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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
May. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Robert H. Blick, Madison, WI (US);
Robert A. Marsland, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Robert H. Blick, Madison, WI (US);
Robert A. Marsland, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01); H01L 23/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electromechanical switching device employs a first nanoscale pillar shuttling charge between opposed charged electrodes. Motion of the first pillar is coupled to a second set of pillars providing controlled charge transfer between a second isolated set of electrodes. Standard logic elements may be constructed using this switching device.