Patent ID: 7885103
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: B82Y,G11C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A configuration bit memory cell comprising: a first carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, the first terminal connected to a first movable nanoscopic element, the second terminal connected to a first release plate, a third terminal connected commonly to a first attractor plate and an output node; a second carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, the first terminal connected to a second movable nanoscopic element, the second terminal connected to a second release plate, a third terminal connected commonly to a second attractor plate and the output node; a transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal connected commonly to the third terminal of the first carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device, the third terminal of the second carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device, and the output node; and connection circuitry to complete a first conductive path through one of the carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal devices and opens a second conductive path through the other of the carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal devices, the connection circuitry including a first wordline extending in a first direction and connected to the first terminal of the first carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device; a second wordline extending in a first direction and parallel to the first wordline, the second wordline connected to the first terminal of the second carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device; a first bitline extending in a second direction, the first bit line connected to the second terminal of the first carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device; and a second bitline extending in a second direction and parallel to the first bitline, the second bitline connected to the second terminal of the second carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device.