Nonvolatile nano-electromechanical system device
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1. A nonvolatile nano-electromechanical system device, comprising:
- a cantilever structure, including a beam supported at one end thereof by a supporting base; and
a beam deflector, including a phase change material (PCM), the PCM being adhesively disposed on a portion of the beam in a non-slip condition with a material of the beam and being configured to take one of an amorphous phase or a crystalline phase and to deflecting the beam from an initial shape thereof when taking the crystalline phase.
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Abstract
A nonvolatile nano-electromechanical system device is provided and includes a cantilever structure, including a beam having an initial shape, which is supported at one end thereof by a supporting base and a beam deflector, including a phase change material (PCM), disposed on a portion of the beam in a non-slip condition with a material of the beam, the PCM taking one of an amorphous phase or a crystalline phase and deflecting the beam from the initial shape when taking the crystalline phase.
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1. A nonvolatile nano-electromechanical system device, comprising:
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a cantilever structure, including a beam supported at one end thereof by a supporting base; and a beam deflector, including a phase change material (PCM), the PCM being adhesively disposed on a portion of the beam in a non-slip condition with a material of the beam and being configured to take one of an amorphous phase or a crystalline phase and to deflecting the beam from an initial shape thereof when taking the crystalline phase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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6. A nonvolatile nano-electromechanical system device, comprising:
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a cantilever structure, including a beam supported at one end thereof by a supporting base; and a beam deflector, including a phase change material (PCM), disposed on a portion of the beam in a non-slip condition with a material of the beam, the PCM taking one of an amorphous phase or a crystalline phase and deflecting the beam from an initial shape thereof when taking the crystalline phase, wherein the beam deflector is plural in number and is disposed at one or more portions of the beam.
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13. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of nonvolatile nano-electromechanical system devices, each device comprising; a cantilever structure, including a beam supported at one end thereof by a supporting base, and a beam deflector, including a phase change material (PCM), the PCM being adhesively disposed on a portion of the beam in a non-slip condition with a material of the beam and being configured to take one of an amorphous phase or a crystalline phase and to deflect the beam from an initial shape thereof when taking the crystalline phase; and a controller coupled to each of the beam deflectors to selectively control the PCM of each to take the one of the amorphous or the crystalline phase.
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14. A reflective display comprising:
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a plurality of pixels including an array of red-green-blue (RGB) dots; and a plurality of nonvolatile nano-electromechanical system devices, each device comprising a cantilever structure, including a beam supported at one end thereof by a supporting base, and a beam deflector, including a phase change material (PCM), disposed on a portion of the beam in a non-slip condition with a material of the beam, the PCM taking one of an amorphous phase or a crystalline phase and deflecting the beam from an initial shape thereof when taking the crystalline phase; and a controller coupled to each of the beam deflectors to selectively control the PCM of each to take the one of the amorphous or the crystalline phase, wherein discrete ones of the devices are individually controlled by the controller. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A programmable stepper mask for lithography comprising:
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a plurality of nonvolatile nano-electromechanical system devices, each device comprising a cantilever structure, including a beam supported at one end thereof by a supporting base, and a beam deflector, including a phase change material (PCM), disposed on a portion of the beam in a non-slip condition with a material of the beam, the PCM taking one of an amorphous phase or a crystalline phase and deflecting the beam from an initial shape thereof when taking the crystalline phase; and a controller coupled to each of the beam deflectors to individually control each of the plurality of the devices by selectively controlling the PCM of each to take the one of the amorphous or the crystalline phase.
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