Hybrid switching devices integrate nanotube switching elements with field
effect devices, such as NFETs and PFETs. A switching device forms and
unforms a conductive channel from the signal input to the output subject
to the relative state of the control input. In embodiments of the
invention, the conductive channel includes a nanotube channel element and
a field modulatable semiconductor channel element. The switching device
may include a nanotube switching element and a field effect device
electrically disposed in series. According to one aspect of the
invention, an integrated switching device is a four-terminal device with
a signal input terminal, a control input terminal, a second input
terminal, and an output terminal. The devices may be non-volatile. The
devices can form the basis for a hybrid NT-FET logic family and can be
used to implement any Boolean logic circuit.