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Composite memory material comprising a mixture of phase-change memory material and dielectric material

US5825046A · kind A · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

Wolodymyr Czubatyj · Warren, US
Stanford R. Ovshinsky · Bloomfield Hills, US
David Strand · West Bloomfield Township, US
Patrick Klersy · Lake Orion, US
Sergey Kostylev · Bloomfield Hills, US
Boil Pashmakov · Troy, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 1996
Grant date	Oct 20, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C2213/72
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A composite memory material comprising a mixture of active phase-change memory material and inactive dielectric material. The phase-change material includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Te, Se, Ge, Sb, Bi, Pb, Sn, As, S, Si, P, O and mixtures or alloys thereof. A single cell memory element comprising the aforementioned composite memory material, and a pair of spacedly disposed contacts.

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