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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2007
Tong Zhao, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Martin G. Forrester, Murrysville, PA (US);
Florin Zavaliche, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dierk Guenter Bolten, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Andreas Karl Roelofs, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Tong Zhao, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Martin G. Forrester, Murrysville, PA (US);
Florin Zavaliche, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Dierk Guenter Bolten, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Andreas Karl Roelofs, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus that provides for non-destructive readback of a ferroelectric material. The apparatus can include a ferroelectric layer with a scannable surface wherein the ferroelectric layer has a compensation charge adjacent the scannable surface. The apparatus also can include an electrode adjacent the scannable surface to sense the compensation charge. A related method is also disclosed.