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Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2022
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Timothy Mathew Philip, Albany, NY (US);

Injo Ok, Albany, NY (US);

Jin Ping Han, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Ching-Tzu Chen, Ossining, NY (US);

Kevin W. Brew, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 63/00 (2023.01); H10N 70/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 70/8613 (2023.02); H10B 63/80 (2023.02); H10N 70/021 (2023.02); H10N 70/063 (2023.02); H10N 70/841 (2023.02);
Abstract

A computer memory device includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode, and a memory component arranged between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The memory component is made of a dielectric solid-state material and is in direct contact with the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The computer memory device further includes a proximity heater configured to increase a temperature of a portion of the memory component. The computer memory device further includes a layer of dielectric material in direct contact with the proximity heater. The layer of dielectric material is in direct contact with one of the bottom electrode and the top electrode.


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