VOLTAGE CONTROLLED HIGHLY LINEAR RESISTIVE ELEMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20190130259A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16232387

    申请日:2018-12-26

    摘要: Neural networks include neuron layers arranged in order from an input neuron layer to an output neuron layer, with at least one hidden layer between them. Weight arrays between respective pairs of neuron layers each include controllable resistance elements and AND gates configured to control addressing of the plurality of controllable resistance elements. Each controllable resistance element includes a junction field effect transistor configured to provide a resistance on a signal line and a first pass transistor configured to apply a charge increment or decrement to the junction field effect transistor responsive to a control pulse, such that the resistance on the signal line changes. The control pulse is only passed to a controllable resistance element when a respective AND gate is triggered. A training module is configured to train the neural network by adjusting resistances of the plurality of controllable resistance elements in each of the weight arrays.

    Domain wall control in ferroelectric devices

    公开(公告)号:US10141333B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-27

    申请号:US15807625

    申请日:2017-11-09

    发明人: Martin M. Frank

    摘要: A ferroelectric device includes a first electrode and a second electrode that each comprise one or more electrically conductive layers. The ferroelectric device also includes a layer of ferroelectric material disposed between, and in electrical communication with, the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and/or the second electrode include a recessed region and the layer of ferroelectric material includes a corresponding region of increased thickness that resists polarity changes. For example, a programming signal that is applied across the first and second electrodes may change a polarity of one or more other portions of the layer of ferroelectric material without changing a polarity of a portion of the layer of ferroelectric material that is proximate to the region of increased thickness. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein.

    HETEROGENEOUS NANOSTRUCTURES FOR HIERARCHAL ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20170294586A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-12

    申请号:US15092894

    申请日:2016-04-07

    IPC分类号: H01L51/00 H01L51/10

    摘要: A method of making a carbon nanotube structure includes depositing a first oxide layer on a substrate and a second oxide layer on the first oxide layer; etching a trench through the second oxide layer; removing end portions of the first oxide layer and portions of the substrate beneath the end portions to form cavities in the substrate; depositing a metal in the cavities to form first body metal pads; disposing a carbon nanotube on the first body metal pads and the first oxide layer such that ends of the carbon nanotube contact each of the first body metal layers; depositing a metal to form second body metal pads on the first body metal pads at the ends of the carbon nanotube; and etching to release the carbon nanotube, first body metal pads, and second body metal pads from the substrate, first oxide layer, and second oxide layer.