Multilayer film with stack of nanometer-scale thicknesses
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1. A multilayer film having multiple nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers and multiple micrometer-or-larger-scale contact regions, each of the multiple micrometer-or-larger-scale contact regions enabling individual electrical communication with one of the multiple nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers, wherein the multiple nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers comprise a stack of at least about one hundred individual nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers each individually having one of the multiple micrometer-or-larger-scale contact regions.
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Abstract
This disclosure describes system(s) and/or method(s) enabling contacts for individual nanometer-scale-thickness layers of a multilayer film.
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- 1. A multilayer film having multiple nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers and multiple micrometer-or-larger-scale contact regions, each of the multiple micrometer-or-larger-scale contact regions enabling individual electrical communication with one of the multiple nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers, wherein the multiple nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers comprise a stack of at least about one hundred individual nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers each individually having one of the multiple micrometer-or-larger-scale contact regions.
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7. A multilayer film comprising:
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a plurality of conductive layers, each conductive layer having an exposed edge having a thickness between about one and about 100 nanometers; a plurality of insulative layers, each insulative layer having an exposed edge having a thickness between about one and about 500 nanometers; and a plurality of contact regions, each contact region enabling individual electrical communication with one of the conductive layers and having an exposed area, each dimension of the exposed area being at least about an order of magnitude larger than the thickness of the exposed edge of the conductive layer with which the contact region enables electrical communication; wherein the plurality of conductive layers have multiple nanometer-scale-thicknesses and form a stack of at least about one hundred individual nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers each individually having one of the multiple micrometer-or-larger-scale contact regions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A multilayer film comprising:
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a stack of at least tens of alternating electrically conductive layers and electrically insulative layers, wherein each electrically conductive layer has a contact region and a passage extending from the contact region through all the layers of the stack above the contact region; wherein the stack having nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers comprise at least a stack of tens of individual nanometer-scale-thickness conductive layers each individually having one of the micrometer-or-larger-scale contact regions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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