Protein-based semiconductor integrated circuit
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Sangi
InventorsShuji Sakuma, Kiminori Atsumi, Tsutomu Ishizaki
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Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a conductive protein electrode, such as cytochrome c, deposited on the surface of an apatite insulating layer such as hydroxyapatite, fluorinated apatite or chlorinated apatite. The apatite insulating layer is thin film coated onto a substrate such that it is substantially C-axis (002) oriented, which allows the integrated circuit to be of small size while minimizing undesired electron transfer between electrodes because the conductive protein electrode adopts the orientation of the apatite insulating film.
Claims13
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
- a substrate layer;
- an insulating layer on at least a portion of said substrate layer, said insulating layer comprising apatite molecules substantially aligned in the C-axis (002) orientation;
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- an electrode layer on at least a portion of said substrate layer, said electrode layer comprising at least one of an electric conductive protein and organella matter containing an electric conductive protein matter.
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
- a substrate layer;
- an insulating layer on at least a portion of said substrate
- layer, said insulating layer comprising apatite molecules substantially aligned in the C-axis (002) orientation;
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- an electrode layer on at least a portion of said substrate layer, said electrode layer comprising at least one of a conductive cytochrome and conductive mitochondria matter.
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
- a substrate layer;
- an insulating layer on at least a portion of said substrate layer, said insulating layer comprising apatite molecules substantially aligned in the C-axis (002) orientation, said apatite being selected from the group consisting of hydroxyapatite, fluorinated apatite and chlorinated apatite;
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- an electrode layer on at least a portion of said substrate layer, said electrode layer comprising at least one of cytochrome c and conductive mitochondria matter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.