Shunted phase change memory

Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Bulk effect device – Bulk effect switching in amorphous material

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C257S003000, C257S004000

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10318706

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.

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Hwang, Y.N., Hong, J.S., Lee, S.H., Ahn, S.J., Jeong, G.T., Koh, G.H., Kim, H.J., Jeong, W.C., Lee, S.Y., Park, J.H., Ryoo, K.C.., Horii, H., Ha, Y.H., Yi, J.H., Cho, W.Y., Kim, Y.T., Lee, K.H., Joo, S.H., Park, S.O., Jeong, U.I., Jeong, H.S. and Kim, Kinam, “Completely CMOS-Compatible Phase-Change Nonvolatile RAM Using NMOS Cell Transistors,” presented at 2003 19thIEEE Non-Volatile Semiconductor Memory Workshop, Monterey, California, Feb. 26-20, 2003.
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