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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Masakazu Aono, Tsukuba, JP;
Fumiko Yano, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuya Terabe, Tsukuba, JP;
Toru Tsuruoka, Tsukuba, JP;
Tomoko Ebihara, Tsukuba, JP;
Takuji Ogawa, Okazaki, JP;
Hirofumi Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Takami Hino, Okazaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Masakazu Aono, Tsukuba, JP;
Fumiko Yano, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuya Terabe, Tsukuba, JP;
Toru Tsuruoka, Tsukuba, JP;
Tomoko Ebihara, Tsukuba, JP;
Takuji Ogawa, Okazaki, JP;
Hirofumi Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Takami Hino, Okazaki, JP;
National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A micro-switching element provided with a first electrodecontaining an ionic conductor and a second electrodecomposed of an electric conductor, wherein the first electrodeand the second electrodeare physically and electrically connected to each other through deposition of a metal ion from the ionic conductor, and wherein a photoresponsive filmthat receives light to generate a carrier is disposed between the first electrodeand the second electrodeto fill up the space between the electrodes. Accordingly, a micro-switching element is provided of which the characteristic fluctuation is small and which hardly produces a problem of operation failure.