Patent ID: 7629192
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: B82Y,G01P,H01H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: forming an electrically conductive plate on a top surface of a first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer on a top surface of said conductive plate; forming an opening in said second insulating layer, said top surface of said plate exposed in said opening; filling said opening with a fill material; forming a catalytic bar adjacent to a sidewall of said opening; growing two or more sets of one or more electrically conductive carbon nanotubes from said catalytic bar, said carbon nanotubes extending across said fill material, distal first and second end regions of said carbon nanotubes in contact with said second insulating layer; severing said carbon nanotubes from said catalytic bar and removing said fill material after which middle regions of said carbon nanotubes are suspended across said opening, nanotubes in different sets of nanotubes not in electrical contact with each other; and forming one or more electrically conductive contacts, each said one or more contacts in electrical contact with first end regions of nanotubes of different sets of nanotubes.