Title:
ナノ電気機械トランジスタおよびスイッチシステム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006526871
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
Nanoelecttomechanical switch systems (NEMSS) that are structured around the mechanical manipulation of nanotubes are provided. Such NEMSS can realize the functionality of, for example, automatic switches, adjustable diodes, amplifiers, inverters, variable resistors, pulse position modulators (PPMs), and transistors. In one embodiment, a nanotube is anchored at one end to a base member. The nanotube is also coupled to a voltage source This voltage source creates an electric charge at the tip of the free-moving-end of the nanotube that is representative of the polarity and intensity of the voltage source. The free-moving end of this nanotnbe can be electrically controlled by applying an electric charge to a nearby charge member layer that is either of the same (repelling) or opposite (attracting) polarity of the nanotube. A contact layer is then placed in the proximity of the free-moving end of the nanotube such that when a particular electric charge is placed on the nanotube, the nanotube electrically couples the contact layer.
Inventors:
Pinkerton, Joseph F.
Harlan, John Sea.
Maren, Jeffrey Dee.
Harlan, John Sea.
Maren, Jeffrey Dee.
Application Number:
JP2005500655A
Publication Date:
November 24, 2006
Filing Date:
December 18, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Ambient Systems, Inc.
International Classes:
H01H59/00; B81B3/00; B81C1/00; B82B1/00; B82B3/00; G11C13/02; G11C23/00; H01H1/00; H01H53/10; H01H57/00; H01H1/027
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hidesaku Yamamoto
Takaaki Yasumura
Natsuki Morishita
Takaaki Yasumura
Natsuki Morishita