Matrix of elementary switches forming a message, associated reading and writing methods
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsLaurent Grenouillet, Anthonin Verdy
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Abstract
A matrix includes a plurality of volatile switches, each of the volatile switches including an active layer made of an OTS material, the plurality of volatile switches being divided into two groups in such a way as to form a message, each of the volatile switches of the first group having been initialized beforehand by an initialization voltage, none of the volatile switches of the second group having been initialized beforehand, the message being formed by the initialized or non-initialized states of each of the switches of the matrix.
Claims13
A matrix comprising a plurality of volatile switches, each of said volatile switches comprising an active layer made of an ovonic threshold switching (OTS) material, the plurality of volatile switches being divided into first and second groups in such a way as to form a message,
- each of the volatile switches of the first group having been initialized beforehand by an initialization voltage,
- none of the volatile switches of the second group having been initialized beforehand,
- said message being formed by the initialized or non-initialized states of each of the switches of the matrix.
A method for initializing a matrix comprising a plurality of volatile switches, each of said volatile switches comprising an active layer made of an ovonic threshold switching (OTS) material and being initially non-initialized, said method comprising applying a voltage chosen to initialize a first group of the plurality of volatile switches, the other switches of the plurality of volatile switches forming a second group not being initialized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.