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Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2007
Applicants:

Jan Otterstedt, Unterhaching, DE;

Thomas Nirschl, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Christian Peters, Vaterstetten, DE;

Michael Bollu, Kirchheim, DE;

Wolf Allers, Munich, DE;

Michael Sommer, Raubling, DE;

Inventors:

Jan Otterstedt, Unterhaching, DE;

Thomas Nirschl, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Christian Peters, Vaterstetten, DE;

Michael Bollu, Kirchheim, DE;

Wolf Allers, Munich, DE;

Michael Sommer, Raubling, DE;

Assignee:

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

One or more embodiments are related to a method of operating a phase-change memory array, including: providing the phase-change memory array, the phase-change memory array including a phase-change memory element in series with an access device between a first address line and a power line; causing a first current through the memory element from the first address line to the power line; and causing a second current through the memory element from the power line to the first address line.


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