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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:

U.s. Army Research Laboratory, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Alan S. Edelstein, Alexandria, VA (US);

Jonathan R. Petrie, Columbia, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/33 (2006.01); G11C 11/16 (2006.01); G11B 11/14 (2006.01); G11B 11/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2013.01); G11B 5/33 (2013.01); G11C 11/16 (2013.01); G11B 5/332 (2013.01); G11B 11/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for storing information in a nonvolatile memory comprising: a substrate comprising magnetic material operatively associated therewith, the magnetic material having at least one first portion of low permeability and at least one second portion of high permeability; a reader comprising a sensor for reading information by measuring the magnetic permeability for the at least one first portion and the at least one second portion; whereby the at least one first and second portions are subjected to a magnetic probe field from one of an external source, the sensor, or a combination of an external source and the sensor.


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