Systems and methods for electrical contacts to arrays of vertically aligned nanorods

US7202173B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Palo Alto Research Company Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Thomas Hantschel · Houtvenne, BE
• Noble M. Johnson · Menlo Park, US
• Peter Kiesel · Palo Alto, US
• Christian G. Van de Walle · Sunnyvale, US
• William S. Wong · Redwood City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2004
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/932
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods may provide electrical contacts to an array of substantially vertically aligned nanorods. The nanorod array may be fabricated on top of a conducting layer that serves as a bottom contact to the nanorods. A top metal contact may be applied to a plurality of nanorods of the nanorod array. The contacts may allow I/V (current/voltage) characteristics of the nanorods to be measured.