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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2021
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Sheldon Kent Meredith, Roswell, GA (US);

Yevgeniy Puzyrev, Cumming, GA (US);

William C. Cottrill, Canton, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/00 (2006.01); H01L 45/00 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/0007 (2013.01); G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0069 (2013.01); G11C 13/0097 (2013.01); H01L 45/08 (2013.01); H01L 45/1266 (2013.01); H01L 45/146 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, applying a setting voltage across first and second electrodes, wherein a nanowire with a first electrical resistance is electrically connected between the first and second electrodes, wherein the applying of the setting voltage causes a migration of ions from the first and/or second electrodes to a surface of the nanowire, and wherein the migration of ions effectuates a reduction of electrical resistance of the nanowire from the first electrical resistance to a second electrical resistance that is lower than the first electrical resistance; and applying a reading voltage across the pair of electrodes, wherein the reading voltage is less than the setting voltage, and wherein the reading voltage is sufficiently small such that the applying of the reading voltage causes no more than an insignificant change of the electrical resistance of the nanowire from the second electrical resistance. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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