. Each of the pads is connected to a corresponding one of the interface vias on either the first or second interface. The power conditioning module also includes electrical circuitry, disposed within semiconductor substrate, to condition the power to be applied to the integrated circuit device. The electrical circuitry may be disposed on the first interface, the second interface, or both interfaces. Moreover, the electrical circuitry includes at least one voltage regulator and at least one capacitor.

Apparatus for conditioning power and managing thermal energy in an electronic device

Power conditioning module

System including power conditioning modules

An atomic force microscope (AFM) based data storage disk drive uses a cantilever structure that provides independent detection of vertical and lateral motion of the AFM tip as a track with data marks moves past the tip. The vertical detection of the tip deflection toward and away from the disk surface is used for data detection of the data marks that form the tracks. The lateral detection of the tip deflection in a direction generally parallel to the plane of the disk surface is used as the input signal to a tracking servo control system to maintain the tip on a data track. The cantilever structure includes a base connected to the disk drive actuator, a beam made up of a plurality of ribs that have their fixed ends connected to the base, and a probe connected to the free ends of the ribs. The beam ribs have piezoresistors connected to electrical circuitry that detects a resistance change as the ribs are bent laterally. The probe includes the AFM tip located at its free end and piezoresistors connected to electrical circuitry that detects a resistance change as the probe is bent vertically. The data tracks are a series of data marks in the form of pits or bumps separated by portions of the disk surface that serve as lands. Alternatively, the data tracks are formed as continuous grooves in the disk surface with the data pits or bumps located at the bottoms of the grooves.

Atomic force microscopy data storage system with tracking servo from

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Thomas William Kenny, Jr