A solid electrolyte nanometer switch

✍ Scribed by Toshitsugu Sakamoto; Shunichi Kaeriyama; Masayuki Mizuno; Hisao Kawaura; Tsuyoshi Hasegawa; Kazuya Terabe; Masakazu Aono

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 829 KB
• Volume: 165
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0424-7760
• DOI: 10.1002/eej.20542

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We have investigated solid electrolyte switches that utilize electrochemical reactions (deposition and dissolution) of metallic ions. The switch turns off or on when a metallic bridge electrochemically forms or dissolves in the solid electrolyte. Each state is nonvolatile and the switching is repeatable up to 10^5^ cycles. The promising application is a programmable switch in a field programmable logic because of its small size (<30 nm) and low ON resistance (<100Ω). This paper discusses the electrical characteristics, operation principle, and applications of the solid electrolyte switch. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 165(1): 68–73, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.20542