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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Benjamin T. Voegeli, Burlington, VT (US);
Kimball M. Watson, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin T. Voegeli, Burlington, VT (US);
Kimball M. Watson, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/792 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrically programmable resistor is presented. In one embodiment, a resistor includes a doped body within a substrate; a trapped charge region adjacent to the resistor, the resistance of the resistor controlled by an amount of trapped charge in the trapped charge region.