Patent ID: 6987722
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: B82Y,G11B

Abstract:
1. A data storage device comprising: a first wafer having a storage medium, said storage medium having data clusters, each of said data clusters having storage areas associated therewith, each of said storage areas being configurable in one of a plurality of structural states to represent information stored in said storage area; a second wafer fixed in position relative to said first wafer, said second wafer having electron beam emitters configured to electrically communicate with said storage medium, said storage medium and said electron beam emitters being configured to move relative to each other such that at least one of said electron beam emitters is capable of providing a beam of electrons to storage areas of a first data cluster for configuring each of said storage areas in one of said structural states; and means for preventing said at least one of said electron beam emitters from attempting to write data to one of said data clusters other than said first data cluster such that said first data cluster is spaced from others of said data clusters.