摘要:
A memory array according to a particular embodiment of the invention includes a substrate, a plurality of first select-lines disposed in a plurality of planes generally parallel to the substrate, a plurality of second select-lines formed in pillars disposed generally orthogonal to the substrate, a plurality of memory cells coupled to the first select-lines and the second select-lines, and a current path connection providing a continuous current path through a selected plurality of the pillars to heat the selected pillars and cause at least one memory cell associated with the selected pillars to be reset.
摘要:
A device that includes a layer of material having particles dispersed therein, a first electrode on a first surface of the layer, and a second electrode on a second surface of the layer opposite the first surface. A state of the particles is changed when a prescribed voltage is applied across the first and second electrodes.
摘要:
A sensor includes a transistor and a receptor layer positioned on the transistor. The receptor layer comprises a plurality of imprint sites, wherein each of the plurality of imprint sites is to mate with a portion of a target molecular species, and wherein at least two of the plurality of imprint sites are to mate with different portions of the target molecular species.
摘要:
A tactile display for providing tactile feedback has a touch surface layer formed of a plurality of pixels. Each pixel has an aperture for ejecting a fluid, and a valve for opening and closing the aperture. The valve is operable to modulate the fluid ejection through the aperture at a frequency selected for detection by the somatic sensors of a human finger.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for storage and retrieval of memory content including a storage structure containing a plurality of memory elements addressable as a two-dimensional array of memory content values, a reading circuit capable of retrieving the memory content values from a region of the two-dimensional array varying in size according to the desired memory readout resolution, an aggregating circuit capable of totaling the memory content values of the memory elements addressed by the reading circuit to produce an aggregate memory content value and a normalizing circuit capable of scaling the aggregate memory content value according to the number of memory elements in the contiguous region to produce an average memory content value of the desired memory readout resolution.
摘要:
A system comprises a processing chamber for maintaining a hydrogen plasma at low pressure. The processing chamber has a long, wide, thin geometry to favor deposition of thin-film silicon on sheet substrates over the chamber walls. The sheet substrates are moved through between ends. A pair of opposing radio frequency electrodes above and below the workpieces are electrically driven hard to generate a flat, pancaked plasma cloud in the middle spaces of the processing chamber. A collinear series of gas injector jets pointed slightly up on a silane-jet manifold introduce 100% silane gas at high velocity from the side in order to roll the plasma cloud in a coaxial vortex. A second such silane-jet manifold is placed on the opposite side and pointed slightly down to further help roll the plasma and maintain a narrow band of silane concentration. A silane-concentration monitor observes the relative amplitudes of the spectral signatures of the silane and the hydrogen constituents in the roll-vortex plasma and outputs a process control feedback signal that is used to keep the silane in hydrogen concentration at about 6-7%.
摘要:
A method for developing and using real time applications for a dynamic system having a sensing subsystem, actuation subsystem, a control subsystem, and an application subsystem utilizes stochastic compute time algorithms. After optimization functions, desired state and constraints are received and detector data has been provided from a sensor subsystem, a statistical optimization error description is generated. From this statistical optimization error description a strategy is developed, including the optimization errors, within the control subsystem. An execution module within the control subsystem then sends an execution strategy to various actuators within the actuation subsystem.
摘要:
An aspect of the present invention is a method for forming a plurality of thin-film devices. The method includes providing a flexible substrate and utilizing a self-aligned imprint lithography (SAIL) process to form the plurality of thin-film devices on the flexible substrate.
摘要:
A resistive cross point memory cell array comprising a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of cross points formed by the word lines and the bit lines, and a plurality of memory cells, each of the memory cells being located at a different one of the cross points, wherein a first bit line comprises a distributed series diode along an entire length of the bit line such that each of the associated memory cells located along the first bit line is coupled between the distributed series diode and an associated word line.
摘要:
A pressure sensor is provided which can detect the presence, absence or magnitude of pressure, as well as a pressure profile. The pressure sensor includes a sensor membrane and a sensor device. The sensor membrane is flexible and may be constructed of a conductive material or may include a flexible film attached to a conductive film. The sensor device includes a sensor strip, a voltage source, and an electrical sensor. The sensor strip includes both a conductive strip and a resistive strip. The conductive strip is arranged parallel to the resistive strip. As pressure is applied to the sensor membrane, the sensor membrane distends or deforms towards the sensor strip. As sufficient pressure is applied, the sensor membrane will make both electrical and mechanical contact with both the conductive strip and the resistive strip at a point along the length of the sensor strip. Since the sensor membrane is conductive, the conductive strip and the resistive strip will be in electrical connection with each other. As the point of application of pressure is varied, the point at which the conductive strip and the resistive strip are connected will vary. As a result, the pressure profile exerted on the sensor membrane may be determined. The pressure sensor may be utilized in a variety of environments to sense a wide variety of pressures including either fluid pressure or physical contact pressure.