Patent ID: 7940557

Claim:
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 an attractor plate, the second terminal connected to a release plate, a third terminal connected commonly to a first movable nanoscopic element 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 an attractor plate, the second terminal connected to a release plate, a third terminal connected commonly to a second movable nanoscopic element and the output node; a transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal connected commonly to the first movable nanoscopic element of the first carbon nanoscopic switching device, the second movable nanoscopic element of the second carbon nanoscopic switching device, 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 the 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; and a first bitline extending in a second direction, the first bit line connected to both the second terminal of the first carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device and the second terminal of the second carbon nanoscopic switching three-terminal device.