GB1386221A - Computer memory device - Google Patents

Computer memory device

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Publication number
GB1386221A
GB1386221A GB2459273A GB2459273A GB1386221A GB 1386221 A GB1386221 A GB 1386221A GB 2459273 A GB2459273 A GB 2459273A GB 2459273 A GB2459273 A GB 2459273A GB 1386221 A GB1386221 A GB 1386221A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
critical temperature
laser beam
transmission
photodetector
layer
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Expired
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GB2459273A
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English (en)
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Multi State Devices Ltd
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Multi State Devices Ltd
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Publication of GB1386221A publication Critical patent/GB1386221A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B7/00—Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation by modifying optical properties or the physical structure, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power by sensing optical properties; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B7/004—Recording, reproducing or erasing methods; Read, write or erase circuits therefor
    • G11B7/0055—Erasing
    • G11B7/00557—Erasing involving phase-change media
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B7/00—Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation by modifying optical properties or the physical structure, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power by sensing optical properties; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B7/12—Heads, e.g. forming of the optical beam spot or modulation of the optical beam

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Recording Or Reproduction (AREA)
  • Optical Record Carriers And Manufacture Thereof (AREA)
  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
GB2459273A 1972-05-16 1973-05-23 Computer memory device Expired GB1386221A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA142,330A CA947867A (en) 1972-05-16 1972-05-16 Computer memory device

Publications (1)

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GB1386221A true GB1386221A (en) 1975-03-05

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GB2459273A Expired GB1386221A (en) 1972-05-16 1973-05-23 Computer memory device

Country Status (6)

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US (1) US3801824A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS544602B2 (enExample)
CA (1) CA947867A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2324778C3 (enExample)
FR (1) FR2184883B1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1386221A (enExample)

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FR2266932B1 (enExample) * 1973-03-02 1977-09-02 Thomson Brandt
JPS526504A (en) * 1975-07-04 1977-01-19 Teac Co Disc record peproducing device
US4198657A (en) * 1975-07-07 1980-04-15 Pioneer Electronic Corporation Optical disk reader with means for correcting errors due to eccentricity and time axis variations
JPS56118726A (en) * 1980-02-25 1981-09-17 Daisho Kogyo Kk Static mixer
FR2514913B1 (fr) * 1981-10-16 1986-07-04 Bull Sa Dispositif opto-electronique de lecture d'informations contenues sur un support magnetique
US4703408A (en) * 1983-11-28 1987-10-27 Hitachi, Ltd. Apparatus and record carrier for optically writing information
US5077725A (en) * 1988-07-08 1991-12-31 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Optical memory device and apparatus for manufacturing the same
US7939743B2 (en) * 2005-09-14 2011-05-10 Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Computer with thermoelectric conversion
US7995878B2 (en) * 2007-08-16 2011-08-09 The Regents Of The Univeristy Of Michigan Integrated optical memory

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US3509348A (en) * 1967-09-18 1970-04-28 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Optical memory device utilizing metal semiconductor phase transition materials
US3550096A (en) * 1968-05-31 1970-12-22 Rca Corp Photochromic memory in which memory location is selectively heated during write cycle
US3623795A (en) * 1970-04-24 1971-11-30 Rca Corp Electro-optical system
US3636526A (en) * 1970-06-08 1972-01-18 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Information-recording system employing amorphous materials
US3737877A (en) * 1970-09-24 1973-06-05 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Data storage system with coarse and fine directing means

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR2184883B1 (enExample) 1976-11-12
US3801824A (en) 1974-04-02
DE2324778A1 (de) 1973-11-29
CA947867A (en) 1974-05-21
DE2324778C3 (de) 1978-03-30
FR2184883A1 (enExample) 1973-12-28
DE2324778B2 (de) 1977-08-04
JPS4970547A (enExample) 1974-07-08
JPS544602B2 (enExample) 1979-03-08

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)