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Field-emitter-based memory array with phase-change storage devices

US8000129B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 2008
Grant dateAug 16, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C13/0004
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for three-terminal field-emitter triode devices, and memory arrays utilizing the same. In other embodiments, the field-emitter devices include a volume-change material, capable of changing a measurable electrical property of the devices, and/or three-dimensional memory arrays of the same.

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