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US 2023/0360875 A1Published application
Nanoplasma switch device for ultrafast switching
AssigneeEcole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
InventorsElison De Nazareth MATIOLI, Mohammad Samizadeh Nikooytabalvandani
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Abstract
The invention relates to a nanoplasma switch device, comprising: —multiple electrically isolated electrodes; —a gap separating the two electrodes; wherein the gap has a width which is dimensioned to effect the generation of a plasma by electric-field electron emission.
Claims17
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Nanoplasma switch device, comprising:
- multiple electrically isolated electrodes;
- a gap separating the two electrodes;
- wherein the gap has a width which is dimensioned to effect the generation of a plasma by electric-field electron emission or tunneling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.