Device for information storage using field emission
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGary Miles McClelland, Fumiya Watanabe
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Abstract
The invention relates to a storage device for storage of information using field emission comprising two spaced apart members. Each member comprises a plurality of parallel conducting lines having adsorbates disposed thereon. The lines are disposed on a nonconductive substrate. The members are positioned with the parallel conducting lines of each member facing each other without planar alignment of the lines of one member with the lines of the other member.
Claims9
A storage device comprising two spaced apart members, each member comprising a plurality of parallel conducting lines, having adsorbates absorbed thereon, and the lines disposed on a nonconductive substrate, the members positioned with the parallel conducting lines of each member facing each other without planar alignment of the lines of one member with the lines of the other member.
A process for storing information comprising:
- (i) disposing adsorbates on the parallel conducting lines disposed on two spaced apart members, the members positioned with the parallel conducting lines of each member facing each other without planar alignment of the lines of one member with the lines of the other member;
- (ii) electrically pulsing the members to change the surface of the a line back and forth from a first state to a second state;
- (iii) measuring the field emission in the first state and in the second state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.