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7465951
The invention provides for a write-once nonvolatile memory array, the memory cells comprising a phase change material, such as a chalcogenide. Phase change is achieved in chalcogenide memories by thermal means. The initial, unprogrammed ...  
7422926
A process for manufacturing phase change memory cells includes the step of forming a heater element in a semiconductor wafer and a storage region of a phase change material on and in contact with the heater element. In order to form the ...  
7381611
A phase change layer may switch between more and less conductive states in response to electrical stimulation. The phase change layer may be positioned over a non-switching ovonic material which acts as an electrode, a resistive heater, ...  
7374174
A memory element comprising first and second electrodes is provided. The first electrode is tapered such that a first end of the first electrode is larger than a second end of the first electrode. A resistance variable material layer is ...  
7358521
Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a lateral phase change memory and a method to manufacture a phase change memory is provided. The method may include forming a conductor material over a substrate and patterning ...  
7351992
The invention provides for a nonvolatile memory cell comprising a heater layer in series with a phase change material, such as a chalcogenide. Phase change is achieved in chalcogenide memories by thermal means. Concentrating thermal ener...  
7351991
Phase-change memory devices include a phase-change material layer and a first electrode having a contact area therebetween. The contact area extends into a recess of the first electrode to provide current density concentration.  
7335907
A phase change memory device is provided which is constituted by memory cells using memory elements and select transistors and having high heat resistance to be capable of an operation at 140 degrees or higher. As a device configuration,...  
7323356
Disclosed is a method of producing an LnCuOX single-crystal thin film (wherein Ln is at least one selected from the group consisting of lanthanide elements and yttrium, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of S, Se an...  
7288784
A memory device including at least one first memory element comprising a first layer of amorphous carbon over at least one second memory element comprising a second layer of amorphous carbon. The device also includes at least one first c...  
7288468
A method for improving the luminescent efficiency of semiconductor nanocrystals by surface treatment with a reducing agent to produce an improvement in luminescent efficiency and quantum efficiency without creating changes in the lumines...  
7282730
A carbon containing layer may be formed between a pair of chalcogenide containing layers of a phase change memory. When the lower chalcogenide layer allows current to pass, a filament may be formed therein. The filament then localizes th...  
7229676
Processes for effecting thermal transfer of electroactive organic material are disclosed wherein unwanted portions of a layer of electroactive organic material supported by a donor element are removed or transferred from the layer by the...  
7220982
A resistance variable memory element and a method for forming the same. The memory element has an amorphous carbon layer between first and second electrodes. A metal-containing layer is formed between the amorphous carbon layer and the s...  
7200318
The invention comprises a composite material comprising a host material in which are incorporated semiconductor nanocrystals. The host material is light-transmissive and/or light-emissive and is electrical chargetransporting thus permitt...  
7157716
The present invention provides a semiconductor radiation detector and radiation detection apparatus capable of improving energy resolution and the semiconductor radiation detection apparatus includes a semiconductor radiation detector an...  
7151273
The invention is related to methods and apparatus for providing a resistance variable memory element with improved data retention and switching characteristics. According to an embodiment of the invention a resistance variable memory ele...  
7119355
Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a lateral phase change memory and a method to manufacture a phase change memory is provided. The method may include forming a conductor material over a substrate and patterning ...  
7061013
Storage cells for a phase change memory device and phase change memory devices are provided that include a first phase change material pattern and a first high-resist phase change material pattern on the first phase change material patte...  
7057202
An ultra-high density data storage device using phase-change diode memory cells, and having a plurality of emitters for directing beams of directed energy, a layer for forming multiple data storage cells and a layered diode structure for...  
7023014
The present invention relates to a non-volatile memory comprising: a first electrode ( 11 ); a second electrode ( 12 ); and a phase-change recording medium ( 14 ) sandwiched between the first electrode ( 11 ) and the second electrode ( 1...  
7011987
A packaging fabrication for an organic electroluminescence panel is disclosed. The panel comprises a printed circuit board, one or a plurality of OEL panels and a plurality of bumps, wherein the OEL is provided with poly solder interconn...  
6998289
A phase-change memory may be formed with at least two phase-change material layers separated by a barrier layer. The use of more than one phase-change layer enables a reduction in the programming volume while still providing adequate the...  
6992321
High quality epitaxial layers of piezoelectric monocrystalline materials can be grown overlying monocrystalline substrates such as large silicon wafers by forming a compliant substrate for growing the piezoelectric monocrystalline layers...  
6990017
A memory may include a phase change memory element and series connected first and second selection devices. The second selection device may have a higher resistance and a larger threshold voltage than the first selection device. In one e...  
6979838
An ultra-high density data storage device using phase-change diode memory cells, and having a plurality of emitters for directing beams of directed energy, a layer for forming multiple data storage cells and a layered diode structure for...  
