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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick J Klersy, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Stanford R Ovshinsky, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., , MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
20419225 ; 20419215 ; 427570 ; 427573 ; 427575 ; 427595 ;
Abstract
The first fire voltage of chalcogenide-based switching devices is lowered to a value approximately equal to the threshold voltage by treatment of the chalcogenide material with fluorine either during or after deposition.