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C365S151000, C365S189140, C365S189150, C365S189160, C365S189090, C365S189070, C977S708000, C977S723000, C977S940000, C977S943000

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07990751

ABSTRACT:
A nanogap switching element is equipped with an inter-electrode gap portion including a gap of a nanometer order between a first electrode and a second electrode. A switching phenomenon is caused in the inter-electrode gap portion by applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes. The nanogap switching element is shifted from its low resistance state to its high resistance state by receiving a voltage pulse application of a first voltage value, and shifted from its high resistance state to its low resistance state by receiving a voltage pulse application of a second voltage value lower than the first voltage value. When the nanogap switching element is shifted from the high resistance state to the low resistance state, a voltage pulse of an intermediate voltage value between the first and second voltage values is applied thereto before the voltage pulse application of the second voltage value thereto.

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