Abstract: Provided are a ferroelectric recording medium and a method of manufacturing the same. The ferroelectric recording medium includes a substrate, a plurality of supporting layers which are formed on the substrate, each of the supporting layers having at least two lateral surfaces; and data recording layers formed on the lateral surfaces of the supporting layers. First and second data recording layers may be respectively disposed on two facing lateral surfaces of each of the supporting layers. The supporting layers may be polygonal pillars having at least three lateral surfaces. A plurality of the supporting layers can be disposed at uniform intervals in a two-dimensional array.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a resistive probe having a self-aligned metal shield. The method includes sequentially forming a first insulating layer, a metal shield, and a second insulating layer on a resistive tip of a substrate; etching the second insulating layer to expose the metal shield on a resistive region; etching the exposed metal shield; and etching the first insulating layer to expose the resistive region.

Abstract: A semiconductor probe and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor probe includes a cantilever doped with first impurities, a resistive tip which protrudes from an end of the cantilever and doped lightly with second impurities, doping control layers formed on both sides of a protruding portion of the resistive tip, and first and second electrode regions formed under the doping control layers and doped heavily with the second impurities.

Abstract: A recording medium including a ferroelectric layer, a nonvolatile memory device including the recording medium and methods of wiring and reading data in the memory device. The recording medium includes: a lower electrode; a ferroelectric layer to which data is recorded, formed on the lower electrode; a barrier layer formed on the ferroelectric layer; and a semiconductor layer formed on the barrier layer. The nonvolatile memory device includes a probe that reads and writes the data. Furthermore, in the method of writing data, a writing voltage is applied between the probe, which contacts the semiconductor layer, and the lower electrode and, in the method of reading data, a state of a remanent polarization of the ferroelectric layer is determined by applying a reading voltage between the probe and the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: Provided is an information storage medium using a ferroelectric, including a substrate having an amorphous crystal structure, an electrode layer formed on the substrate, and a ferroelectric layer in a (001) direction formed on the electrode layer.

Abstract: An electric field effect read/write head for recording/reproducing information on/from a ferroelectric recording medium using an electric field effect includes a semiconductor substrate, a recess portion formed in an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate facing the ferroelectric recording medium, and a recording/reproduction portion provided in the recess portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor probe having a resistive tip with a low aspect ratio and a method of fabricating the semiconductor probe are provided. The semiconductor probe includes a resistive tip and a cantilever having an end portion on which the resistive tip is located. The resistive tip doped with a first impurity includes a resistive region formed at a peak of the resistive tip and lightly doped with a second impurity opposite in polarity to the first impurity, and first and second semiconductor electrode regions formed on inclined surfaces of the resistive tip and heavily doped with the second impurity. The height of the resistive tip is less than the radius of the resistive tip. Accordingly, the spatial resolution of the semiconductor probe is improved.

Abstract: A magnetic logic device (MLD) and methods of manufacturing and operating an MLD are provided. The MLD includes: a first interconnection; a lower magnetic layer formed on the first interconnection, the lower magnetic layer having a magnetization direction fixed in a predetermined direction; a non-magnetic layer formed on the lower magnetic layer; an upper magnetic layer formed on the non-magnetic layer, the upper magnetic layer having a magnetization direction parallel or anti-parallel to the magnetization direction of the lower magnetic layer; and a second interconnection formed on the upper magnetic layer. A first current source is disposed between one end of the first interconnection and one end of the second interconnection and a second current source is disposed between the other end of the first interconnection and the other end of the second interconnection.

Abstract: Provided are a bit patterned medium having a super-track, a method of tracking a track of the bit patterned medium, a head appropriate for the bit patterned medium, and an information recording/reproducing apparatus including the bit patterned medium and the head. The bit patterned medium includes a substrate, and a recording layer comprised of a plurality of bit cells which are formed on the substrate by being separated from each other, along a plurality of tracks. Each of the plurality of tracks includes a super-track comprised of a plurality of sub-tracks. Bit cells formed on a sub-track from among the plurality of sub-tracks in the super-track are disposed so as to deviate from bit cells formed on another sub-track from among the plurality of sub-tracks in the super-track. A track ID (identification) for recognizing the super-track, and a servo burst generating a position error signal when a head tracks the super-track, are arranged in an area of each of the plurality of tracks.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a micro actuator is provided including a media stage having a media loading surface and a coil for driving the media stage, formed on the opposite surface of the media stage to the media loading surface. The method includes forming a groove on a first surface of a first substrate, forming a coil on a first surface of a second substrate, bonding the first surface of the first substrate to the first surface of the second substrate, and forming the media loading surface on a second surface of the second substrate, which is opposite the first surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: An electric field sensor includes a substrate having a low resistive semiconductor layer doped with a high-density dopant as the top layer of the substrate, a high resistive semiconductor layer doped with a low-density dopant, the high resistive semiconductor layer located at a partial area on the low resistive semiconductor layer, and a conductive layer located on the high resistive semiconductor layer, wherein a change of an electric field is detected by a change of a current flowing through the low resistive semiconductor layer, the high resistive semiconductor layer, and the conductive layer.

