Stacked three-dimensional arrays of two terminal nanotube switching devices

US10096601B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nantero, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Claude L. Bertin · Venice, US
• Thomas Rueckes · Boston, US
• X. M. Henry Huang · Cupertino, US
• Ramesh Sivarajan · Shrewsbury, US
• Eliodor G. Ghenciu · King of Prussia, US
• Steven L. Konsek · Boston, US
• Mitchell Meinhold · Medford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10D88/01
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Under one aspect, a non-volatile nanotube diode device includes first and second terminals; a semiconductor element including a cathode and an anode, and capable of forming a conductive pathway between the cathode and anode in response to electrical stimulus applied to the first conductive terminal; and a nanotube switching element including a nanotube fabric article in electrical communication with the semiconductive element, the nanotube fabric article disposed between and capable of forming a conductive pathway between the semiconductor element and the second terminal, wherein electrical stimuli on the first and second terminals causes a plurality of logic states.