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Apparatus and method for effecting communications among a plurality of remote stations

  • US 6,427,066 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/2000
  • Issued: 07/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for effecting communications in at least one communication medium intermediate a plurality of stations, the apparatus comprising:

  • a monocrystalline silicon substrate;

    a monocrystalline perovskite oxide material overlying at least a portion of the monocrystalline silicon substrate;

    an amorphous oxide material located between the monocrystalline perovskite oxide material and the monocrystalline silicon substrate;

    a monocrystalline compound semiconductor material overlying at least a portion of the monocrystalline perovskite oxide material;

    at least one signal input device;

    at least one signal output device;

    at least one signal conversion device;

    said at least one signal conversion device being coupled with said at least one signal input device and with said at least one signal output device;

    an information processing device;

    said information processing device being coupled with said at least one signal conversion device; and

    at least one interface device, said at least one interface device being coupled with said information processing device, said at least one interface device effecting said communications employing at least one selected communication medium of said at least one communication medium, said at least one signal input device, said at least one signal output device, said at least one signal conversion device, said information processing device and said at least one interface device being implemented in a unitary structure borne upon said monocrystalline silicon substrate, and wherein at least a portion of the information processing device is formed within the monocrystalline silicon substrate.

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