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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2008
Pantas Sutardja, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Albert Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Runzi Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chien-chuan Wei, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Winston Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Pantas Sutardja, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Albert Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Runzi Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chien-Chuan Wei, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Winston Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method that includes providing a substrate including an emitter layer comprising a plurality of emitters, each emitter defining an axis, forming a heater layer above the emitter layer, and forming a phase change memory (PCM) cell layer above the heater layer. The method also includes forming a top contact layer above the PCM cell layer. The top contact layer comprises a plurality of top contacts, where each top contact is located between two axes. Other embodiments are also described.