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Method of operating phase-change memory

US8125821B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Jan Otterstedt · Unterhaching, DE
Thomas Nirschl · Putzbrunn, DE
Christian Peters · Mountain View, US
Michael Bollu · Munich, DE
Wolf Allers · Munich, DE
Michael Sommer · Raubling, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 2007
Grant date	Feb 28, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C2213/79
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One or more embodiments are related to a method of operating a phase-change memory array, including: providing the phase-change memory array, the phase-change memory array including a phase-change memory element in series with an access device between a first address line and a power line; causing a first current through the memory element from the first address line to the power line; and causing a second current through the memory element from the power line to the first address line.

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