Abstract: Provided is an electric field head including a resistance sensor to read information recorded on a recording medium. The resistance sensor includes a first semiconductor layer including a source and a drain, and a second semiconductor layer that is heterogeneously combined with the first semiconductor layer. Also, the electric field head further includes a channel between the source and the drain, in a junction region of the first and second semiconductor layers.

Abstract: Provided are a bit patterned medium having a super track, a reading head which reads data recorded on the bit-patterned medium, and a hard disk drive (HDD) for recording/reading data on/from the bit patterned medium. The bit patterned medium includes a substrate, and a recording layer formed with a plurality of bit cells separated from each other along a plurality of tracks forming concentric circles having different radii on the substrate, wherein each track includes a super track including a plurality of sub-tracks, and bit cells formed on one of the sub-tracks are arranged at different positions in a circumference direction of the recording layer to bit cells formed on adjacent sub-tracks. The reading head which reads data recorded on a bit patterned medium has a width in a cross-track direction sufficient for reading data of an equal number of bit cells as the plurality of sub-tracks.

Abstract: Provided are a data storage device and a method of tracking data stored in the data storage device. The device includes a data storage medium on which data can be recorded and erased, a plurality of probes for scanning the data storage medium to detect data, a scanner for driving the data storage medium or the probes, and a controller for applying a control signal to the scanner. The method includes (a) oscillating the probe or the data storage medium; (b) detecting an off-track error of the probe on the data storage medium by the oscillation; and (c) adjusting a scanning position of the probe on the data storage medium to compensate for the off-track error.

Abstract: A probe position error detecting method and apparatus in a probe-based data storage system are provided. The method includes preparing servo codes, which are Gray codes. The Gray codes have a Hamming distance of 1 and satisfy alternate conditions for Q (a natural number) and Q+1, the conditions being based on the numbers of “1” bits of codewords of the Gray codes. The method further includes detecting a probe position error from a signal read by a servo probe when the servo probe consecutively scans “1” bits of codewords of the servo codes when tracking. The apparatus includes: a plurality of servo probes; a tracking condition checker; a plurality of position error detectors that correspond to the plurality of servo probes, respectively; and an average position error calculator. Probe position errors are be detected with a stable noise characteristic using fewer probes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for calibrating a position of an image sensor, and a method of detecting the position of an image sensor are provided. The method of calibrating the position of an image sensor includes: obtaining first image information corresponding to a first position of the image sensor and obtaining second image information corresponding to a second position of the image sensor, calculating cross-correlation values between the obtained first image information and second image information; determining whether or not the calculated cross-correlation values are symmetrical; setting a driving power value of the image sensor for moving the image sensor the distance between the first position to the second position as a reference driving power value for moving the image sensor one-pixel distance, if it is determined that the cross-correlation values are not symmetrical; and calibrating the position of the image sensor by using the set driving power value.

Abstract: A position detection system of a data storage apparatus and a position detection method. The position detection system includes a recording medium including a plurality of servo fields and data fields, in a case where n×m data bits are formed on each of the data fields, and a probe array including H servo probes that scan the servo fields. An absolute position of a data bit can be detected by one-to-one correspondence. In addition, the servo regions can be disposed among the data regions, and the data probes can be used as the servo probes.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a ferroelectric recording medium, an electric field sensor including a source region, a drain region and a resistance region electrically connecting the source region to the drain region and having a resistance, which varies according to an intensity of an electric field due to a polarization voltage of an electric domain of the recording medium, a voltage applying unit applying a drain voltage between the source region and the drain region, and a reproducing signal detection unit including at least one negative resistor installed in an electric circuit connecting the drain region to the voltage applying unit, and detecting a change in a voltage between the drain region and the at least one negative resistor.

Abstract: An electric field read/write head, a method of manufacturing the electric field read/write head, and an information storage device including the electric field read/write head are provided. The electric field read/write head includes: a substrate having a first surface facing a recording medium and a second surface that is perpendicular to the first surface; and a protrusion formed on the second surface and having at least a portion facing the recording medium, wherein a resistance sensor comprising a source, a drain, and a channel is included in the protrusion. An insulating layer and electric field shield layers are further sequentially formed on opposite sides of the protrusion, respectively, and at least one of the electric field shield layers is a write electrode.

Abstract: An electric field read/write head, a method of manufacturing the same, and an information storage device including the electric field read/write head are provided. The electric field read/write head includes: a resistance region formed in a substrate which comprises an end surface facing a recording medium; a source and a drain formed in the substrate and disposed on both sides of the resistance region, respectively; and an insulating layer and a write electrode formed sequentially on the resistance region, wherein the length (l) to width (w) ratio (l/w) of the resistance region satisfies (l/w)?0.2.