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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Qi Wang, Littleton, CO (US);
James Scott Ward, Englewood, CO (US);
Jian HU, Englewood, CO (US);
Howard M. Branz, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Qi Wang, Littleton, CO (US);
James Scott Ward, Englewood, CO (US);
Jian Hu, Englewood, CO (US);
Howard M. Branz, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/161 (2006.01); H01L 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device () comprises a semiconductor diode () and a switchable element () positioned in stacked adjacent relationship. The semiconductor diode () and the switchable element () are electrically connected in series with one another. The switchable element () is switchable from a low-conductance state to a high-conductance state in response to the application of a low-density forming current and/or a low voltage.