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Method to enhance performance of thermal resistor device

US6621095B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2001
Grant dateSep 16, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10N70/8828
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus including a contact on a substrate, a dielectric material overlying the contact, a phase change element overlying the dielectric material on a substrate, and a heater element disposed in the dielectric material and coupled to the contact and the phase change element, wherein a portion of the dielectric material comprises a thermal conductivity less than silicon dioxide. A method including introducing over a contact formed on a substrate, a dielectric material, a portion of which comprises a thermal conductivity less than silicon dioxide, introducing a heater element through the dielectric material to the contact, and introducing a phase change material over the dielectric material and the heater element.

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