Patent ID: 7839176
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: B82Y,G11C,H01H,H01L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a Boolean logic circuit, comprising: providing at least one input terminal and an output terminal; providing a network of nanotube switching elements electrically disposed between said at least one input terminal and said output terminal, wherein each of said nanotube switching elements includes an electrically conductive element and a nanotube channel element in spaced relation to the electrically conductive element, wherein the nanotube channel element is deflectable toward the electrically conductive element in response to electrical stimulus applied to at least the nanotube channel element; wherein the electrically conductive element is a control electrode that deflects the nanotube channel element to form a conductive path between the nanotube channel element and an output node of the nanotube switching element in response to electrical stimulus applied to the control electrode; and wherein said network of nanotube switching elements effectuates a Boolean function transformation of Boolean signals on said at least one input terminal, said Boolean function transformation including a Boolean inversion within the function.