Patent ID: 8017512
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: patterning a nanotube structure adjacent to a transistor layer of an integrated circuit, the transistor layer above a semiconductor substrate comprising a plurality of transistors; supplying power to the plurality of transistors through an at least one power source; and coupling the plurality of transistors in the transistor layer to the at least one power source based on a state of the nanotube structure, and wherein coupling the plurality of transistors in the transistor layer to the at least one power source based on a state of the nanotube structure comprising: bending the nanotube structure towards a conductive surface when a current is applied to the nanotube structure; coupling the at least one power source to the plurality of transistors to provide a power to the plurality of transistors through the nanotube structure that is bent towards the conductive surface; bending the nanotube structure away from the conductive surface when the current applied to the nanotube structure is removed; decoupling the at least one power source from the plurality of transistors to remove the power from the plurality of transistors through the nanotube structure that is bent away from the conductive surface.