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Demultiplexer for a molecular wire crossbar network (MWCN DEMUX)

  • US 6,256,767 B1
  • Filed: 03/29/1999
  • Issued: 07/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. At least one demultiplexer for a two-dimensional array of a plurality of nanometer-scale switches, each switch comprising a junction formed by a pair of crossed wires where one wire crosses another and at least one connector species connecting said pair of crossed wires in said junction, said at least one connector species comprising a bi-stable molecule, said demultiplexer is either (a) assembled in parallel and comprises a first set of wires in said two-dimensional array accessed by a plurality of address lines by randomly forming contacts between each wire in said first set of wires to at least one of said address lines, said first set of wires crossing a second set of wires to form said junctions or (b) assembled serially and comprises said first set of wires in said two-dimensional array accessed by said plurality of address lines by sequentially forming contacts between each wire in said first set of wires to at least one of said address lines, said first set of wires crossing said second set of wires to form said junctions.

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