MEMS-based probe recording technology.
This paper reviews the recent developments in the area of MEMS-based probe recording technology. Various state-of-the-art scanning probe microscope (SPM) based techniques are briefly introduced, followed by the description of system approaches of MEMS-based probe recording technology and the basic MEMS-based actuation mechanism. Subsequently, current research status in developing MEMS-based probe recording technology with emphasis on storage architecture, MEMS access systems, probe recording mechanisms, and media for terabit per square inch recording density, is reviewed. Lastly, potential research topics and prospects for MEMS-based probe recording technology development are discussed.
Yang
Jiaping
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Data Storage Institute, A*STAR, 5 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117608, Republic of Singapore.
D000465:Algorithms; D016248:Computer Storage Devices; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D008280:Magnetics; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D020527:Microscopy, Scanning Probe; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D055672:Static Electricity; D013997:Time Factors