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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
R. Stanley Williams, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhiyong LI, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Douglas Ohlberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip J. Kuekes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Duncan Stewart, Palo Alto, CA (US);
R. Stanley Williams, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhiyong Li, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Douglas Ohlberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip J. Kuekes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Duncan Stewart, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A switching device includes at least one bottom electrode and at least one top electrode. The top electrode crosses the bottom electrode at a non-zero angle, thereby forming a junction. A metal oxide layer is established on at least one of the bottom electrode or the top electrode. A molecular layer including a monolayer of organic molecules and a source of water molecules is established in the junction. Upon introduction of a forward bias, the molecular layer facilitates a redox reaction between the electrodes, thereby reducing a tunneling gap between the electrodes.