6974965
A method for fabricating chalcogenide materials on substrates, which reduces and/or eliminates agglomeration of materials on the chalcogenide materials; and system and devices for performing the method, semiconductor devices so produced,...  
6914255
A memory may have access devices formed using a chalcogenide material. The access device does not induce a snapback voltage sufficient to cause read disturbs in the associated memory element being accessed. In the case of phase change me...  
6888172
An apparatus and method are disclosed for encapsulating an OLED device formed on a flexible substrate. The OLED device is moisture protected by an encapsulation which sandwiches the OLED device between two transparent dielectric metal ox...  
6878595
The present invention relates to a technique that can be used to reduce the sensitivity of integrated circuits to a failure mechanism to which some integrated circuits (ICs) are susceptible, known as latchup. The present invention relate...  
6825489
A microelectronic programmable structure suitable for storing information and a method of forming and programming the structure are disclosed. The programmable structure generally includes an ion conductor and a plurality of electrodes. ...  
6815244
A method produces a thermoelectric layer structure on a substrate and the thermoelectric layer structure has at least one electrically anisotropically conductive V-VI layer, in particular a (Bi, Sb) 2 (Te, Se) 3 layer. The V-VI layer i...  
6673648
A phase change memory may have reduced reverse bias current by providing a N-channel field effect transistor coupled between a bipolar transistor and a conductive line such a row line. By coupling the gate of the MOS transistor to the ro...  
6576921
A phase change memory may have reduced reverse bias current by providing a N-channel field effect transistor coupled between a bipolar transistor and a conductive line such a row line. By coupling the gate of the MOS transistor to the ro...  
6548751
A thin-film flexible solar cell built on a plastic substrate comprises a cadmium telluride p-type layer and a cadmium sulfide n-type layer sputter deposited onto a plastic substrate at a temperature sufficiently low to avoid damaging or ...  
6521961
An enhancement mode semiconductor device has a barrier layer disposed between the gate electrode of the device and the semiconductor substrate underlying the gate electrode. The barrier layer increases the Schottky barrier height of the ...  
6441490
An integrated circuit and manufacturing method therefor is provided having a semiconductor substrate with a semiconductor device and a device dielectric layer formed on the semiconductor substrate. A channel dielectric layer on the devic...  
6114052  
6050827
A thin film transistor where source and drain electrodes are film laminates including at least two layers. A first layer film of the laminate, which is formed to a thickness of 10 to 700 Å is in ohmic contact with underlying semiconduc...  
6005273
A transistor structure includes an insulated conductive gate spacer or a conductive layer under a nonconductive spacer, together forming a composite spacer, which contacted and driven separately from the conventional gate of the transist...  
5880472
A multilayer plate for X-ray imaging is provided, which includes a substrate, a biasing electrode and a selenium-based membrane sandwiched between the substrate and the biasing electrode. The selenium-based membrane comprises a thick pho...  
5594263
This invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising at least one p-n junction. The junction is formed from a "p" semiconductor contacting an "n" semiconductor. Said device characterized in that at least one of said "p" or "n" sem...  
5530263
There is provided by this invention logic and memory elements of atomic or near-atomic scale useful in computer central processing units. These elements consist of two quantum dots having opposite states and a third quantum dot situated ...  
5506426
Chalcopyrite compound semiconductor thin films represented by I-III-VI 2 -x V x or I-III-VI 2 -x VII x , and semiconductor devices having a I-III-VI 2 /I-III-VI 2 -x V x or I-III-VI 2 /I-III-VI 2 -x VII x chalcopyrite homojunction a...  
5420445
Only the areas of the CdTe/HgCdTe interface of a FPA detector circuit which is coupled by an epoxy to a silicon-based integrated circuit that require interdiffusing are heated to a sufficiently high temperature or have photons of light i...  
5415699
A superlattice comprising alternating layers of (PbTeSe) m and (BiSb) n (where m and n are the number of PbTeSe and BiSb monolayers per superlattice period, respectively) having engineered electronic structures for improved thermoelect...  
5399882
A camera device having favorable multiplication characteristics (quantum efficiency) as well as improved sensitivity in a visible light region (especially the region on the red side) and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. T...  
5378905
There is interposed a buffer film composed of IIa group fluoride and having characteristics of orientation to a surface direction (111), in which mismatching in lattice constant with a crystal element of a semiconductor substrate is larg...  
5329138
Herein disclosed is a CMOSFET, in which an n-channel MISFET Qn has a gate electrode 11n made of n-type polycrystalline silicon, in which a p-channel MISFET Qp has a gate electrode 11p made of p-type polycrystalline silicon, In which the ...  
RE34158
A monolithic complementary semiconductor device comprising n-type and p-type well regions separated by a dielectric isolation region extending from the surface into the substrate region. The well region includes a highly doped buried reg...  

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