Patent ID: 7212487

Claim:
A readout arrangement comprising: a base, the base having a flexible member which supports a probe on a free end thereof so that the probe is movable with respect to the base; a medium, the medium being configured so that at least one data indicative topographical feature is formable therein, the superficial data indicative topographical feature being configured to be contacted by the probe, the medium and the base being arranged to be movable relative to one another; a Field Effect Transistor (FET) disposed with one of the base and medium, the FET being configured to be responsive to an electric field generated in response to interaction between the probe and the superficial data indicative topographical; and wherein the medium is supported on a substrate in which the FET having a source, drain and channel is formed, and wherein the medium is configured so that the superficial data indicative topographical feature is located in operative proximity to the channel of the FET.