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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Darrell Rinerson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christophe J. Chevallier, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip F. S. Swab, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Steve Kuo-ren Hsia, San Jose, CA (US);
John E. Sanchez, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven W. Longcor, Mountain View, CA (US);
Darrell Rinerson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christophe J. Chevallier, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip F. S. Swab, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Steve Kuo-Ren Hsia, San Jose, CA (US);
John E. Sanchez, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven W. Longcor, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory including a memory element having islands is provided. The memory has address decoding circuitry and an array of memory plugs. The memory plugs include memory element that have island structures of a first material within the bulk of a second material. The island structures are typically nanoparticles. The memory plugs can be placed in a first resistive state at a first write voltage, placed in a second resistive state at a second write voltage, and have its resistive state determined at a read voltage.