Circuit arrays having cells with combinations of transistors and nanotube switching elements

    公开(公告)号:US07301802B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-27

    申请号:US10864681

    申请日:2004-06-09

    IPC分类号: G11C11/50 G11C11/52

    摘要: Circuit arrays having cells with combinations of transistors and nanotube switches. Under one embodiment, a circuit array includes a plurality of cells arranged in an organization of words, each word having a plurality of bits. Each cell is responsive to a bit line, word line, reference line, and release line. Bit lines are arranged orthogonally relative to word lines and each word line and bit line are shared among a plurality of cells. Each cell is selectable via the activation of the bit line and word line. Each cell includes a field effect transistor coupled to a nanotube switching element. The nanotube switching element is switchable to at least two physical positions at least in part in response to electrical stimulation via the reference line and release line. Information state of the cell is non-volatilely stored via the respective physical position of the nanotube switching element. Under another embodiment, a circuit array includes a plurality of cells arranged in an organization of words, each word having a plurality of bits. Each cell is responsive to a bit line, word line, and reference line. Each word line and bit line are shared among a plurality of cells. Each cell is selectable via the activation of the bit line and word line. Each cell includes a field effect transistor and a nanotube switching element. Each nanotube switching element includes a nanotube article positioned between a set electrode and a release electrode. The set electrode may be electrically stimulated to electro-statically attract the nanotube article into contact with the set electrode and the release electrode may be electrically stimulated to electro-statically attract the nanotube article out of contact with the set electrode. Information state of the cell is non-volatilely stored via the respective physical position of the nanotube switching element. Cells are arranged as pairs with the nanotube switching elements of the pair being cross coupled so that the set electrode of one nanotube switching element is coupled to the release electrode of the other and the release electrode of the one nanotube switching element being coupled to the set electrode of the other. The nanotube articles are coupled to the reference line, and the source of one field effect transistor of a pair is coupled to the set electrode to one of the two nanotube switching elements and the source of the other field effect transistor of the pair is coupled to the release electrode to the one of the two nanotube switching elements.

    Method of making sensor platform using a non-horizontally oriented nanotube element
    5.
    发明授权
    Method of making sensor platform using a non-horizontally oriented nanotube element 有权
    使用非水平取向的纳米管元件制造传感器平台的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08357559B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-22

    申请号:US12469402

    申请日:2009-05-20

    IPC分类号: H01L21/00

    摘要: Sensor platforms and methods of making them are described. A platform having a non-horizontally oriented sensor element comprising one or more nanostructures such as nanotubes is described. Under certain embodiments, a sensor element has or is made to have an affinity for an analyte. Under certain embodiments, such a sensor element comprises one or more pristine nanotubes. Under certain embodiments, the sensor element comprises derivatized or functionalized nanotubes. Under certain embodiments, a sensor is made by providing a support structure; providing one or more nanotubes on the structure to provide material for a sensor element; and providing circuitry to electrically sense the sensor element's electrical characterization. Under certain embodiments, the sensor element comprises pre-derivatized or pre-functionalized nanotubes. Under other embodiments, sensor material is derivatized or functionalized after provision on the structure or after patterning. Under certain embodiments, a large-scale array of sensor platforms includes a plurality of sensor elements.

    摘要翻译: 介绍传感器平台及其制作方法。 描述了具有包括一个或多个纳米结构如纳米管的非水平定向的传感器元件的平台。 在某些实施方案中,传感器元件具有或被制成对分析物具有亲和性。 在某些实施例中,这种传感器元件包括一个或多个原始纳米管。 在某些实施方案中,传感器元件包括衍生的或功能化的纳米管。 在某些实施例中,通过提供支撑结构来制造传感器; 在所述结构上提供一个或多个纳米管以提供用于传感器元件的材料; 以及提供用于电感测传感器元件电特性的电路。 在某些实施方案中,传感器元件包括预衍生的或预功能化的纳米管。 在其它实施例中,传感器材料在结构上提供之后或在图案化之后被衍生化或功能化。 在某些实施例中,传感器平台的大规模阵列包括多个传感器元件。

    Nanotube-based switching elements with multiple controls and logic circuits having said elements
    8.
    发明授权
    Nanotube-based switching elements with multiple controls and logic circuits having said elements 有权
    具有多个控制器和具有所述元件的逻辑电路的基于纳米管的开关元件

    公开(公告)号:US07710157B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-04

    申请号:US12246013

    申请日:2008-10-06

    IPC分类号: H03K19/20

    摘要: Boolean logic circuits comprising nanotube-based switching elements with multiple controls. The Boolean logic circuits include input and output terminals and a network of nanotube switching elements electrically disposed between said at least one input terminal and said output terminal. Each switching element includes an input node, an output node, and a nanotube channel element having at least one electrically conductive nanotube. A control structure is disposed in relation to the nanotube channel element to controllably form and unform an electrically conductive channel along the nanotube channel element. At least one nanotube switching element non-volatilely retains an informational state and at least one nanotube switching elements volatilely retains an informational state. The network of nanotube switching elements effectuates a Boolean function transformation of Boolean signals on said at least one input terminal. Dual rail cascode logic circuits may also be constructed from the nanotube switching elements.

    摘要翻译: 包括具有多个控制的基于纳米管的开关元件的布尔逻辑电路。 布尔逻辑电路包括输入和输出端子以及电气设置在所述至少一个输入端子和所述输出端子之间的纳米管开关元件网络。 每个开关元件包括输入节点,输出节点和具有至少一个导电纳米管的纳米管通道元件。 相对于纳米管通道元件设置控制结构,以可控地形成和取消沿着纳米管通道元件的导电通道。 至少一个纳米管开关元件不挥发地保持信息状态,并且至少一个纳米管开关元件挥发性地保持信息状态。 纳米管切换元件的网络在所述至少一个输入端上实现布尔信号的布尔函数变换。 双轨共源共栅逻辑电路也可以由纳米管开关元件构成。

    EEPROMS USING CARBON NANOTUBES FOR CELL STORAGE
    9.
    发明申请
    EEPROMS USING CARBON NANOTUBES FOR CELL STORAGE 审中-公开
    使用碳纳米管进行细胞储存的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090296481A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-03

    申请号:US12435819

    申请日:2009-05-05

    IPC分类号: G11C16/04

    摘要: An electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) cell includes cell selection circuitry and a storage cell for storing the informational state of the cell. The storage cell is an electro-mechanical data retention cell in which the physical positional state of a storage cell element represents the informational state of the cell. The storage cell element is a carbon nanotube switching element. The storage is writable with supply voltages used by said cell selection circuitry. The storage is writable and readable via said selection circuitry with write times and read times being within an order of magnitude. The write times and read times are substantially the same. The storage has no charge storage or no charge trapping.

    摘要翻译: 电可擦除可编程只读存储器(EEPROM)单元包括单元选择电路和用于存储单元的信息状态的存储单元。 存储单元是机电数据保持单元,其中存储单元元件的物理位置状态表示单元的信息状态。 存储单元元件是碳纳米管开关元件。 存储器可由所述单元选择电路使用的电源电压写入。 存储器是可写的并且可通过所述选择电路读取,写入时间和读取时间在一个数量级内。 写入时间和读取时间基本相同。 存储器没有电荷存储或没有电荷捕获。