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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Yen-hao Shih, Banqiao, TW;
Chieh Fang Chen, Panchiao, TW;
Hsiang-lan Lung, Elmsford, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Memory devices are described herein along with method for operating the memory device. A memory cell as described herein includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The memory cell also comprises phase change material having first and second active regions arranged in series along an inter-electrode current path between the first and second electrode.