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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2013
Applicant:
The State of Oregon Acting BY and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
E. William Cowell, III, Corvallis, OR (US);
John F. Wager, Corvallis, OR (US);
Brady J. Gibbons, Corvallis, OR (US);
Douglas A. Keszler, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
The State of Oregon Acting by and through..., Corvallis, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/72 (2006.01); H01L 29/861 (2006.01); H01L 29/73 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/732 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7311 (2013.01); H01L 29/66265 (2013.01); H01L 29/7317 (2013.01); H01L 29/732 (2013.01); H01L 29/66272 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic structure comprising: (a) a first metal layer; (b) a second metal layer; (c) and at least one insulator layer located between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein at least one of the metal layers comprises an amorphous multi-component metallic film. In certain embodiments, the construct is a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diode.