Molecular-wire-based restorative multiplexer, and method for constructing a multiplexer based on a configurable, molecular-junction-nanowire crossbar

摘要

A method for configuring any m-to-n multiplexer from a molecular-junction-nanowire crossbar, and m-to-n multiplexers configured according to the disclosed method. In the described embodiments, a complementary/symmetry molecular-junction-nanowire crossbar is employed, with input nanowire signal lines intersecting certain relatively high-voltage narrow nanowires via nFET devices and intersecting grounded nanowires via pFET devices. The relatively high-voltage and grounded nanowires are, in turn, selectively coupled to one or more output nanowire signal lines.