PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL SWITCH INCLUDING AN IONIC RESISTANCE CHANGE MATERIAL HEATING ELEMENT AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240389483A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-21

    申请号:US18317118

    申请日:2023-05-15

    Abstract: An embodiment phase change material (PCM) switch may include a phase change material element, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a direct heating element including an ionic resistance change material contacting the phase change material element. The phase change material element may include a phase change material that switches from an electrically conducting phase to an electrically insulating phase or from an electrically insulating phase to an electrically conducting phase by application of a heat pulse generated by the heating element. The PCM switch may further include a switching electrode contacting the ionic resistance change material such that the ionic resistance change material may be switched from a high resistance to a low resistance state by application of voltages to the first electrode, the second electrode, and the switching electrode. Electrical currents within the ionic resistance change material may generate heat that switches the phase change material element.

    PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL SWITCH WITH REDUCED INSERTION LOSS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240397837A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18321081

    申请日:2023-05-22

    Abstract: An embodiment phase change material switch may include a first phase change material element, a second phase change material element, a first conductor electrically connected to a first end of each of the first phase change material element and the second phase change material element such that the first conductor is configured as a first terminal of an electrical circuit having a parallel configuration, a second conductor electrically connected to a second end of each of the first phase change material element and the second phase change material element such that the second conductor is configured as a second terminal of the electrical circuit having the parallel configuration, and a heating device coupled to the first phase change material element and to the second phase change material element and configured to supply a heat pulse to the first phase change material element and to the second phase change material element.

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