Phase change materials for applications that require fast switching and high endurance

US7491573B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Alejandro G. Schrott · New York, US
• Chung H. Lam · Williston, US
• Simone Raoux · New York, US
• Chieh-Fang Chen · Taipei, TW

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 17, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10N70/826

Abstract

A memory device utilizing a phase change material as the storage medium, the phase change material based on antimony as the solvent in a solid solution.