Tungsten-siliconnitride medium for mega- to gigayear data storage

Jeroen de Vries; Leon Abelmann; Andreas Manz; Michael Curt Elwenspoek

Tungsten-siliconnitride medium for mega- to gigayear data storage

Jeroen de Vries, Leon Abelmann, Andreas Manz, Michael Curt Elwenspoek

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Throughout the ages humanity has stored data in order to preserve important information for generations to come. As the years have progressed the amount of data that can be stored efficiently has increased tremendously, the lifespan of this type of data storage however is severely limited. Within this paper we investigate the possibility to store data by encapsulating W in a SiN matrix.We show that using accelerated thermal aging the possible lifespan of this medium can be investigated and expected to reach well into the millions of years, preserving data for thousands of future generations. The first steps into fabrication of such a medium are discussed.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 21st Micromechanics and Micro systems Europe workshop (MME 2010)
Place of Publication	Enschede
Publisher	University of Twente, Transducers Science and Technology
Pages	261-264
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-90-81673716
Publication status	Published - Sept 2010
Event	21st Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop, MME 2010 - University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands Duration: 26 Sept 2010 → 29 Sept 2010 Conference number: 21

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Publisher	University of Twente, Transducers Science and Technology (TST)

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Workshop	21st Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop, MME 2010
Abbreviated title	MME
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Enschede
Period	26/09/10 → 29/09/10

Keywords

METIS-271148
Gigayear data storage
IR-74827
TST-SMI: Formerly in EWI-SMI
Human Document Project
EWI-18878
TST-uSPAM: micro Scanning Probe Array Memory
Silicon nitride

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de Vries, J, Abelmann, L, Manz, A & Elwenspoek, MC 2010, Tungsten-siliconnitride medium for mega- to gigayear data storage. in Proceedings of the 21st Micromechanics and Micro systems Europe workshop (MME 2010). University of Twente, Transducers Science and Technology, Enschede, pp. 261-264, 21st Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop, MME 2010, Enschede, Netherlands, 26/09/10.

Tungsten-siliconnitride medium for mega- to gigayear data storage. / de Vries, Jeroen; Abelmann, Leon; Manz, Andreas et al.
Proceedings of the 21st Micromechanics and Micro systems Europe workshop (MME 2010). Enschede: University of Twente, Transducers Science and Technology, 2010. p. 261-264.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic

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