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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Toshitsugu Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Iguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Banno, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Kawaura, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toshitsugu Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Iguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Banno, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Kawaura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A switching element of the present invention utilizes electro-chemical reactions to operate, and comprises ion conductive layercapable of conducting metal ions, first electrodearranged in contact with the ion conductive layer, and second electrodefor supplying metal ions to the ion conductive layer, wherein an oxygen absorption layerwhich contains a material more prone to oxidization than the second electrode is formed in contact with the second electrode.