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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Guy Wicker, Southfield, MI (US);
Inventor:
Guy Wicker, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/36 (2006.01); H01L 47/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
By using a resistive film as a shunt, the snapback exhibited when transitioning from the reset state or amorphous phase of a phase change material, may be reduced or avoided. The resistive film may be sufficiently resistive that it heats the phase change material and causes the appropriate phase transitions without requiring a dielectric breakdown of the phase change material.