EP2070088A4 - NON-VOLATILE RESISTIVE MEMORIES, LATCHING CIRCUITS, AND OPERATING CIRCUITS COMPRISING TWO-TERMINAL NANOTUBE SWITCHES - Google Patents

NON-VOLATILE RESISTIVE MEMORIES, LATCHING CIRCUITS, AND OPERATING CIRCUITS COMPRISING TWO-TERMINAL NANOTUBE SWITCHES

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EP2070088A4
EP2070088A4 EP07840800A EP07840800A EP2070088A4 EP 2070088 A4 EP2070088 A4 EP 2070088A4 EP 07840800 A EP07840800 A EP 07840800A EP 07840800 A EP07840800 A EP 07840800A EP 2070088 A4 EP2070088 A4 EP 2070088A4
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circuits
volatile resistive
resistive memories
nanotube switches
terminal nanotube
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French (fr)
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Claude L Bertin
Thomas Rueckes
Jonathan W Ward
Frank Guo
Steven L Konsek
Mitchell Meinhold
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Nantero Inc
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Publication of EP2070088A4 publication Critical patent/EP2070088A4/en
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EP07840800A 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 NON-VOLATILE RESISTIVE MEMORIES, LATCHING CIRCUITS, AND OPERATING CIRCUITS COMPRISING TWO-TERMINAL NANOTUBE SWITCHES Withdrawn EP2070088A4 (en)

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EP09159271A EP2104108A1 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 Nonvolatile resistive memories, latch circuits, and operation circuits having scalable two-terminal nanotube switches
EP09159276A 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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EP07840800A Withdrawn EP2070088A4 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 NON-VOLATILE RESISTIVE MEMORIES, LATCHING CIRCUITS, AND OPERATING CIRCUITS COMPRISING TWO-TERMINAL NANOTUBE SWITCHES
EP09159271A Withdrawn EP2104108A1 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 Nonvolatile resistive memories, latch circuits, and operation circuits having scalable two-terminal nanotube switches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
EP09159276A Withdrawn EP2104109A1 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 Nonvolatile resistive memories, latch circuits, and operation circuits having scalable two-terminal nanotube switches
EP07840799A Withdrawn EP2057683A4 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 CROSS-POINT MEMORY AND SWITCHES AND NETWORKS MADE THEREBY USING NON-VOLATILE NANOTUBE BLOCKS

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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
EP09159276A Withdrawn EP2104109A1 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 Nonvolatile resistive memories, latch circuits, and operation circuits having scalable two-terminal nanotube switches
EP07840799A Withdrawn EP2057683A4 (en) 2006-08-08 2007-08-08 CROSS-POINT MEMORY AND SWITCHES AND NETWORKS MADE THEREBY USING NON-VOLATILE NANOTUBE BLOCKS

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