Patent ID: 6922353
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: B82Y,G11B,G11C

Abstract:
1. A memory apparatus for storing information comprising: at least three spatially arranged first electrodes, each of said at least three first electrodes being individually addressable; a dielectric separating each of said first electrodes from one another; a second electrode proximate to said at least three first electrodes and having a surface with a plurality of spatial positions, said second electrode separated from said first electrodes by a first distance and separated from said dielectric by a second distance, said first distance at least as large as said second distance; and, an electrolyte solution separating said at least three first electrodes from said second electrode, said electrolyte solution responsive to an electric current communicated therethrough between a selected one of said at least three first electrodes and said second electrode to cause an electrochemical modification to a selected one of said plurality of spatial positions on said surface of said second electrode to thereby store the information.