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Nanowire electromechanical switching device, method of manufacturing the same and electromechanical memory device using the nanowire electromechanical switching device

US8064249B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 2007
Grant dateNov 22, 2011
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/943
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A nanowire electromechanical switching device is constructed with a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on an insulating substrate and spaced apart from each other, a first nanowire vertically grown on the source electrode and to which a V1 voltage is applied, a second nanowire vertically grown on the drain electrode and to which a V2 voltage having an opposite polarity to that of the V1 voltage is applied, and a gate electrode spaced apart from the second nanowire, partially surrounding the second nanowire and having an opening that faces the first nanowire in order to avoid disturbing a mutual switching operation of the first nanowire and the second nanowire and to which a V3 voltage having the same polarity as that of the V2 voltage is applied.

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