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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Gerd Binnig, Wollerau, CH;
Evangelos Eleftheriou, Rueschlikon, CH;
Mark Lantz, Adliswil, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data storage device comprises a storage medium for storing data in the form of marks and at least one probe for scanning over a storage medium. The probe comprises a spring cantilever being during operation of the probe mechanically fixed to a probe holding structure, a tip with a nanoscale apex and an actuator for lateral positioning of the tip.