This invention provides novel high density memory devices that are electrically addressable permitting effective reading and writing, that provide a high memory density (e.g., 10
15
bits/cm
3
), that provide a high degree of fault tolerance, and that are amenable to efficient chemical synthesis and chip fabrication. The devices are intrinsically latchable, defect tolerant, and support destructive or non-destructive read cycles. In a preferred embodiment, the device comprises a fixed electrode electrically coupled to a storage medium having a multiplicity of different and distinguishable oxidation states wherein data is stored in said oxidation states by the addition or withdrawal of one or more electrons from said storage medium via the electrically coupled electrode.
本发明提供了一种新型的高密度存储器件,具有电学可寻址性,可有效地进行读写操作,提供高存储密度(例如,1015比特/立方厘米),具有高度的容错性,并且适用于高效的
化学合成和芯片制造。这些器件本质上是可锁定的、缺陷容忍的,并支持破坏性或非破坏性读取周期。在首选实施例中,该器件包括一个固定电极,与一个具有多种不同和可区分
氧化态的存储介质电学耦合,通过电学耦合的电极向存储介质中添加或撤回一个或多个电子,将数据存储在所述
氧化态中。