Switching element, semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorKenichi Murooka
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Abstract
A switching element includes a first electrode having a first surface; a second electrode having a second surface which stands off from the first surface; and a channel region constituted by a plurality of unit channels, each unit channel having opposite ends thereof being in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode, and including fine particles which are aligned in lines in a first direction from the first surface of the first electrode to the second surface of the second electrode, and the unit channels being separated from one another in a second direction across the first direction.
Claims24
A switching element comprising:
- a first electrode having a first surface;
- a second electrode having a second surface which stands off from the first surface;
- and
- a channel region constituted by a plurality of unit channels, each unit channel having opposite ends thereof in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode and including fine particles which are in direct physical contact with each other in a first direction from the first surface of the first electrode to the second surface of the second electrode, and the unit channels being separated from one another in a second direction across the first direction.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a switching element mounted on the substrate;
- and
- the switching element comprising:
- a first electrode having a first surface;
- a second electrode having a second surface which stands off from the first surface;
- a channel region constituted by a plurality of unit channels, each unit channel having opposite ends thereof being in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode and including fine particles which are in direct physical contact with each other in a first direction from the first surface of the first electrode to the second surface of the second electrode, and the unit channels being separated from one another in a second direction across the first direction.
A switching element comprising:
- a first electrode having a first surface;
- a second electrode having a second surface which stands off from the first surface;
- and
- fine particles which are randomly dispersed between the first surface of the first electrode and the second surface of the second electrode, and
- whose state can be at least once changed to the aligned one in which a plurality of unit channels constitute a channel region, each unit channel has opposite ends thereof in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode and includes fine particles which are in direct physical contact with each other in a first direction from the first surface of the first electrode to the second surface of the second electrode, and the unit channels are separated from one another in a second direction across the first direction.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a switching element mounted on the substrate;
- and
- the switching element comprising:
- a first electrode having a first surface;
- a second electrode having a second surface which stands off from the first surface;
- and
- fine particles which are randomly dispersed between the first surface of the first electrode and the second surface of the second electrode, and
- whose state can be at least once changed to the aligned one in which a plurality of unit channels constitute a channel region, each unit channel has opposite ends thereof in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode and includes fine particles which are in direct physical contact with each other in a first direction from the first surface of the first electrode to the second surface of the second electrode, and the unit channels are separated from one another in a second direction across the first direction.
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