EP2057683A4 - CROSS-POINT MEMORY AND SWITCHES AND NETWORKS MADE THEREBY USING NON-VOLATILE NANOTUBE BLOCKS - Google Patents

CROSS-POINT MEMORY AND SWITCHES AND NETWORKS MADE THEREBY USING NON-VOLATILE NANOTUBE BLOCKS

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EP2057683A4
EP2057683A4 EP07840799A EP07840799A EP2057683A4 EP 2057683 A4 EP2057683 A4 EP 2057683A4 EP 07840799 A EP07840799 A EP 07840799A EP 07840799 A EP07840799 A EP 07840799A EP 2057683 A4 EP2057683 A4 EP 2057683A4
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arrays
same
memory elements
cross point
nonvolatile nanotube
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English (en)
French (fr)
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Claude L Bertin
X M Henry Huang
Thomas Rueckes
Ramesh Sivarajan
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Nantero Inc
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EP07840799A 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 CROSS-POINT MEMORY AND SWITCHES AND NETWORKS MADE THEREBY USING NON-VOLATILE NANOTUBE BLOCKS Withdrawn EP2057683A4 (en)

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US83634306P 2006-08-08 2006-08-08
US83643706P 2006-08-08 2006-08-08
US84058606P 2006-08-28 2006-08-28
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US91838807P 2007-03-16 2007-03-16
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EP07840799A Withdrawn EP2057683A4 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 CROSS-POINT MEMORY AND SWITCHES AND NETWORKS MADE THEREBY USING NON-VOLATILE NANOTUBE BLOCKS
EP09159271A Withdrawn EP2104108A1 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 Nonvolatile resistive memories, latch circuits, and operation circuits having scalable two-terminal nanotube switches
EP07840788A Active EP2057633B1 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 Nonvolatile nanotube diodes and nonvolatile nanotube blocks and systems using same and methods of making same
EP07840800A Withdrawn EP2070088A4 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 NON-VOLATILE RESISTIVE MEMORY, CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND OPERATING CIRCUITS WITH SCALABLE NANOTUBE SWITCHES WITH TWO TERMINALS
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EP09159271A Withdrawn EP2104108A1 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 Nonvolatile resistive memories, latch circuits, and operation circuits having scalable two-terminal nanotube switches
EP07840788A Active EP2057633B1 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 Nonvolatile nanotube diodes and nonvolatile nanotube blocks and systems using same and methods of making same
EP07840800A Withdrawn EP2070088A4 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 NON-VOLATILE RESISTIVE MEMORY, CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND OPERATING CIRCUITS WITH SCALABLE NANOTUBE SWITCHES WITH TWO TERMINALS
EP09159276A Withdrawn EP2104109A1 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 Nonvolatile resistive memories, latch circuits, and operation circuits having scalable two-terminal nanotube switches

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