1. A memory cell comprising:
a first conductive layer operable as an electrode;
a second conductive layer operable as an electrode;
a semiconductor layer between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer;
wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a first sub-layer, a second sub-layer, and a third sub-layer such that the second sub-layer is disposed between the first sub-layer and the third sub-layer;
wherein the first sub-layer and the third sub-layer comprise titanium oxide; and
wherein the second sub-layer comprises hafnium oxide; and
a barrier layer between the second conductive layer and the semiconductor layer;
wherein the barrier layer chemically isolates the second conductive layer from the semiconductor layer; and
wherein a work function of the first conductive layer is higher than a work function of the second conductive layer.
2. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the first conductive layer comprises a non-noble material.
3. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the first conductive layer comprises titanium nitride, silicon, or a silicide.
4. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor layer is doped with at least one of silicon, nitrogen, fluorine, chromium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, gadolinium, erbium, ytterbium, or lutetium.
5. The memory cell of claim 1, further comprising a current steering element connected in series with the semiconductor layer.
6. The memory cell of claim 5, wherein the current steering element is one of a diode, a p-i-n diode, a silicon diode, a silicon p-i-n diode, or a transistor.
7. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the barrier layer comprises titanium oxide.
8. The memory cell of claim 7, wherein the second conductive layer comprises titanium nitride.
9. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the barrier layer is between about 50 \u212b and about 75 \u212b thick.
10. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the barrier layer is in direct contact with the semiconductor layer.
11. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein each of the second conductive layer and the barrier layer comprises an element.
12. The memory cell of claim 11, wherein the barrier layer comprises an oxide of the element.
13. The memory cell of claim 12, wherein the element is one of silicon or titanium.
14. The memory cell of claim 12, wherein the element is titanium.
15. The memory cell of claim 1, further comprising a voltage regulation circuitry being adapted to apply a set pulse to one of the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer while a remaining one of the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer being coupled to a voltage return path.
16. The memory cell of claim 1, wherein the memory cell is a bipolar memory cell such that a set pulse switching the semiconductor layer from a high resistive state to a low resistive state has an opposite polarity than a reset pulse switching the semiconductor layer from the low resistive state to the high resistive state.
17. The memory cell of claim 16, wherein the set pulse switching the semiconductor layer from the high resistive state to the low resistive state has an opposite polarity than a forming pulse switching the semiconductor layer initially into the low resistive state.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A display method comprising:
generating at least one signal representing a sequence of image triplets including a left perspective image, a right perspective image and a transformation image, said transformation image adapted to reduce discomfort when viewing the sequence of image triplets displayed on a display apparatus in a frame-sequential manner;
processing said at least one signal for displaying said sequence of image triplets in a frame-sequential manner on the display apparatus; and
communicating a synchronization signal to shutter glasses for blocking the viewing of said transformation image of said sequence of image triplets.
2. A display method according to claim 1, wherein:
said transformation image for a given image triplet is derived from one of said right-perspective image and said left-perspective image of said given image triplet.
3. A display method according to claim 2, wherein:
said transformation image comprises a negative or complement color image of one of said right-perspective image and said left-perspective image of said given image triplet.
4. A display method according to claim 1, wherein:
the shutter glasses have a left shutter overlying the left eye of a user and a right shutter overlying the right eye of the user, and the synchronization signal is used to open the left shutter and close the right shutter during display of the left-perspective image on the display apparatus, to open the right shutter and close the left shutter during display of the right-perspective image on the display apparatus, and to close the left and right shutter during display of the transformation image on the display apparatus.
5. A display method according to claim 1, wherein:
said sequence of image triplets are stored on an optical disc for loading into an image generation apparatus for display.
6. A display method according to claim 1, further comprising:
generating said transformation image of said sequence of image triplets in conjunction with processing of a stereoscopic image sequence.
7. A display method according to claim 1, further comprising:
generating said transformation image of said sequence of image triplets in conjunction with processing of three-dimensional graphics data to generate a stereoscopic image sequence.
8. A display method according to claim 1, wherein:
said display apparatus employs an array of active pixels that are adapted to perform interleaved pixel loading and display operations on an image-by-image basis over said image triplets.
9. A display apparatus comprising:
means for generating at least one signal representing a sequence of image triplets including a left perspective image, a right perspective image and a transformation image, said transformation image adapted to reduce discomfort when viewing the sequence of image triplets displayed on a display apparatus in a frame-sequential manner;
means for processing said at least one signal to display said sequence of image triplets in a frame-sequential manner; and
means for communicating a synchronization signal to shutter glasses for blocking the viewing of said transformation image of said sequence of image triplets.
10. A display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:
said transformation image for a given image triplet is derived from one of said right-perspective image and said left-perspective image of said given image triplet.
11. A display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein:
said transformation image comprises a negative or complement color image of one of said right-perspective image and said left-perspective image of said given image triplet.
