Reversible non-volatile switch based on a TCNQ charge transfer complex
AssigneeCalifornia Institute of Technology
InventorsGanesan Nagasubramanian, Salvador DiStefano, Jovan Moacanin
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Abstract
A solid-state synaptic memory matrix (10) having switchable weakly conductive connections at each node (24) whose resistances can be selectably increased or decreased over several orders of magnitude by control signals of opposite polarity, and which will remain stable after the signals are removed, comprises an insulated substrate (16), a set of electrical conductors (14) upon which is deposited a layer (18) of an organic conducting polymer, which changes from an insulator to a conductor upon the transfer of electrons, such as polymerized pyrrole doped with 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), covered by a second set of conductors (20) laid at right angles to the first.
Claims4
A resistive reversible, non-volatile memory switch exhibiting a change in resistivity from a tunable ON state to an OFF state comprising:
- (a) a first electrode supported on a substrate;
- (b) an organic conducting polymer formed on the surface of said first electrode, said polymer consisting essentially of polymerized pyrrole doped with about 5 to 30 mole % of 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane;
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- (c) a second electrode formed thereover and oriented orthogonal thereto, wherein said tunable ON state is determined by the amount of doping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.