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US 11,056,647 B2Granted
Ion-based nanoelectric memory
AssigneeThe Aerospace Corporation
InventorsAdam W. Bushmaker, Don Walker
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Abstract
A carbon nanotube (CNT) single ion memory (or memory device) may include a mobile ion conductor with a CNT on one side and an ion drift electrode (IDE) on the other side. The mobile ion conductor may be used as a transport medium to shuttle ions to and from the CNT and the IDE. The IDE may move the ions towards or away from the CNT.
Claims8
A memory device for shuttling one or more mobile ions, comprising:
- a mobile ion switch comprising:
- three terminals;
- a mobile ion conductor adjacent to channel material, wherein the channel material is composed of a carbon nanotube (CNT);
- and
- an ion drift electrode (“IDE”) on an opposite side of the mobile ion conductor, wherein
- an electric field within the IDE moves the one or more mobile ions back and forth between the IDE and the channel material.
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