Patent ID: 9379342
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B82Y,G11C,H01L,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A programmable two-terminal semiconductor diode device, comprising: a junction in electrical communication with two terminals, the junction having a built-in potential; a quantum well element proximate to the junction that provides an energy well within a depletion region of the junction; the energy well comprising one or more donor energy states that support electron trapping and/or one or more acceptor energy states that support hole trapping; the built-in potential of the junction corresponding to a net polarity of holes and electrons trapped by the one or more donor energy states and/or one or more acceptor energy states; wherein current-voltage characteristics of the two-terminal semiconductor diode device are programmed by applying an electrical signal across the two terminals to cause a net polarity of holes and electrons to be trapped by the one or more donor energy states and/or one or more acceptor energy states.