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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2003
Peter Fricke, Corvallis, OR (US);
Andrew Vanbrocklin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Warren Jackson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter Fricke, Corvallis, OR (US);
Andrew VanBrocklin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Warren Jackson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A memory array according to a particular embodiment of the invention includes a substrate, a plurality of first select-lines disposed in a plurality of planes generally parallel to the substrate, a plurality of second select-lines formed in pillars disposed generally orthogonal to the substrate, a plurality of memory cells coupled to the first select-lines and the second select-lines, and a current path connection providing a continuous current path through a selected plurality of the pillars to heat the selected pillars and cause at least one memory cell associated with the selected pillars to be reset.