US4181913A
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Resistive electrode amorphous semiconductor negative resistance device
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1977-05-31
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Granted: 1980-01-01
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Expires: 1997-05-31
Abstract
Abstract Semiconductor devices which exhibit negative differential resistance and comprise a semiconductor material in contact with an electrode and a resistive film layer, preferably comprising an alloy of nickel and chrome is disclosed. The slope of the negative resistance region and the current filament area can be varied by altering the sheet resistivity of the resistive film layer. This allows the semiconductor device to be incorporated in a single monolithic thin film integrated circuit in which the thickness of the semiconductor layer utilized in the integrated circuit is constant. A method for fabricating the aforementioned semiconductor device is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 David D. Thornburg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 06:40
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10N; H10N70/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A semiconductive negative resistive device comprising a first solid state element of semiconductive glass material capable of exhibiting a voltage-current characteristic having negative differential resistance behavior with a generally high resistance region below a threshold voltage and a low resistance region beyond said threshold voltage wherein a current filament behavior may be observed, first electrode means disposed on a major surface of said first element, a second solid state element of resistive material disposed on the major surface of said first element opposite to said first mentioned major surface, said second element having a sheet resistivity in the range from about 10 to about 10 6 ohms per square to provide desired slope behavior of said low resistance region and control the extent of the area of the current filament established in said first element when the device is operating in said low resistance region, and second electrode means secured to said second element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
A semiconductive negative resistive device comprising a first solid state element of semiconductive glass material capable of exhibiting a voltage-current characteristic having negative differential resistance behavior with a generally high resistance region below a threshold voltage and a low resistance region beyond said threshold voltage wherein a current filament behavior may be observed, first electrode means disposed on a major surface of said first element, a second solid state element of resistive material disposed on the major surface of said first element opposite to said first mentioned major surface, said second element having a sheet resistivity in the range from about 10 to about 10 6 ohms per square to provide desired slope behavior of said low resistance region and control the extent of the area of the current filament established in said first element when the device is operating in said low resistance region, and second electrode means secured to said second element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 1, wherein said first element semiconductive glass material is a chalcogenide glass.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 1, wherein said first element semiconductive glass material is cadmium arsenide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The device of claim 1, wherein the preferred resistivity range of said second element resistive material is from about 50 to about 500 ohms per square.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said second element resistive material comprises a nickel-chromium alloy.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said second element resistive material comprises chromium silicide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
68 words
The device of claim 1, wherein in said second solid state element is of two dimensional extent sufficient to contain a plurality of said first solid state elements to provide a single monolithic thin film integrated circuit, first electrode means for each of said first solid state elements, said second electrode means and said second solid state element being common for all of said first solid state elements.
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