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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2008
Shigeo Furuta, Tsukuba, JP;
Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Tsukuba, JP;
Yasuhisa Naitoh, Tsukuba, JP;
Tetsuo Shimizu, Tsukuba, JP;
Shigeo Furuta, Tsukuba, JP;
Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Masatoshi Ono, Tsukuba, JP;
Yasuhisa Naitoh, Tsukuba, JP;
Tetsuo Shimizu, Tsukuba, JP;
Funai Electric Advanced Applied Technology Research Institute Inc., Daito-shi, JP;
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a switching element which facilitates integration with higher density and lamination in a device, the switching element including: an insulating substrate; a first electrode provided on the insulating substrate; a second electrode provided above the first electrode; and a between-electrode gap section provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a nanometer-scale gap for causing a switching phenomenon of a resistor by applying a prescribed voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode.