POINT CONTACT ARRAY, NOT CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING THE SAME
    1.
    发明公开
    POINT CONTACT ARRAY, NOT CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING THE SAME 有权
    Punktkontaktmatrix und elektronische Schaltung damit

    公开(公告)号:EP1331671A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-30

    申请号:EP01980925.0

    申请日:2001-10-29

    IPC分类号: H01L29/06 H01L29/66

    摘要: There are provided a point contact array, in which a plurality of point contacts are arranged, each point contact electrically and reversibly controlling conductance between electrodes and being applicable to an arithmetic circuit, a logic circuit, and a memory device, a NOT circuit, and an electronic circuit using the same.
    A circuit includes a plurality of point contacts each composed of a first electrode made of a compound conductive material having ionic conductivity and electronic conductivity and a second electrode made of a conductive substance. The conductance of each point contact is controlled to realize the circuit. Ag 2 S, Ag 2 Se, Cu 2 S, or Cu 2 Se is preferably used as the compound conductive material. When a semiconductor or insulator material is interposed between the electrodes, a crystal or an amorphous material of GeS x , GeSe x , GeTe x , or WO x (0
    A NOT circuit is realized using a device which includes an atomic switch serving as a two-terminal device, the device including a first electrode made of a compound conductive material having ionic conductivity and electronic conductivity and a second electrode made of a conductive substance, and capable of controlling conductance between the electrodes.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种点接触阵列,其中布置有多个点触点,每个点接触电和可逆地控制电极之间的电导并且可应用于运算电路,逻辑电路和存储器件,NOT电路和 使用该电路的电子电路。 电路包括多个点接点,每个点接触由由具有离子导电性和电子导电性的复合导电材料制成的第一电极和由导电物质制成的第二电极组成。 控制各点触点的电导,实现电路。 Ag2S,Ag2Se,Cu2S或Cu2Se优选用作复合导电材料。 当在电极之间插入半导体或绝缘体材料时,优选使用GeSx,GeSex,GeTex或WOx(0

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CONTROLLABLE CONDUCTANCE
    3.
    发明公开
    ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CONTROLLABLE CONDUCTANCE 有权
    ELEKTRONISCHE EINRICHTUNG麻省理工机械厂LEITFÄHIGKEIT

    公开(公告)号:EP1329958A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-23

    申请号:EP01961237.3

    申请日:2001-08-30

    IPC分类号: H01L29/06 H01L29/66

    摘要: This invention provides a method for constructing bridge including fine wires or point contacts producing a quanitized inter-electrode conductance, and provides a method for easily controlling the conductance of this bridge. Further, it aims to provide an electronic element using conductance control due to the bridge, fine wire or point contact formed between the electrodes.
    This invention is an electronic element comprising a first electrode comprising a mixed electroconducting material having ion conductance and electron conductance, and a second electrode comprising an electroconducting substance, wherein the inter-electric conductance can be controlled. This mixed electroconducting material is preferably Ag 2 S, Ag 2 Se, Cu 2 S or Cu 2 Se.
    This invention is an electronic element formed by a bridge between electrodes, by applying a voltage between the electrodes so that the second electrode is negative with respect to the first electrode and movable ions migrate from the first electrode to the second electrode.
    Further, this invention is a method of controlling inter-electrode conductance comprising at least one of applying a voltage between the electrodes of the above electronic element so that the second electrode is negative with respect to the first electrode so that a bridge is formed between the electrodes due to the migration of movable ions from the first electrode to the second electrode, and reversing the inter-electrode polarity so that the bridge is thinned or disconnected.
    In particular, this invention is characterized in that the conductance between the electrodes is quantized.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于构造包括精细线或点接触的桥的方法,其产生了电化学间电导率,并且提供了一种容易控制该桥的电导的方法。 此外,其目的在于提供一种电子元件,其由于在电极之间形成的桥,细线或点接触而使用电导控制。 本发明是一种电子元件,其包括具有离子传导性和电子传导性的混合导电材料的第一电极和包含导电物质的第二电极,其中可以控制电导率。 该混合导电材料优选为Ag2S,Ag2Se,Cu2S或Cu2Se。 本发明是通过在电极之间施加电压而形成的电子元件,通过在电极之间施加电压使得第二电极相对于第一电极为负极,并且可移动离子从第一电极迁移到第二电极。 此外,本发明是一种控制电极间电导的方法,包括至少一个在上述电子元件的电极之间施加电压,使得第二电极相对于第一电极为负极,从而在 电极由于可移动离子从第一电极迁移到第二电极,并且使电极间极性反转,使得桥被变薄或断开。 特别地,本发明的特征在于量化电极之间的电导。

    SOLID ELECTROLYTE SWITCHING DEVICE, FPGA USING SAME, MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTE SWITCHING DEVICE
    4.
    发明公开
    SOLID ELECTROLYTE SWITCHING DEVICE, FPGA USING SAME, MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTE SWITCHING DEVICE 有权
    固体电解质开关元件,用相同的方法和FPGA和存储设备生产同样

    公开(公告)号:EP1501124A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-26

    申请号:EP03719228.3

    申请日:2003-04-25

    摘要: The present invention provides a solid electrolyte switching device, which can maintain an on or off state when the power source is removed, the resistance of which in on the state is low, and which is capable of integration and re-programming, and FPGA and a memory device using the same, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    A solid electrolyte switching device (10, 10', 20, 20') comprises a substrate (11) in which surface is coated with an insulation layer, a first interconnection layer (13) set on said substrate (11), an ion supplying layer (17) set on said first interconnection layer (13), a solid electrolyte layer (16) set on said ion supplying layer (17), an interlevel insulating layer (12) having a via hole set to cover said first interconnection layer (13), said ion supplying layer (17), and said solid electrolyte layer (16), a counter electrode layer (15) set to contact said solid electrolyte layer (16) through the via hole of said interlevel insulating layer (12), and a second interconnection layer (14) set to cover said counter electrode layer (15). The switching device can be provided in which the on state, or the off state can be arbitrarily set by the threshold voltage applied between the ion supplying layer (17) and the counter electrode layer (15), which is non-volatile, and the resistance of which in the on state is low. The switching device of the present invention is also simple and fine in structure, and hence makes it possible to provide smaller switching devices than are currently available. Further, using the switching device of the present invention as the switching device of an FPGA (30) makes it possible to provide re-programmable and fast operation FPGA (30). Using the switching device of the present invention as a memory cell of a memory device makes it possible to provide a non-volatile memory device with high programming and reading speed.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供的固体电解质开关装置,其可以当电源被移除的打开或关闭状态保持,其中在电阻上的状态为低,并且所有其能够集成和重新编程,并且FPGA和的 使用相同的存储装置,及其制造方法。 的固体电解质开关装置(10,10”,20,20' )包括一个基片,该表面在绝缘层涂覆有(11),在所述基板设置的第一互连层(13)(11) 上离子供给层(17)设置具有通孔设置为覆盖所述关于所述离子供给层(17)组所述第一互连层(13),固体电解质层(16),在层间绝缘层(12)上 第一互连层(13),所述离子供给层(17)和所述固体电解质层(16),设置通过所述层间绝缘层的通孔以接触穿过所述固体电解质层(16)的对置电极层(15) (12),并设置以覆盖所述电极层(15)的第二互连层(14)。 开关装置可以在其中被设置在接通状态,或关闭状态可以通过离子供给层(17)并且其是非易失性的对置电极层(15),所有和之间施加的阈值电压来任意设置 其中的阻力在上状态为低。 本发明的开关装置结构如此简单,精细,并且使得可以提供更小的。因此开关设备比目前已经上市。 此外,使用本发明的作为一个FPGA(30)的开关设备的开关装置,能够提供可再编程和快速操作的FPGA(30)。 使用本发明的存储器件的存储单元的开关装置使得有可能以高的编程和读出速度提供一个非易失性存储器装置。

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CONTROLLABLE CONDUCTANCE
    5.
    发明授权
    ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CONTROLLABLE CONDUCTANCE 有权
    应税电导电子设备

    公开(公告)号:EP1329958B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-22

    申请号:EP01961237.3

    申请日:2001-08-30

    IPC分类号: H01L45/00 G11C13/02

    摘要: An electronic device comprising a first electrode made of a mixture conductor material having ion conductivity and electron conductivity and a second electrode made of a conductive material, in which a voltage is so applied between the first and second electrodes that the first electrode is negative with respect to the second electrode and thereby mobile ions are moved from the first electrode to the second one to form a bridge between the electrodes. Preferably the mixture conductor material is Ag2S, Ag2Se, Cu2S, or Cu2Se. An interelectrode conductance control method is also disclosed which comprises at least one step of the steps of applying a voltage in such a way that the potential of the second electrode is negative with respect to that of the first electrode so as to move mobile ions from the first electrode to the second electrode and thereby to form a bridge between the electrodes and thinning or cutting the bridge by inverting the polarity of the voltage between the electrodes.