Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Gate arrays – With particular signal path connections
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-02
2011-12-06
Fulk, Steven (Department: 2891)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Gate arrays
With particular signal path connections
C257SE27070, C438S128000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08072005
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a method to construct a device that includes a plurality of nanowires (NWs) each having a core and at least one shell. The method includes providing a plurality of radially encoded NWs where each shell contains one of a plurality of different shell materials; and differentiating individual ones of the NWs from one another by selectively removing or not removing shell material within areas to be electrically coupled to individual ones of a plurality of mesowires (MWs). Also disclosed is a nanowire array that contains radially encoded NWs, and a computer program product useful in forming a nanowire array.
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Dehon André
Lieber Charles M.
Rachlin Eric
Savage John E.
Brown University Research Foundation
Fulk Steven
Harrington & Smith
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