DOE Patents title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxides as a switching element and methods for production and use thereof

Abstract

In various embodiments, electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxide as a switching element are described herein. The electronic devices are two-terminal devices containing a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact in which at least one of the first electrical contact or the second electrical contact is deposed on a substrate to define a gap region therebetween. A switching layer containing a switchably conductive silicon oxide resides in the the gap region between the first electical contact and the second electrical contact. The electronic devices exhibit hysteretic current versus voltage properties, enabling their use in switching and memory applications. Methods for configuring, operating and constructing the electronic devices are also presented herein.

Inventors:
; ; ; ;
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1109089
Patent Number(s):
8592791
Application Number:
12/848,626
Assignee:
William Marsh Rice University (Houston, TX)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE G11C - STATIC STORES
DOE Contract Number:  
FC36-05G015073; AC05-000R22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

Citation Formats

Tour, James M, Yao, Jun, Natelson, Douglas, Zhong, Lin, and He, Tao. Electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxides as a switching element and methods for production and use thereof. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Tour, James M, Yao, Jun, Natelson, Douglas, Zhong, Lin, & He, Tao. Electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxides as a switching element and methods for production and use thereof. United States.
Tour, James M, Yao, Jun, Natelson, Douglas, Zhong, Lin, and He, Tao. Tue . "Electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxides as a switching element and methods for production and use thereof". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1109089.
@article{osti_1109089,
title = {Electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxides as a switching element and methods for production and use thereof},
author = {Tour, James M and Yao, Jun and Natelson, Douglas and Zhong, Lin and He, Tao},
abstractNote = {In various embodiments, electronic devices containing switchably conductive silicon oxide as a switching element are described herein. The electronic devices are two-terminal devices containing a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact in which at least one of the first electrical contact or the second electrical contact is deposed on a substrate to define a gap region therebetween. A switching layer containing a switchably conductive silicon oxide resides in the the gap region between the first electical contact and the second electrical contact. The electronic devices exhibit hysteretic current versus voltage properties, enabling their use in switching and memory applications. Methods for configuring, operating and constructing the electronic devices are also presented herein.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Tue Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}

Works referenced in this record:

Resistive Switching in Nanogap Systems on SiO2 Substrates
journal, December 2009


Electrical phenomena in amorphous oxide films
journal, September 1970


A model for filament growth and switching in amorphous oxide films
journal, April 1970


Etching-dependent reproducible memory switching in vertical SiO2 structures
journal, December 2008