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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael E. Hennessey, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24 ; G11B 7/125 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24 ; G11B 7/125 ;
Abstract
A method for initializing a phase change information storage device. The method includes the steps of: providing a data storage device having a phase change data storage medium, and exposing the phase change data storage medium with a first, energy exposure for about 1 &mgr;sec or less. The first exposure is then followed by at least one additional energy exposure to complete initialization