CH471441A - Symmetrical switchable semiconductor component - Google Patents

Symmetrical switchable semiconductor component

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Publication number
CH471441A
CH471441A CH1195163A CH1195163A CH471441A CH 471441 A CH471441 A CH 471441A CH 1195163 A CH1195163 A CH 1195163A CH 1195163 A CH1195163 A CH 1195163A CH 471441 A CH471441 A CH 471441A
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CH
Switzerland
Prior art keywords
symmetrical
semiconductor component
switchable semiconductor
switchable
component
Prior art date
Application number
CH1195163A
Other languages
German (de)
Inventor
R Ovshinsky Stanford
Original Assignee
Energy Conversion Devices Inc
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Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Energy Conversion Devices Inc filed Critical Energy Conversion Devices Inc
Priority claimed from US358841A external-priority patent/US3336484A/en
Publication of CH471441A publication Critical patent/CH471441A/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, or capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. PN junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof  ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/51—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used
    • H03K17/56—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices
    • H03K17/70—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices the devices having only two electrodes and exhibiting negative resistance
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K3/00—Circuits for generating electric pulses; Monostable, bistable or multistable circuits
    • H03K3/02—Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/20—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/20—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors
    • H10N70/231—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors based on solid-state phase change, e.g. between amorphous and crystalline phases, Ovshinsky effect
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/20—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors
    • H10N70/253—Multistable switching devices, e.g. memristors having three or more terminals, e.g. transistor-like devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/821—Device geometry
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/821—Device geometry
    • H10N70/823—Device geometry adapted for essentially horizontal current flow, e.g. bridge type devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/821—Device geometry
    • H10N70/826—Device geometry adapted for essentially vertical current flow, e.g. sandwich or pillar type devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/841—Electrodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/881—Switching materials
    • H10N70/882—Compounds of sulfur, selenium or tellurium, e.g. chalcogenides
    • H10N70/8822—Sulfides, e.g. CuS
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/881—Switching materials
    • H10N70/882—Compounds of sulfur, selenium or tellurium, e.g. chalcogenides
    • H10N70/8825—Selenides, e.g. GeSe
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/881—Switching materials
    • H10N70/882—Compounds of sulfur, selenium or tellurium, e.g. chalcogenides
    • H10N70/8828—Tellurides, e.g. GeSbTe
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N70/00—Solid-state devices without a potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching
    • H10N70/801—Constructional details of multistable switching devices
    • H10N70/881—Switching materials
    • H10N70/883—Oxides or nitrides
    • H10N70/8833—Binary metal oxides, e.g. TaOx
CH1195163A 1962-09-28 1963-09-27 Symmetrical switchable semiconductor component CH471441A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US22684362A 1962-09-28 1962-09-28
US25251163A 1963-01-18 1963-01-18
US25246763A 1963-01-18 1963-01-18
US25251063A 1963-01-18 1963-01-18
US28824163A 1963-06-17 1963-06-17
US358841A US3336484A (en) 1964-04-10 1964-04-10 Power switching circuit

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CH471441A true CH471441A (en) 1969-04-15

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JP (2) JPS509475B1 (en)
AT (1) AT280428B (en)
CH (1) CH471441A (en)
DE (3) DE1465470A1 (en)
DK (1) DK118782B (en)
FI (1) FI45710C (en)
FR (2) FR1396321A (en)
GB (3) GB1070412A (en)
NL (2) NL158968B (en)
NO (1) NO127780B (en)
SE (3) SE326499B (en)

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3648124A (en) * 1970-06-10 1972-03-07 Ibm Gated metal-semiconductor transition device
US3748501A (en) * 1971-04-30 1973-07-24 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Multi-terminal amorphous electronic control device
GB1469814A (en) * 1973-04-26 1977-04-06 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Solid state electronic device and circuit therefor
JPS5267532A (en) * 1975-12-03 1977-06-04 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Semiconductor memory unit
GB2118790A (en) * 1982-02-16 1983-11-02 Bonar Instr Limited Universal motor control

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US2751477A (en) * 1952-07-15 1956-06-19 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Electrical resistive device
US2948837A (en) * 1956-09-04 1960-08-09 Mc Graw Edison Co Solid state electronic switch and circuits therefor

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DE1465470A1 (en) 1969-08-07
NL298324A (en) 1900-01-01
JPS509475B1 (en) 1975-04-12
SE355265B (en) 1973-04-09
SE326499B (en) 1970-07-27
GB1070411A (en) 1967-06-01
DE1488833A1 (en) 1969-02-20
FI45710C (en) 1972-08-10
FR1396321A (en) 1965-04-23
FR1436202A (en) 1966-04-22
GB1108945A (en) 1968-04-10
DE1488833C3 (en) 1975-07-24
DE1464574B1 (en) 1971-03-25
NO127780B (en) 1973-08-13
GB1070412A (en) 1967-06-01
SE332024B (en) 1971-01-25
JPS503916B1 (en) 1975-02-12
AT280428B (en) 1970-04-10
DE1488833B2 (en) 1972-04-13
DK118782B (en) 1970-10-05
NL158968B (en) 1978-12-15
FI45710B (en) 1972-05-02

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