Diode array-forming electrical element

Claim 1

A LAYERED ELECTRICAL ELEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: A. AN ACTIVATABLE ELECTRODE COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN INSULATING BINDER HAVING INSULATIVELY COATED METAL PARTICLES DISPERSED THEREIN, WITH THE PARTICLES AND BINDER TOGETHER CONSTITUTING AN INSULATOR IN THE UNACTIVATED STATE BUT BEING CAPABLE OF BECOMING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ON EXPOSURE TO AN ACTIVATING POTENTIAL, AND B. A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT DISPOSED IN AN INSULATING BINDER IN CONTACT WITH (A), SAID LAYERED ELEMENT PRESENTING A FIRST SURFACE AND A SECOND OPPOSING SURFACE AND A VOLUME THEREBETWEEN WHICH ARE NORMALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE, SAID ELEMENT BEING NORMALLY INSULATIVE BUT CAPABLE OF EXHIBITING RECTIFYING PROPERTIES WITH RESPECT TO CURRENT FLOW BETWEEN SAID SURFACES UPON ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION, SAID SURFACES BEING CAPABLE OF REMAINING LATERALLY NONCONDUCTIVE AND SAID VOLUME BEING CAPABLE OF BECOMING CONDUCTIVE BETWEEN SAID SURFACES ON EXPOSURE TO SAID ACTIVATING POTENTIAL.