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Read only memory device including a superconductive electrode

US4990489A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 6, 1988
Grant dateFeb 5, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 6, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S505/923
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A read only memory device includes a first electrode and a second electrode arranged in an overlapping relation with the first electrode so as to be geometrically in connection at an intersection therewith corresponding to a storage location for one type of data. At least one of the first and second electrodes is formed of a ceramics system high temperature superconductor. A prescribed one of the two electrodes which is formed of the high temperature superconductor has a high resistance region for insulating the first and second electrodes from each other at an intersection corresponding to a storage location for another type of stored data. The high resistance region is formed by irradiating an intersection with a focused ion beam.

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