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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Daniel Grogg, Zurich, CH;
Laurent A. Dellmann, Birmensdorf, CH;
Michel Despont, Cheseaux-Noréaz, CH;
Abu Sebastian, Adliswil, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switch comprising two electrodes (), wherein: at least one () of the electrodes comprises an active layer () thereon; and at least one () of the electrodes is movable along a given direction (z), from a: non-contact position to a contact position where one of the electrodes contacts the other one () of the electrodes, at the level of a contact point (P); and the active layer exhibits a conductive pathway (), which pathway: extends along said given direction (z) to enable electrical conduction from one of the electrodes to the other one of the electrodes in the contact position; and is confined to a given region (R) of the active layer, the region having nanoscale dimensions in a sectional plane (x, y) perpendicular to the given direction. The present invention is further directed to related devices, systems and methods.