US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, University of Virginia Patent Foundation on Oct. 20 for "Complementary ferroelectric logic" (New Mexico, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,669, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.) and University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlotsville, Va.).

"Complementary ferroelectric logic" was invented by Michael David Henry (Albuquerque, N.M.), Todd Bauer (Albuquerque, N.M.), Giovanni Esteves (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Jon F. Ihlefeld (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new form of logic and processing functionality, complementary ferroelectric logic (CFL), which employs ferroelectric tunnel junction (FTJ) devices as the underlying building blocks, is disclosed. By interconnecting the ...