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US 2006/0141678 A1Published application
Forming a nanotube switch and structures formed thereby
OwnerStephen Montgomery, Tomm Aldridge +1inventors
InventorsStephen Montgomery, Tomm Aldridge, Nels Jewell-Larsen
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Abstract
Methods of forming a microelectronic structure are described. Embodiments of those methods include providing a substrate comprising a power pad, and attaching a nanotube comprising at least one side chain to the power pad.
Claims31
A method of forming a structure comprising:
- providing a substrate comprising a power pad;
- and
- attaching a nanotube comprising at least one side chain to the power pad.
A method comprising:
- providing a substrate comprising a power pad, a nanotube attached to the power pad, wherein the nanotube comprises at least one side chain, a first switch pad disposed on a first side of the substrate and a second switch pad disposed on a second side of the substrate;
- and
- setting the first switch pad to a first charge state substantially equal to a side chain charge state, wherein the nanotube bends to make contact with the second switch pad.
A structure comprising:
- a substrate comprising a power pad;
- and
- a nanotube attached to the power pad, wherein the nanotube comprises at least one side chain.
A system comprising:
- a nanotube switching structure comprising a power pad and a nanotube attached to the power pad, wherein the nanotube is disposed between a first switch pad and a second switch pad, and wherein the nanotube is capable of bending to make contact with at least one of the first switch pad and the second switch pad;
- a PCB communicatively coupled to the nanotube switching structure;
- and
- a DRAM communicatively coupled to the nanotube switching structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.