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    • 5. 发明专利
    • DE2325555A1
    • 1973-12-20
    • DE2325555
    • 1973-05-19
    • IBM
    • D HEURLE FRANCOIS MAXRUTZ RICHARD FREDERICK
    • G11C11/41G11C11/39H01L21/318H01L45/00H03K3/027G11C11/34
    • 1416644 Non-volatile memory devices INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORP 15 March 1973 [5 June 1972] 12472/73 Heading H1K A multi-state switch with non-volatile memory comprises a substrate of a refractory metal, e.g. tungsten, molybdenum, niobium or tantalum, a film of aluminium nitride formed thereon by sputtering after outgassing the substrate for at least 10 minutes at 350- 1500‹ C. at a pressure of from 2 Î 10 -7 to 2 Î 10 -8 Torr and an electrode on the film. Typically when using a 111 orientated mono- or polycrystalline tungsten or molybdenum substrate a series of presputtering steps in argon or nitrogen is performed prior to reactively sputtering aluminium in pure nitrogen at 1100‹ C. to form a film 0À2-10 Á thick. The film is electroded by alloying P- or N-type silicon to it at 1420-1800‹ C., or aluminium-silicon at above 576‹ C., or by sputtering, evaporating, or alloying on aluminium at 660-1800‹ C. A forming voltage of either polarity is then applied to realisethe switching characteristic. Switching from a high to a low impedance condition occurs above a threshold voltage with the electrode positive and reversion takes place when a threshold current of opposite polarity is exceeded. The ratio high/low impedance may be as high as 10,000 : 1 at very low switching frequencies but falls to about 20 : 1 at 100 kc./s. At a given frequency the values of the high and low impedances and the switching thresholds are determined by the amplitude of the voltages applied but switching is substantially independent of temperature in the range 4-500‹ K. The device finds use as a computer memory element,' high speed pulse or harmonic generator or electrically resettable circuit breaker.