Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Gate arrays
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-31
2005-05-31
Crane, Sara (Department: 2811)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Gate arrays
C257S204000, C257S012000, C257S028000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06900479
ABSTRACT:
A method for controlling electric conduction on nanoscale wires is disclosed. The nanoscale wires are provided with controllable regions axially and/or radially distributed. Controlling those regions by means of microscale wires or additional nanoscale wires allows or prevents electric conduction on the controlled nanoscale wires. The controllable regions are of two different types. For example, a first type of controllable region can exhibit a different doping from a second type of controllable region. The method allows one or more of a set of nanoscale wires, packed at sublithographic pitch, to be independently selected.
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DeHon Andre
Lieber Charles M.
Lincoln Patrick D.
Savage John E.
Brown University
California Institute of Technology
Crane Sara
Ladas & Parry LLP
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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