Abstract: An electronic device comprising a cell region comprising stacks of alternating dielectric materials and conductive materials. A pillar region is adjacent to the cell region and comprises storage node segments adjacent to adjoining oxide materials and adjacent to a tunnel region. The storage node segments are separated by a vertical portion of the tunnel region. A high-k dielectric material is adjacent to the conductive materials of the cell region and to the adjoining oxide materials of the pillar region. Additional electronic devices are disclosed, as are methods of forming an electronic device and related systems.

Abstract: A device includes a speech input device. A speech recognition processor connected to the speech input device receives speech input. The device includes a computer readable medium coupled to the speech recognition processor. A command table stored on the computer readable medium includes commands corresponding to a control on a manual input interface on a digital music player. The digital music player is separate from the speech input device. The speech recognition processor compares the speech input to the commands in the command table and generates instructions if the speech input matches a command in the command table. A programmable controller is coupled to the speech recognition processor and is configured to receive instructions and to convert the instructions into control signals. The device includes a standard interface connector coupled to the programmable controller. The programmable controller sends the control signals through the standard interface connector.

Abstract: A photoelectric sensor utilizing upper and lower numerical limits to control the output of the sensor. The sensor includes a transmitter and receiver and generates an internal signal whose magnitude corresponds to the magnitude of light received at the receiver. A controller activates the output driver on the basis of whether the magnitude of the internal signal lies between the upper and lower numerical limits. A user may set the limits numerically using a graphical user interface, and the magnitude of the internal signal may be measured numerically via an analog-to-digital converter. Successive readings may be averaged to improve accuracy.