Patent ID: 8304347

Claim:
A method of actuating a semiconductor device comprising: providing a transistor including: a substrate; a first electrically conductive material layer positioned on the substrate; and a second electrically conductive material layer in contact with and positioned on the first electrically conductive material layer, the second electrically conductive material layer including a reentrant profile in which a first portion of the second electrically conductive material layer overhangs a second portion of the second electrically conductive material layer, the second electrically conductive material layer overhanging the first electrically conductive material layer; an electrically insulating material layer conformally positioned over the second electrically conductive material layer, the first electrically conductive material layer, and at least a portion of the substrate; a semiconductor material layer that conforms to and is in contact with the electrically insulating material layer; a third electrically conductive material layer nonconformally positioned over and in contact with a first portion of the semiconductor material layer; a fourth electrically conductive material layer nonconformally positioned over and in contact with a second portion of the semiconductor material layer; applying a voltage between the third electrically conductive material layer and the fourth electrically conductive material layer; and applying a voltage to the first electrically conductive material layer to electrically connect the third electrically conductive material layer and the fourth electrically conductive material layer.