Memory device

Abstract

A memory storage and retrieval device, comprising: (a) an electrically conductive first electrode; (b) an electrically conductive second electrode; and (c) a layer stack intermediate the first and second electrodes, comprising: (d) at least one active layer comprising at least one polymer with variable electrical conductivity; and (e) at least one passive layer comprised of a material for varying the electrical conductivity of the at least one active layer upon application of an electrical potential difference between the first and second electrodes.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.