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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2010
Garo J. Derderian, Manassas, VA (US);
Michael J. O'connor, Manassas Park, VA (US);
Adrian N. Robinson, Haymarket, VA (US);
Jonathan W. Ward, Fairfax, VA (US);
Garo J. Derderian, Manassas, VA (US);
Michael J. O'Connor, Manassas Park, VA (US);
Adrian N. Robinson, Haymarket, VA (US);
Jonathan W. Ward, Fairfax, VA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A two terminal switching device includes a first conductive terminal, a second conductive terminal in spaced relation to the first terminal, the first terminal encompassed by the second terminal. The device also includes an electrically insulating spacer that encompasses the first terminal and provides the spaced relation between the second terminal and the first terminal. It also includes a nanotube article comprising at least one carbon nanotube, the nanotube article being arranged to overlap at least a portion of each of the first and second terminals. The device also includes a stimulus circuit in electrical communication with at least one of the first and second terminals that is capable of applying a first electrical stimulus to at least one of the first and second terminals to change the resistance of the device between the first and second terminals from a relatively low resistance to a relatively high resistance.