Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a resistive memory element (1) comprises: providing a storage layer (2) comprising a resistance changeable material; said resistance changeable material comprising carbon; providing contact layers (3, 4) for contacting the storage layer (2), wherein the storage layer (2) is disposed between a bottom contact layer (3) and a top contact layer (4); and doping the resistance changeable material with a dopant material. A resistive memory element (1) includes a bottom contact layer (3), a top contact layer (4) and a storage layer (2) disposed between the bottom contact layer (3) and the top contact layer (4), wherein the storage layer (2) comprises a resistance changeable material that is doped with a dopant material.
Abstract:
A microelectronic device is designed such that it includes a region between electrodes having a switchable ohmic resistance wherein the region is made of a substance comprising components Ax, By, and oxygen Oz. The ohmic resistance in the region is reversibly switchable between different states by applying different voltage pulses. The different voltage pulses lead to the respective different states. An appropriate amount of dopant(s) in the substance improves the switching, whereby the microelectronic device becomes controllable and reliable.
Abstract:
A magnetic sensing unit for measuring displacements on a nanometer scale is provided. A moveable part and a fixed part of a microdevice magnetic sensing unit comprises a magnetic element having a magnetic field and a magnetic sensor, the magnetic element being located on the moveable part and the magnetic sensor on the fixed part, or alternatively, the magnetic sensor being located on the moveable part and the magnetic element on the fixed part. The magnetic sensor and/or the magnetic element comprise an integral part of the microdevice. The magnetic element and the magnetic sensor are arranged relative to each other such that when the moveable part is displaced the change of the magnetic field at the magnetic sensor is detectable by use of the magnetic sensor.