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US 9,870,822 B2Granted
Non-volatile memory element with thermal-assisted switching control
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsNing Ge, Jianhua Yang, Zhiyong Li
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Abstract
A non-volatile memory element with thermal-assisted switching control is disclosed. The non-volatile memory element is disposed on a thermal inkjet resistor. Methods for manufacturing the combination and methods of using the combination are also disclosed.
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A non-volatile memory element with thermal-assisted switching control, comprising:
- a thermal element having a thickness of 95 nanometers, the thermal element to heat a resistive memory element;
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- the resistive memory element disposed on the thermal element
- wherein the thermal element heats the resistive memory element to different temperature regimes to perform different tasks.
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A method of manufacturing a multi-level programming non-volatile memory element;
- comprising disposing a non-volatile memory element on a thermal element, wherein:
- the non-volatile memory element has multiple states, each state associated with a temperature and an electrical bias;
- the thermal element heats a resistive memory element of the non-volatile memory element to multiple temperatures to place the resistive memory element in different states;
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- the thermal element has a thickness of 95 nanometers.
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A method of operating a multi-level programming non-volatile memory element including a non-volatile memory element on a thermal element, the method including:
- providing the multi-level programming non-volatile memory element including the non-volatile memory element on the thermal element, which thermal element has a thickness of 95 nanometers;
- associating different temperatures and electrical biases with different logic states;
- energizing the thermal element to heat the non-volatile memory element to a pre-selected temperature;
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- storing information in the non-volatile memory element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.