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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Claude L. Bertin, Venice, FL (US);
Thomas Rueckes, Rockport, MA (US);
X. M. Henry Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ramesh Sivarajan, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Eliodor G. Ghenciu, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Steven L. Konsek, Lund, SE;
Mitchell Meinhold, Medford, MA (US);
Jonathan W. Ward, Fairfax, VA (US);
Darren K. Brock, Woburn, MA (US);
Claude L. Bertin, Venice, FL (US);
Thomas Rueckes, Rockport, MA (US);
X. M. Henry Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ramesh Sivarajan, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Eliodor G. Ghenciu, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Steven L. Konsek, Lund, SE;
Mitchell Meinhold, Medford, MA (US);
Jonathan W. Ward, Fairfax, VA (US);
Darren K. Brock, Woburn, MA (US);
Nantero, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
Under one aspect, a nonvolatile nanotube diode includes: a substrate; a semiconductor element disposed over the substrate, the semiconductor element having an anode and a cathode and capable of forming an electrically conductive pathway between the anode and the cathode; a nanotube switching element disposed over the semiconductor element, the nanotube switching element including a conductive contact and a nanotube fabric element capable of a plurality of resistance states; and a conductive terminal disposed in spaced relation to the conductive contact, wherein the nanotube fabric element is interposed between and in electrical communication with the conductive contact and the conductive contact is in electrical communication with the cathode, and wherein in response to electrical stimuli applied to the anode and the conductive terminal, the nonvolatile nanotube diode is capable of forming an electrically conductive pathway between the anode and the conductive terminal.