| US 7,525,410 B2 | ||
| Point contact array, not circuit, and electronic circuit using the same | ||
| Masakazu Aono, Shinagawa-ku (Japan); Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Meguro-ku (Japan); Kazuya Terabe, Toda (Japan); and Tomonobu Nakayama, Soka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi-shi (Japan); and Riken, Wako-shi (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 24, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/165,037. | ||
| Application 11/165037 is a division of application No. 10/363259, granted, now 7,026,911, previously published as PCT/JP01/09464, filed on Oct. 29, 2001. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-334686 (JP), filed on Nov. 01, 2000; and application No. 2001-138103 (JP), filed on May 09, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0243844 A1, Nov. 03, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01H 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 338—309 [338/307; 257/533] | 4 Claims |
| 1. An electric circuit comprising:
a plurality of atomic switches, each atomic switch including
a first electrode made of a compound conductive material which is Ag2S, Ag2Se, Cu2S, or Cu2Se, including mobile ions, and having ionic conductivity and electric conductivity, and
a second electrode made of a conductive substance configured to control conductance between the first and second electrodes,
and to be spaced apart from the first electrode, wherein the mobile ions can form a bridge between the first and second electrodes
at least one NOT circuit, each NOT circuit including
one of the plurality of atomic switches, and
a resistor and a capacitor, each of which serves as a two-terminal device;
at least one AND circuit configured to use one of the plurality of the atomic switches; and
an OR circuit configured to use one of the plurality of the atomic switches.
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