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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2008
Shigeo Furuta, Tsukuba, JP;
Yuichiro Masuda, Tsukuba, JP;
Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Tsukuba, JP;
Yasuhisa Naitoh, Tsukuba, JP;
Masayo Horikawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Tetsuo Shimizu, Tsukuba, JP;
Shigeo Furuta, Tsukuba, JP;
Yuichiro Masuda, Tsukuba, JP;
Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Tsukuba, JP;
Yasuhisa Naitoh, Tsukuba, JP;
Masayo Horikawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Tetsuo Shimizu, Tsukuba, JP;
Funai Electric Advanced Applied Technology Research Institute Inc., Tsukuba-shi, JP;
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, JP;
Abstract
A switching element comprising: an insulative substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode provided on one surface of the insulative substrate; and an interelectrode gap which is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and which has a gap on the order of nanometers in which switching phenomenon of resistance occurs by applying predetermined voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the one surface of the insulative substrate contains nitrogen.