Abstract:
A current controlling device for an electrical circuit including a semiconductor material and electrodes in low electrical resistance contact therewith, wherein said semiconductor material has a high electrical resistance to provide a blocking condition for substantially blocking current therethrough, wherein the high electrical resistance is substantially instantaneously decreased to a low electrical resistance in response to a voltage above a threshold voltage value, wherein the semiconductor material in the low electrical resistance conducting condition has a voltage drop which is a fraction of the voltage drop in the high electrical resistance blocking condition near the threshold voltage value, and wherein the semiconductor material is a multielement nonchalcogenide material including as essential ingredients arsenic or phosphorous and silicon, germanium, gallium, boron or aluminum. The material may also include minor additions, such as, cadmium or zinc. Particularly good results have been obtained with a binary system of arsenic and silicon.
Abstract:
A current-controlling device for an electrical circuit including a semiconductor material and electrodes in contact therewith, wherein the semiconductor material has a high electrical resistance, wherein the high electrical resistance is substantially instantaneously decreased to a low electrical resistance in response to a voltage above a threshold voltage value, wherein the low electrical resistance is immediately returned to the high electrical resistance in response to a decrease in current below a minimum current holding value, and wherein the semiconductor material consists essentially of sulfur and a transition metal, as for example, vanadium.
Abstract:
A CURRENT CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND ELECTRODES IN LOW ELECTRICALA RESISTANCE CONTACT THEREWITH, WHEREIN SAID SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT HAS A THRESHOLD VOLTAGE VALUE AND A HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TO PROVIDE A BLOCKING CONDITION FOR SUBSTANTIALLY BLOCKING CURRENT THERETHROUGH, WHEREIN THE HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE IS SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY DECREASED TO A LOW RESISTANCE IN REPSONSE TO A VOLTAGE ABOVE SAID THRESHOLD VOLTAGE VALUE TO PROVIDE A CONDUCTING CONDITION FOR SUBSTANTIALLY CONDUCTING CURRENT THERETHROUGH, AND WHEREIN THE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT BETWEEN THE ELECTRDES COMPRISES A THIN SUBSTANTIALLY AMORPHOUS FILM OF SUBSTANTIALLY VO2 HAVING HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE.
Abstract:
A current controlling device for an electrical circuit including a semiconductor element and electrodes in low electrical resistance contact therewith, wherein said semiconductor element has a threshold voltage value and a high electrical resistance to provide a blocking condition for substantially blocking current therethrough, wherein the high electrical resistance is substantially instantaneously decreased to a low resistance in response to a voltage above said threshold voltage value to provide a conducting condition for substantially conducting current therethrough, wherein the semiconductor element comprises high electrical resistance refractory powder particles substantially individually coated with a thin solid coating of substantially VO2, wherein the high electrical resistance refractory powder particles may comprise SnO2, SiO2, Al2O3, ZrO2 or TiO2 or the like, wherein the thin substantially VO2 coating on the particles is obtained from V2O5 and/or V2O3 in the formation thereof by several methods described herein, wherein the devices may be of the non-memory type or the memory type, and wherein the devices may have an intermediate or partial conducting condition.
Abstract translation:一种用于电路的电流控制装置,包括半导体元件和与其电阻接触的电极,其中所述半导体元件具有阈值电压值和高电阻以提供用于基本上阻挡电流的阻挡条件,其中所述高电 响应于高于所述阈值电压值的电压,电阻基本上立即降低到低电阻以提供用于基本上导通电流的导电条件,其中半导体元件包括基本上分别涂覆有薄的固体涂层的高电阻难熔粉末颗粒 其中高电阻难熔粉末颗粒可以包括SnO 2,SiO 2,Al 2 O 3,ZrO 2或TiO 2等,其中颗粒上的基本上薄的VO2涂层是从V 2 O 5和/或V 2 O 3在该地层中获得的 通过本文描述的几种方法,其中所述设备可以是非存储器类型或存储器类型,并且其中所述器件可以具有中间或部分导电条件。
Abstract:
An amorphous semiconductor layer is employed in the display panel disclosed herein. An electroluminescent layer is sandwiched between the amorphous semiconductor layer and a set of parallel spaced conductors. An AC signal is applied to the conductors so that adjacent conductors are 180* out of phase. A field is established between adjacent conductors which passes up through the electroluminescent layer across the layer of amorphous semiconductor material and back down through another portion of the electroluminescent layer. If the amorphous semiconductor material is in a low resistance state the field across the electroluminescent material is made sufficiently strong to cause it to emit light. By switching the amorphous semiconductor material at selected regions, the electroluminescent material emits light in accordance with a desired pattern of information to be displayed. Systems are disclosed for switching the amorphous material in a variety of ways, and techniques for varying the intensity and contrast of the display are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A CURRENT CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND ELECTRODES IN LOW ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE CONTACT THEREWITH, WHEREIN SAID SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT HAS A THRESHOLD VOLTAGE VALUE AND A HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TO PROVIDE A BLOCKING CONDITION FOR SUBSTANTIALLY BLOCKING CURRENT THERETHROUGH, WHEREIN THE HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE IN RESPONSE TO A VOLTAGE ABOVE SAID THRESHOLD VOLTAGE VALUE TO PROVIDE A CONDUCTING CONDITION FOR SUBSTANTIALLY CONDUCTING CURRENT THERETHROUGH, AND WHEREIN THE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES COMPRISES A THIN SUBSTANTIALLY AMORPHOUS FILM OF SUBSTANTIALLY VO2 HAVING ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE.
Abstract:
A CURRENT CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND ELECTRODES IN LOW ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE CONTACT THEREWITH, WHEREIN SAID SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT HAS A TREASHOLD VOLTAGE VALUE AND A HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TO PROVIDE A BLOCKING CONDITION FOR SUBSTANTIALLY BLOCKING CURRENT THERETHORUGH, WHEREIN THE HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE IS SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY DECREASED TO A LOW RESISTANCE IN RESPONSE TO A VOLTAGE ABOVE SAID THRESHOLD VOLTAGE VALUE TO PROVIDE A CONDUCTING CONDITION FOR SUBSTANTIALLY CONDUCTING CURRENT THERETHROUGH, WHREIN THE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT COMPRISES HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE REFRACTORY POWDER PARTICLES SUBSTANTIALLY INDIVIDUALLY COATED WITH A THIN SOLID COATING OF SUBSTANTIALLY VO2, WHEREIN THE HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE REFRACTORY POWDER PARTICLES MAY COMPRISE SNO2, SIO2, AL2O3, ZRO2, RO TIO2 OR THE LIKE, WHEREIN THE THIN SUBSTAINTIALLY VO2 COATING ON THE PARTICLES IS OBTAINED FROM V2O3 AND/OR V2O3 IN THE FORMATION THEREOF BY SEVERAL METHODS DESCRIBED HEREIN, WHEREIN THE DEVICES MAY BE OF THE NONMEMORY TYPE OR THE MEMROYTYPE, AND WHEREIN THE DEVICES MAY HAVE AN INTERMEDIATE OR PARTIAL CONDUCTING CONDITION.