摘要:
The switching element of the present invention includes an ion conduction layer (40) capable of conducting metal ions, a first electrode (21) and a second electrode (31) provided in contact with the ion conduction layer (40), and a third electrode (35) provided in contact with the ion conduction layer (40) and capable of supplying metal ions, and is of a configuration in which the area over which the first electrode (21) contacts the ion conduction layer (40) is smaller than the area over which the second electrode (31) contacts the ion conduction layer (40). The use of this configuration decreases the leak current in the OFF state.
摘要:
A switching element of the present invention utilizes electro-chemical reactions to operate, and comprises ion conductive layer 54 capable of conducting metal ions, first electrode 49 arranged in contact with the ion conductive layer, and second electrode 58 for supplying metal ions to the ion conductive layer, wherein an oxygen absorption layer 55 which contains a material more prone to oxidization than the second electrode is formed in contact with the second electrode.
摘要:
A switching element is of a configuration that includes: an ion conduction layer (40) for conducting metal ions, a first electrode (21) and a second electrode (31) provided in contact with the ion conduction layer, a third electrode (35) that can supply metal ions to the ion conduction layer, and a diffusion prevention layer (90) provided between the ion conduction layer (40) and the third electrode (35) for preventing the diffusion of metal ions from the third electrode (35) to the ion conduction layer (40). By adopting this configuration, the set state of a switch can be maintained with greater stability.
摘要:
A solid state image sensor comprises a p-type semiconductor region, an n-type photoelectric conversion region formed in a surface region of the semiconductor region, an n-type charge transfer region formed in the surface of the semiconductor region separately from the photoelectric conversion region, and an electric charge read-out gate region formed between the photoelectric conversion region and the charge transfer region. A p.sup.+ thin surface layer region if formed to cover a surface of the photoelectric conversion region excluding an end portion adjacent to the electric charge read-out gate region. A gate electrode is formed above the electric charge read-out gate region. The end portion of the photoelectric conversion region not covered by the thin surface layer region, has a short length sufficient to make a potential well formed in the portion shallow under influence of potentials of the p.sup.+ thin surface layer region and the electric charge read-out gate region. Preferably, this end portion of the photoelectric conversion region is formed of a surface region having a low impurity concentration.
摘要:
A switching element of the present invention utilizes electro-chemical reactions to operate, and comprises ion conductive layer 54 capable of conducting metal ions, first electrode 49 arranged in contact with the ion conductive layer, and second electrode 58 for supplying metal ions to the ion conductive layer, wherein an oxygen absorption layer 55 which contains a material more prone to oxidization than the second electrode is formed in contact with the second electrode.
摘要:
The switching element of the present invention is of a configuration that includes: an ion conduction layer (40) that includes an oxide, a first electrode (21) and a second electrode (31) that are provided in contact with the ion conduction layer (40) and that are connected by the precipitate of metal that is supplied from the outside or for which electrical properties change due to the dissolution of precipitated metal, and a third electrode (35) provided in contact with the ion conduction layer (40) and that can supply metal ions. The use of this configuration allows the switching voltage to be set higher than in the related art.
摘要:
The switching element of the present invention includes: an ion conduction layer (4) in which metal ions can move freely; a first electrode (1) that contacts the ion conduction layer (4); and a second electrode (2) that contacts the ion conduction layer (4), that is formed such that the ion conduction layer (4) is interposed between the first electrode (1) and the second electrode (2), and that supplies metal ions to the ion conduction layer (4) or that receives metal ions from the ion conduction layer (4) to cause precipitation of the metal that corresponds to the metal ions. An introduction path (5) composed of the metal and of a prescribed width is further provided on the ion conduction layer (4) for electrically connecting the first electrode (1) and the second electrode (2). The application of voltage to the first electrode (1) relative to the second electrode (2) then causes an electrochemical reaction between the introduction path (5) and the second electrode (2) whereby the electrical characteristics are switched.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a transistor for selecting a storage cell and a switch using a solid electrolyte. In a storage cell, a metal is stacked on a drain diffusion layer of a field-effect transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate surface. The solid electrolyte using the metal as a carrier is stacked on the metal. The solid electrolyte contacts with the metal via a gap, and the metal is connected to a common grounding conductor. A source of the field-effect transistor is connected to a column address line, and a gate of the field-effect transistor is connected to a row address line.
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:
The present invention provides a microchip and a sample analysis method in which mass analysis of a separated sample can be performed with high sensitivity without damaging resolution of a microchip. A microchip includes a channel formed on a substrate and sample collection portions which are formed along the channel, apart from the channel and are apart from each other.