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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadashi Kawamura, Tenri, JP;
Naofumi Kimura, Nara, JP;
Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yutaka Ishii, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365108 ; 365149 ;
Abstract
A non-volatile memory device according to the present invention includes: a substrate; a storage medium provided above the substrate; a writing unit having a heating unit provided above the substrate, for heating the storage medium by the heating unit to write data in the storage medium with a thermal change of a physical value of the storage medium; and a reading unit having an electrical reading unit provided above the substrate, for reading the change of the physical value of the storage medium as data written in the storage medium by the electrical reading unit.