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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
William R. Tonti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Wayne S. Berry, Essex Junction, VT (US);
John A. Fifield, Underhill, VT (US);
William H. Guthrie, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Richard S. Kontra, Williston, VT (US);
William R. Tonti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Wayne S. Berry, Essex Junction, VT (US);
John A. Fifield, Underhill, VT (US);
William H. Guthrie, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Richard S. Kontra, Williston, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A programmable device includes a substrate (); an insulator () on the substrate; an elongated semiconductor material () on the insulator, the elongated semiconductor material having first and second ends, and an upper surface S; the first end () is substantially wider than the second end (), and a metallic material is disposed on the upper surface; the metallic material being physically migratable along the upper surface responsive to an electrical current I flowable through the semiconductor material and the metallic material.