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US 2004/0000678 A1Published application
Memory structures
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPeter Fricke, Andrew L. Van Brocklin, Andrew Koll
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Abstract
A memory structure that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a thermal conduction limiting electrode having a thermal conductivity that is less than a thermal conductivity of the first electrode, a memory storage element disposed between the thermal conduction limiting electrode and the second electrode, and a control element disposed between the second electrode and the first electrode.
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A memory structure comprising:
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode;
- a thermal conduction limiting electrode having a thermal conductivity that is less than a thermal conductivity of the first electrode;
- a memory storage element disposed between the thermal conduction limiting electrode and the second electrode;
- and
- a control element disposed between the second electrode and the first electrode.
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A memory structure comprising:
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode;
- a thermal conduction limiting electrode having a thermal conductivity that is less than a thermal conductivity of the first electrode;
- a tunnel junction memory storage element disposed between the thermal conduction limiting electrode and the second electrode;
- and
- a tunnel junction control element disposed between the second electrode and the first electrode.
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A memory structure comprising:
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode;
- means for electrically conducting and limiting thermal conduction;
- a memory storage element disposed between said means for electrically conducting and the second electrode;
- and
- a control element disposed between the second electrode and the first electrode.
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A method of making a memory structure comprising:
- creating a first electrode;
- forming a control element on the first electrode;
- creating a second electrode;
- forming a control element on the second electrode;
- creating a thermal conduction limiting electrode having a thermal conductivity that is less than a thermal conductivity of the first electrode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.