Integrated nanotube and field effect switching devices

A method for selectively providing power to a portion of an integrated circuit comprising:

• providing a power source,
• providing a nonvolatile switching device, electrically disposed between the power source and the portion of the integrated circuit, the nonvolatile switching device comprising a nanotube switching element and a field modulatable semiconductor element;
• providing a control structure in electrical communication with the nonvolatile switching device, the control structure operable to induce the forming and unforming of an electrically conductive pathway in the nonvolatile switching device to selectively connect and disconnect the power source to the portion of the integrated circuit.

A system for controlling power distribution in an integrated circuit having a plurality of regions, the system comprising:

• a power source;
• a network of nonvolatile integrated switching devices disposed between the integrated circuit and the power source, each nonvolatile integrated switching device comprising a nanotube switching element and a field modulatable semiconductor element;
• a control structure in electrical communication with the network of nonvolatile integrated switching devices, operable to selectively induce an electrically conductive pathway in each of the nonvolatile integrated switching devices between the power source and a corresponding region of the plurality of regions of the integrated circuit thereby selectively distributing power to said corresponding region.