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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Joerg Appenzeller, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Feng Zhang, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Yuqi Zhu, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A resistive random access memory (Device) is disclosed. The Device includes a substrate, a first electrode formed atop the substrate, a tunneling barrier layer formed atop the first electrode, an active material formed atop the tunneling barrier layer, an isolation layer formed atop the active material, and a second electrode formed atop the isolation layer, the first electrode and the second electrode provide electrical connectivity to external components, where the active material is a phase change material which undergoes phase transition in the presence of an electric field, Joule heating, or a combination thereof.