| US 7,352,608 B2 | ||
| Controllable nanomechanical memory element | ||
| Pritiraj Mohanty, Boston, Mass. (US); Robert L. Badzey, Brookline, Mass. (US); Alexei Gaidarzhy, Allston, Mass. (US); and Guiti Zolfagharkhani, Allston, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Trustees of Boston University, Boston, Mass. (US) | ||
| Appl. No. 11/597,150 PCT Filed May 24, 2005, PCT No. PCT/US2005/018490 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 21, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/076037, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 20, 2006. |
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| Claims priority of provisional application 60/573957, filed on May 24, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0274123 A1, Nov. 29, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11C 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 365—151 [365/129; 977/932; 977/943] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A nanoscale mechanical memory element comprising:
a bridge element between first and second supports;
means for vibrationally exciting said bridge at a first frequency representative of a first state;
means for vibrationally exciting said bridge at a second frequency lower than said first frequency representative of a second
state; and
means for sensing the state of said bridge.
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