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WO2002048822A3
WO2002048822A3 PCT/IL2001/001146 IL0101146W WO0248822A3 WO 2002048822 A3 WO2002048822 A3 WO 2002048822A3 IL 0101146 W IL0101146 W IL 0101146W WO 0248822 A3 WO0248822 A3 WO 0248822A3
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Yaron Mayer
Al J C Baur
Haim Gadassi
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Al J C Baur
Haim Gadassi
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Priority to US10/457,388 priority patent/US20030218927A1/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C13/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of storage elements not covered by groups G11C11/00, G11C23/00, or G11C25/00
    • G11C13/02—Digital stores characterised by the use of storage elements not covered by groups G11C11/00, G11C23/00, or G11C25/00 using elements whose operation depends upon chemical change
    • G11C13/025—Digital stores characterised by the use of storage elements not covered by groups G11C11/00, G11C23/00, or G11C25/00 using elements whose operation depends upon chemical change using fullerenes, e.g. C60, or nanotubes, e.g. carbon or silicon nanotubes
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    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y10/00—Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
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    • G11C11/00—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor
    • G11C11/21—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements
    • G11C11/34—Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elements; Storage elements therefor using electric elements using semiconductor devices
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    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to G11C13/00 for features not covered by this group
    • G11C2213/70—Resistive array aspects
    • G11C2213/71—Three dimensional array
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to G11C13/00 for features not covered by this group
    • G11C2213/70—Resistive array aspects
    • G11C2213/81—Array wherein the array conductors, e.g. word lines, bit lines, are made of nanowires

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Abstract

As the Internet becomes faster and faster, with more and more demanding applications, and after the problems of faster routing and faster optic fibers are solved, the next main bottleneck will be the speed of the servers, and more specifically the speed (or rather the lack of it) of the hard-disks. Therefore, finding new revolutionary ways of making faster and larger hard-disks and/or larger RAM in the computer itself can help boost the computer and Internet world much faster into the future. The present invention tries to solve the problem of making much faster and much larger preferably non-volatile RAM by Using preferably 3-dimensional addressable nano memory matrices (FIG.3) instead of 2-dimensional, so that for example if instead of a 10x10 cm flat surface we have for example a 6x6x1 cm or 3x3x2 cm cube, we can get millions of Terabits, which are millions of times larger than current hard disks. So this can be used for example as computer RAM memory, as a hard-disk, or as a removable cartridge that conveniently fits in the pocket. Many variations are discussed, including memory cells(FIG. 4) that have more than two states each, and intermediate systems wherein normal lithographically produced cells are each coupled to one or more nano-chips within them.
PCT/IL2001/001146 2000-12-11 2001-12-11 Ram memory based on nanotechnology, capable, among other things, of replacing the hard disk in computers WO2002048822A2 (en)

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AU2002222474A AU2002222474A1 (en) 2000-12-11 2001-12-11 Ram memory based on nanotechnology, capable, among other things, of replacing the hard disk in computers
CA002431364A CA2431364A1 (en) 2000-12-11 2001-12-11 Ram memory based on nanotechnology, capable, among other things, of replacing the hard disk in computers
US10/457,388 US20030218927A1 (en) 2000-12-11 2003-06-10 RAM memory based on nanotechnology, capable, among other things, of replacing the hard disk in computers

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