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Buffer of fine connection structure for connecting an atom level circuit and a general semiconductor circuit

US5694059A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 1995
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/937
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A buffer circuit ID provided for connecting an atom level device (for example, an Atom Relay Transistor circuit), formed by arranging atoms in a predetermined pattern, to a device such as a semiconductor device and a quantum device. The buffer circuit can be formed as a voltage or current amplification circuit. The voltage amplification circuit may be a single electron transistor circuit, and the current amplification circuit may be an avalanche amplification device circuit. The Atom Relay Transistor circuit and the device such as a semiconductor device and a quantum device are formed substantially on the same flat insulating member, and connected by a fine connection structure made of a conductive body such as metal.

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