Patent ID: 8773882
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B82B,B82Y,G11C,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of programming nanowire-to-conductive element electrical connections, the method comprising: with a substrate comprising a number of embedded conductive elements that are overlaid with a first layer of nanowires, at least some of the conductive elements electrically coupled to more than one of the nanowires through individual switching junctions created between the first layer of nanowires and a second layer of nanowires overlaying the first layer of nanowires and running substantially perpendicular to the first set of nanowires, each of the switching junctions configured in either a low-conductance state or a high-conductance state, switching a portion of the switching junctions from the low-conductance state to the high-conductance state or the high-conductance state to the low-conductance state so that individual nanowires of the first layer of nanowires are electrically coupled to a different one of the conductive elements of the number of conductive elements using a different one of the switching junctions configured in the high-conductance state.