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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Richard J. Carter, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard J. Carter, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 25/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An extensible three dimensional circuit includes an access layer and crossbar arrays overlying the access layer. The crossbar arrays are formed from tiled mini-arrays of crossing lines and electrically accessed by the access layer. The crossing lines comprise at least one bundle of traveling lines, the at least one bundle of traveling lines moving through the circuit both laterally and vertically. Programmable crosspoint devices are disposed between the crossing lines.