12. A display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:
the shutter glasses have a left shutter overlying the left eye of a user and a right shutter overlying the right eye of the user, and the synchronization signal is used to open the left shutter and close the right shutter during display of the left-perspective image, to open the right shutter and close the left shutter during display of the right-perspective image, and to close the left and right shutter during display of the transformation image.
13. A display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:
said means for generating said at least one signal comprises an optical disc drive for loading an optical disc that stores said at least one signal.
14. A display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:
said means for generating said at least one signal includes means for generating said transformation image of said sequence of image triplets in conjunction with processing of a stereoscopic image sequence.
15. A display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:
said means for generating said at least one signal includes means for generating said transformation image of said sequence of image triplets in conjunction with processing of three-dimensional graphics data to generate a stereoscopic image sequence.
16. A display apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:
an array of active pixels that are adapted to perform interleaved pixel loading and display operations on an image-by-image basis over said image triplets.
17. A display method comprising:
generating at least one signal representing a sequence of image n-tuples (where n=2 or 3) including a cloaking image, said cloaking image adapted to synthesize a scene that hides or obfuscates the information contained in other image(s) of said image n-tuple when viewing the sequence of image n-tuples displayed on a display apparatus in frame-sequential manner;
processing said at least one signal for displaying said sequence of image n-tuples in a frame-sequential manner on a display apparatus; and
communicating a synchronization signal to shutter glasses for blocking the viewing of said cloaking image of said sequence of image n-tuples.
18. A display method according to claim 17, wherein:
said cloaking image of a given image n-tuple is derived by applying a predetermined transformation operation to the color values of the corresponding pixels of the other image(s) of the given n-tuple.
19. A display method according to claim 18, wherein:
the predetermined transformation operation is carried out on a pixel-by-pixel basis over the other image(s) of the given n-tuple.
20. A display method according to claim 17, wherein:
the shutter glasses have a left shutter overlying the left eye of a user and a right shutter overlying the right eye of the user, and the synchronization signal is used to close the left and right shutter during display of the cloaking image on the display apparatus.
21. A display method according to claim 17, wherein:
said sequence of image n-tuples are stored on an optical disc for loading into an image generation apparatus for display.
22. A display method according to claim 17, further comprising:
generating said cloaking image of said sequence of image n-tuples in conjunction with processing of an image sequence.
23. A display method according to claim 17, further comprising:
generating said cloaking image of said sequence of n-tuples in conjunction with processing of three-dimensional graphics data to generate a stereoscopic image sequence.
24. A display method according to claim 17, wherein:
said display apparatus employs an array of active pixels that are adapted to perform interleaved pixel loading and display operations on an image-by-image basis over said image n-tuples.
25. A display method according to claim 17, further comprising:
communicating said synchronization signal to said shutter glasses over a secure communication channel to provide authorized viewing of said sequence of image n-tuples.
26. A display apparatus comprising:
means for generating at least one signal representing a sequence of image n-tuples (where n=2 or 3) including a cloaking image, said cloaking image adapted to synthesize a scene that hides or obfuscates the information contained in other image(s) of said image n-tuple when viewing the sequence of image n-tuples displayed on a display apparatus in frame-sequential manner;
means for processing said at least one signal to display said sequence of image n-tuples in a frame-sequential manner; and
means for communicating a synchronization signal to shutter glasses for blocking the viewing of said cloaking image of said sequence of image n-tuples.
27. A display apparatus according to claim 26, wherein:
said cloaking image of a given image n-tuple is derived by applying a predetermined transformation operation to the color values of the corresponding pixels of the other image(s) of the given n-tuple.
28. A display apparatus according to claim 27, wherein:
the predetermined transformation operation is carried out on a pixel-by-pixel basis over the other image(s) of the given n-tuple.
29. A display apparatus according to claim 26, wherein:
the shutter glasses have a left shutter overlying the left eye of a user and a right shutter overlying the right eye of the user, and the synchronization signal is used to close the left and right shutter during display of the cloaking image.
30. A display apparatus according to claim 26, wherein:
said means for generating said at least one signal comprises an optical disc drive for loading an optical disc that stores said at least one signal.
31. A display apparatus according to claim 26, wherein:
said means for generating said at least one signal comprises means for generating said cloaking image of said sequence of image n-tuples in conjunction with processing of an image sequence.
32. A display apparatus according to claim 26, wherein:
said means for generating said at least one signal comprises means for generating said cloaking image of said sequence of n-tuples in conjunction with processing of three-dimensional graphics data to generate a stereoscopic image sequence.
33. A display apparatus according to claim 26, further comprising:
an array of active pixels that are adapted to perform interleaved pixel loading and display operations on an image-by-image basis over said image n-tuples.
34. A display apparatus according to claim 26, further comprising: means for communicating said synchronization signal to said shutter glasses over a secure communication channel to provide authorized viewing of said sequence of image n-tuples.