Patent ID: 7514013
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for forming a device, the method comprising: applying a first conductive layer onto a conductive substrate, said first conductive layer comprising essentially a monolayer of multiple conductive material units and having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said first surface comprises a composite of a first portion of the multiple conductive units is in electrical contact with said conductive substrate and the second surface comprises a composite of a second portion of the multiple conductive units; applying an insulator material into contact with said second surface of said first conductive layer; etching back the insulator material to a depth exposing at least a portion of the second surface comprising a composite of second portions of the multiple conductive units; chemically treating at least part of the exposed portion of the second surface comprising a composite of a second portion of the multiple conductive units, to form a layer comprising an ionic conductor across treated surface portions; and applying a second conductive layer into contact with the layer comprising an ionic conductor.